Fall/Winter 2020-2021 Season
STREB EXTREME ACTION presented three programs which highlighted the breadth of Elizabeth Streb’s signature choreographed feats of physicality, scientifically planned chaos, strength, risk, and elegance, and the virtuosity of STREB’s Action Heroes: the poetic, DANGER: EVERYDAY OBJECTS, the epic MASSIVE ROTATIONS, in collaboration with The Joyce and the symphonic FALLING & LOVING, presented on ALL ARTS/Peak Performances.
If you missed these presentations, please contact shannon@streb.org to arrange a link to view.
This “home season” virtual program showcases a body of Elizabeth Streb’s work which highlights quotidian objects as extreme action hardware. Everyday objects you might see on a construction site, and that make up the building blocks of our lived environment, have long been the subject of Streb’s obsessive action invention. From dirt, glass, plywood and two-by-fours, to concrete blocks, I-beams, truck straps, buckets and ladders, Streb has transformed these objects to foment complex extreme action choreography over the years. With a libretto written by Laura Flanders, DANGER: EVERYDAY OBJECTS, weaves together a poetic look at the everyday building objects we all live within. Our home season was available Dec 11, 2020-Jan 24, 2021.
A Q&A with Elizabeth Streb, special guests, action alums and collaborators Paula Gifford, Hope Clark, Christine Chen, Cassandre Joseph, Zaire Baptiste and Loganne Bond, moderated by librettist Laura Flanders was recorded in a live virtual event on Dec 15, 2020.
STREB “returned” to The Joyce for the first time since 2002 with MASSIVE ROTATIONS. An integral partner in STREB’s history, The Joyce was STREB’s regular presenting “home” throughout the 1990s. The Joyce presented MASSIVE ROTATIONS, a celebration of the large-scale, intricately designed and engineered action machines STREB has since become known for, including MOLINETTE and PLATESHIFT (2019), GIZMO (2010) and REVOLUTION and TIP (2006), from Dec 7, 2020-Jan 3, 2021. An associated artist talk featuring Elizabeth Streb was also aired on the JoyceStream.
“Actors and action heroes slam the stage to tell intimate truths while being slimed by a merciless ‘Guck Machine’ and dodging life-threatening projectiles.” – ALL Arts. Run time ~55 minutes.
“straight-up beautiful and incredibly funny” – Gia Kourlas, The New York Times
Now streaming on WNET’s ALL ARTS/PEAK HD
The New York Times, October 8, 2020 “7 Things to Do This Weekend”
The New York Times, September 22, 2019, “What happens when Extreme Action Meets Elusive Language”
NJ Arts, September 25, 2019, “FALLING&LOVING” Invents a New Way to Look at Love”
STREB’s YouTube FALLING & LOVING Playlist featuring several interviews with Elizabeth Streb, a preview of the performance and PEAK HD: a moment in time, with insights from Anne Bogart and Elizabeth Streb.
To arrange a virtual event around FALLING & LOVING please contact Sandy Garcia: sandyg@pentacle.org at Pentacle.
Touring Production:
ACTION HEROES: SOONER, HIGHER, FASTER, HARDER
Due to Covid-19, live touring engagements have been cancelled and postponed until further notice. We are booking now for Summer 2021 and beyond.
