
Propelled by Elizabeth Streb's edict that "anything too safe is not action," the STREB company challenges the assumptions of art, injury, gender, aging, and human possibility. Revealing the passions behind the STREB dancers' bruises and broken noses, BORN TO FLY: Elizabeth Streb vs. Gravity inspires audiences hungry for a fiercer existence in the world.... (Full plot summary below)
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Propelled by Elizabeth Streb's edict that "anything too safe is not action," the STREB company challenges the assumptions of art, injury, gender, aging, and human possibility. Revealing the passions behind the STREB dancers' bruises and broken noses, BORN TO FLY: Elizabeth Streb vs. Gravity inspires audiences hungry for a fiercer existence in the world.
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| NOW TorontoRadheyan SimonpillaiThe doc feels more padded than the floor mats Streb's gravity-defying dancers bounce off. |
| OregonianJamie S. Rich...stretch[es] the boundaries of expression while examining the limits people go to test themselves physically and emotionally. |
| Moveable FestStephen SaitoGund is able to capture the magic of what Streb does, which is no small feat, as well as the provocation of her work, which asks what is art not in terms of transcendence but of sweat and tears. |
| User ReviewSarah AProfoundly moving, inspiring and exceptional. Elizabeth Streb and her dancers are defining dance for themselves unapologeticlally and even if it's not what you're used to aesthetically the enthusiasm and form is testimony of a life time of thought, blood, sweat and tears. I was poetically moved and wanted to feel what it was like to be an action hero! |
| User ReviewTimm SAn Interesting Look At People Dedicated To Their Art, Warts & All. |