Lewis Center for the Arts opens New Home!
Sometimes extraordinary things happen. Ze'eva Cohen, David Rousseve, Susan Marshall celebrating the new arts complex at Princeton.
Artist Residency at Chulitna Lodge Wilderness Retreat
Ten days without roads or internet. Accessible only by single engine plane and boat ride.
“There Might Be Others” tours to Canada
Nova Scotia Peeps! We are performing There Might Be Others at Scotia Festival of Music on June 4th! Featuring a cast of 27 dancers and musicians from NY, NS, and Poland.
Lazier commissioned by Women In Motion
WiM is a team of fierce dance artists—Amber Sloan, Erin Cella and Melissa Riker—dedicated to forwarding the voices of female choreographers.
“There Might Be Others” wins BESSIE for Outstanding Score
Time for gratitude. We all know it takes a village but There Might Be Others took a veritable multiplicity of municipalities that were interdisciplinary and transnational.
“Futures in in Motion” at the Choreographic Institute, the University of Southern California
I was recently invited to participate in the first gathering of the Choreographic Institute at the University of Southern California directed by William Forsythe and Ohio State Professor of dance and computer science (and former student!) Norah Zuniga Shaw.
“This is Another” (A Chamber Version of “There Might Be Others”) Premieres at Princeton University
The generous, thoughtful, fiery graduating students at Princeton immersed themselves in experiencing and performing a chamber version of There Might Be Others for their senior production.
“There Might Be Others” Commissioned by New York Live Arts
I am thrilled to announce that we have been commissioned by New York Live Arts to premiere There Might Be Others March 16–19, 2016!
Sō Si: Sō Percussion’s Summer Institute
In July 2015, we spent a remarkable week collaborating with composer Dan Trueman, Sō Percussion, Mobius Percussion and participants in SōSi during a residency at Princeton University.
Poland, June 2015
In June, I travelled to Poland with dancers Ralph, Green, and Courchel to create a version of There Might Be Others in residence at Stary Browar/Nowy Tanic, directed by Joanna Lesnierowska, with seven Polish dance artists.
Turkey, April 2015
In April I travelled to Turkey with dancers Christopher Ralph, Natalie Green, and Simon Courchel to participate in the 3rd Open Dance Studio Project organized by TORK dance directors Tan Temel and Sernaz Demirel, sponsored by the American Embassy in Ankara.
Nova Scotia, February 2015
In February I travelled to the Ross Creek Centre for the Arts in Canning, Nova Scotia with dancers Ralph, Green, and Courchel, to collaborate with Mocean, a Halifax-based dance company.
Shenandoah Conservatory, Virginia, February 2015
In February we were honored to reunite with the band NEWSPEAK to perform Coming Together/Attica at Shenandoah Conservatory. Dancers included Simon Courchel, Saul Ulerio (pictured here), Christopher Ralph, Cori Kresge, Pierre Guilbault, and Jennifer Lafferty.
Tour to Thessaloniki and Patras, Greece – Sponsored by the American Embassy in Athens
Arriving in northern Greece in July, we performed Coming Together/Attica at the Moni Lazariston Festival in Thessaloniki. Aside from a downpour of rain during our final pre-show run through, a welcome respite from the heat, our performance was a tremendous success.
“Coming Together/Attica” film included in Architecture Biennale in Venice, Italy
I was invited by the Moscow-Based V-A-C Foundation (Victoria—the art of being contemporary) to have the film of Coming Together/Attica by Nic Petry of Dancing Camera, installed in their exhibit IK-00 Spaces of Confinement, curated by Katerina Chuchalini.
“There Might Be Others” presented as part of La MaMa Moves! Festival, May 15–18, 2014
We performed There Might Be Others with Senaz Demirel, Pierre Guilbault, Cori Kresge, Vincent McCloskey, Christopher Ralph, Anna Schön and Tan Temal. Working in the tradition of open scores, this piece is created in performance. ormed There Might Be Others with Senaz Demirel, Pierre Guilbault, Cori Kresge, Vincent McCloskey, Christopher Ralph, Anna Schön and Tan Temal. Working in the tradition of open scores, this piece is created in performance.
Featured Artist’s Profile on Jill Randall’s blog
Life as a Modern Dancer, where I discuss training, making work, and parenting.
Artist Profile #58 Rebecca Lazier
New Work presented at Movement Research at Judson Memorial Church, February 4, 2014
We presented the initial research for our newest work, currently titled There Might Be Others. The piece is a choreographic adaptation of the score and performer instructions for Terry Riley’s seminal composition In C.
“Coming Together/Attica” premieres in New York
After three-years in development, CT/A ran for six sold-out performances The Invisible Dog Art Center, June 2013.