TO BOOK
STREB EXTREME ACTION
Anne McDougall
anne@streb.org
TO BOOK
Elizabeth Streb for Speaking Engagements
Shannon Reynolds
shannon@streb.org
Recent Performances
MASSIVE ROTATIONS & Artist Talk
presented online by JoyceStream
December 7, 2020 – January 3, 2021
DANGER: Everyday Objects & Artist Talk
December 11, 2020 – January 24, 2021
Action Heroes: Home Season @ Home
June, 26 2020 @ 7 pm
Online through Zoom
Home Season Performances
ACTION HEROES: SOONER, HIGHER, FASTER, HARDER
November 16 – December 15
STREB @ SLAM, Brooklyn, NY
SPECIAL EVENT:
How Impossible Works: Inside the Mind of Elizabeth Streb
Oct 28, 2019 6:30pm
STREB @ SLAM, Brooklyn, NY
FALLING & LOVING
Kasser Theater @ Montclair State University
September 24, 2019 7:30pm
September 25, 2019 7:30pm
September 26, 2019 7:30pm
September 27, 2019 7:30pm
September 28, 2019 8:00pm
September 29, 2019 3:00pm
Louvre Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
September 18 -20, 2019
Parade
Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris, France
September 13 -15, 2019
SEA II – A Live Action Show
SLAM (STREB Lab for Action Mechanics)
March 23 – May 12, 2019
Saturdays @ 5pm
Sundays @ 3pm
Picasso Circus
Musée d’Orsay, Paris, France
Saturday, October 13, 2018 @ 7:30pm & 9:00pm
Sunday, October 14, 2018 @ 7:30pm & 9:00pm
Tanz in August
August 11th, 2018 @ 1pm & 4pm
(Sony Center am Potsdamer Platz): SEA (Singular Extreme Actions)
August 12th @ 2pm, 2018 (HAU3): STREB Kid Action Event
Internationales Sommerfestival-Kampnagel
August 15th, 2018 @ 8pm
August 16th, 17th, 18th, 2018 @ 7pm
The Under Construction Summer Festival 2018
at Lumberyard (Catskill, NY)
July 6, 2018 @ 8PM
July 7, 2018 @ 7PM
July 8, 2018 @ 3PM
Arts Brookfield & Brookfield Place
New York, NY
Thursday, May 24, 2018 @ 12:30pm & 6:00pm
Friday, May 25, 2018 @ 12:30pm & 6:00pm
Saturday, May 26, 2018 @ 12:30pm
FREE KID ACTION CLASS – Arts Brookfield & Brookfield Place
New York, NY
Saturday, May 26, 2018 9:00AM – 11:00AM
Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts
Kimmel Center
Philadelphia, PA
Tuesday, June 5 – Thursday June 7, 2018
SEA (Singular Extreme Actions)
Brooklyn, NY
March 2 – April 8, 2018
OZ Arts
Nashville, TN
Saturday, January 27, 2018 @ 3:00pm & 8:00pm
Sunday, January 28, 2018 @ 2:00pm
Post-show Q&As on January 27
LIED Center
Lincoln, NE
Thursday, January 25, 2018 @ 7:30pm
South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center
Miami, FL
Saturday January 20, 2018 @ 8:00pm
Sunday, January 21, 2018 @3:00pm
Summer Nostos Festival at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center
Athens, Greece
June 18 -22, 2017
7:30PM
The Harris Theater
Chicago, IL
January 13-14, 2017
The Kennedy Center
Washington, DC
November 4-5, 2016
SEA us Together in ACTION, SLAM
A benefit for NYC Together and STREB
Brooklyn, NY
October 22, 2016 @ 7:30pm
Fall For Dance, New York City Center
New York, NY
September 26 & 27, 2016 at 8pm
First Niagara Rochester Fringe Festival
Rochester, NY
September 16-17, 2016
Breckenridge International Festival of Arts
Breckenridge, CO
August 20-21, 2016
SEA (Singular Extreme Actions)
SLAM in Brooklyn, NY
March 31- April 24, 2016
National Geographic- Brain Games
Miller Outdoor Theater
Houston, TX
October 30, 2015, 7:30pm & October 31, 2015, 7:30pm
Peace Concert Hall
Greenville, SC
October 17, 2015, 8pm
GA Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA
October 8, 2015, 7:30pm & October 9, 2015, 8pm
Fife Theatre
Blacksburg, VA
October 2, 2015, 7:30pm
Just for Laughs Festival
Montreal, Canada
July 16 – 26 2015
Toronto Pan American Games
Toronto, Canada
July 11 – 12 2015