POPACTION
Developed by Elizabeth Streb over the last 40+ years, PopAction classes help movers acquire new skills by posing unique challenges: change your base of support in a rapid fire way, physically designate specific locations in vertical and horizontal space, learn to pop the muscles to initiate action (rather than skeletally transferring weight), train for impact, learn to fly with low-to-the-ground maneuvers that increase spatial awareness, and incorporate a timing system that is not musical but physical (“felt timing”). The classes confront issues of falling and fear. STREB operates on a ‘personal best’ philosophy—the technique is approachable and adaptable for all body types, ages, and skill sets. Adult Classes are taught by current and former company members.
FLYING TRAPEZE
España-STREB Trapeze Academy (ESTA) invites kids and adults ages five and up to come develop their Flying Trapeze skills. Single classes are open level for beginner to advanced flyers. All participants are evaluated individually and are taught at their own pace by our trained instructors. Beginners start from the ground up, learn tricks! For more experienced flyers, the España-STREB Trapeze Academy allows students to work more intensively on specific tricks to master the ones they know, and learn the ones they dream of doing! Our team of instructors can help students achieve class goals by giving them tips and techniques to improve their form and personal style. The instructors have varied backgrounds but all are focused on safety and ensuring the students have a great experience.
Learn more about ESTA below.
ADULT + OPEN LEVEL CLASS SCHEDULE
PURCHASE A CLASS
POPACTION Technique
(all levels)
Mondays 6:45 PM – 8:15 PM
Experience the technique that is the foundation of the STREB Extreme Action Company’s creative process. POPACTION intertwines dance, athletics, boxing, rodeo, the circus, and Hollywood stunt work into a bristling muscle-and-motion vocabulary. $18/class
PopAction Classes will resume in the fall.
Be sure to select the date you want to attend the class by clicking “Adult Classes” when booking!
FLYING TRAPEZE
(all levels, 5+ years old)
Mondays 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM & 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Open Level, 5+ years old
Catching is part of this class
10 person maximum
$55/class
Be sure to select the date you want to attend the class by clicking “Adult Classes” when booking! Classes are subject to a 4 person minimum.
Adult Open Gym
Stay tuned for more information!
Upcoming Dates:
Sunday, October 15; 5-7pm
Sunday, November 12; 5-7pm
Sunday, December 10; 5-7pm
STREB EXTREME ACTION
Adult PopAction Intensive
The January 2023 edition of the STREB EXTREME ACTION PopAction Intensive featured four sessions of PopAction technique masterclasses and a remounting and performance of a STREB repertoire classic – CRASH, an acrobatic, rapid-fire piece that intertwines dance, athletics, boxing, rodeo, circus, and stunt work performed on a sprung floor. The intensive culminated in a showcase, in collaboration with the Adult Flying Trapeze Intensive.
Stay tuned for updates on our Summer PopAction Intensive!
España-STREB Trapeze Academy
Adult Flying Trapeze Intensive
The intensive features advanced training focused on flying tricks and skills, catching and returning, and board skills. Flyers focus to develop and expand their trick repertoire. Students work on mastering the ’round-trip’ and improving their swinging without safety lines. Personalized programs are created to help flyers reach their individual goals while working as a group for the showcase. Space is limited to best maximize training time for each student.
Stay tuned for updates on our Summer Flying Trapeze Intensive!
Noe and Ivan España are the sons of a circus legacy, the fifth generation heirs to an incredible array of España circus talent and history. In the true circus tradition, they are the product of family training and development, much of it taking place in the spotlight before live audiences.
The Españas began performing as young children in their uncle’s Krony Circus in Mexico. Their talents found initial expression on the trampoline, where at an early age each had mastered the double and triple somersaults, and triple twisting somersaults. Even before their teens, they had begun practicing to join the family’s flying trapeze act, and by the end of their teens, they were accomplished stars.
The rest is history, from important bookings with Circus Atayde in Mexico, at Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen and at the Sydney Opera House to featured status with Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, a prominent appearance in the Lear Levin-Walt Disney Pictures production “Circus,” a Silver Clown award for their performance on the flying trapeze at the International Circus Festival in Monte Carlo, and the 2007 STREB Action Maverick Award.
The range of their repertoire has grown to include everything from the exquisitely graceful bungee trapeze to signature performances on the giant Skywheel and in the motorcycle Globe of Death.
The STREB-España collaboration began in 1998 when Elizabeth Streb joined forces with Noe and Ivan España to create new work that explores their mutual fascination with the possibilities of human flight. Since then, this relationship has taken technical experimentation and innovation to a new level. Noe and Ivan Españas’ contribution to STREB and SLAM can be seen in their custom-designed trapeze rig, the specialized hardware and rigging mechanisms they’ve invented which are at the core of many of Elizabeth’s choreographic explorations and the inspiration and entrée they’ve provided into new worlds of action possibilities.
Private Lessons
Private lessons are available on request in Flying Trapeze, Trampoline, and PopAction for all levels and abilities.
Email Mary@streb.org for more information and to build your personalized package.
Other private and semi-private class options available.
Email mary@streb.org for more details.
Trapeze Staff
Tanya Azari
Kyle Breen
Leonid Filatov
Jean-Tae Francis
Bobby Hedglin-Taylor
Lexi Hynes
Stuart Moulton
Ayal Prouser
Mary Schindler
Aidan Transtrum
PopAction Staff
Jackie Carlson
Cassandre Joseph