As a choreographer of dance and performance art, Elizabeth Streb has consistently pushed the boundaries of her craft. Her work openly questions why dance can\u2019t be explosive, action oriented, and extreme, yet just as captivating as ballet. Over the years she has worked to create a unique performance company that melds the physical with the sublime, and her troupe\u2019s fearless performances in both public and private spaces challenge the notion of what the body can do.<\/p>\n
Born to Fly: Elizabeth Streb vs. Gravity<\/i><\/b> is the story of the groundbreaking choreographer sometimes called \u201cthe Evel Knievel of dance.\u201d In over 30 years of practice, she has pioneered a movement form called \u201cPOPACTION,\u201d which is couched in the exploration of human potential \u2013 both physical and emotional.<\/p>\n
As seen in the film, Streb\u2019s dancers become part acrobat, part gymnast, and part extreme thrill seeker as they walk on walls, dive through glass, and move so fast they seem to disappear and fly. Born to Fly<\/i> culminates with Streb and her dancers preparing and presenting gravity-defying performances in London\u2019s Cultural Olympiad leading up to the 2012 Olympics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Not just a choreographer, Elizabeth Streb is a wildly extreme action architect. Born to Fly<\/i> traces the evolution of Streb’s movement philosophy as she pushes herself and her dancers from the ground, to the wall, and to the sky.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":10300,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"topic":[1216],"class_list":["post-320","films","type-films","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","topic-arts-and-culture"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n