Elizabeth Streb

Quick Facts

Full Name	Elizabeth Streb
Occupation	Choreographer
Date Of Birth	Feb 23, 1950(1950-02-23)
Age	74
Birthplace	Rochester
Country	United States
Birth City	New York State
Horoscope	Aquarius

Elizabeth Streb Biography

Elizabeth Streb is one of the most popular and richest Choreographer who was born on February 23, 1950 in Rochester, New York State, United States. The award-winning choreographer and instructor of modern dance. She was the founder of the dance studio Streb Extreme Action, which is known for its rogue experimentation and risk-taking in choreography and styles. She was the main inspiration behind the documentary Born to Fly: Elizabeth Streb against. Gravity.

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Streb was born and raised in Rochester, New York and, after graduating from the dance program of State University of New York at Brockport in 1972, she was interested in experimental works and worked and performed for many years with investigational groups including Molissa Fenley’s. She also worked and performed with Margaret Jenkins in San Francisco for two years before relocating back to New York City In 1975, upon her arrival in New York City, Streb created her dance company STREB/ Ringside.

She has been creating works from 1975 to the present and is known for her outrageous risk taking and experimental shows she puts on. Streb includes risk into all of her choreography, giving the audience sensations of extreme feelings while watching the performers. She inquired about movement and the suppositions that the dance world created; and integrated actions and principles of the circus, rodeo, and daredevil “stunts.” She is interested in the effects of gravity, math, and physics on her choreography. And has said, “A question like: Can you fall up? This is the bedrock of my process” and that she tries “to notice what questions have not been asked in a particular field that need to be asked and answered.” She grew up participating in extreme sports, therefore she associates a lot of her work with athletics; for example, skiing and motorcycling, and has also expressed her interest in the circus and performance artists such as Chris Burden, Marina Abramović, and admires Trisha Brown.

She was raised and born at Rochester, New York. She got married Laura Flanders.

Elizabeth Streb Net Worth

Elizabeth Streb is one of the richest Choreographer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Elizabeth Streb 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Her graduation from dance department at the State University of New York at Brockport in 1972. She started her own dance studio in 1975.

She was awarded the Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists Award in 1996.

Elizabeth Streb (born February 23, 1950) is an American choreographer, performer, and teacher of contemporary dance.

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Who is Elizabeth Streb Dating?

According to our records, Elizabeth Streb married to Laura Flanders. As of December 1, 2023, Elizabeth Streb’s is not dating anyone.

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Surprises: Streb was commissioned by the Mayor of London and the London 2012 Festival with funding from Arts Council England, the Department of Culture, Media and Sport and the National Lottery through the Olympic Lottery Distributor.

Facts & Trivia

Elizabeth Ranked on the list of most popular Choreographer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Elizabeth Streb celebrates birthday on February 23 of every year.

In 2012, director Catherine Gund began production on a feature-length documentary chronicling the evolution of Streb’s choreography and the STREB Extreme Action Company – entitled BORN TO FLY: Elizabeth Streb vs. Gravity. The film features footage of the One Extraordinary Day performance from July 1, 2016, filmed by renowned documentary filmmaker Albert Maysles, as well as archival footage from her over 30 years of practice and contemporary performance footage. The film was released in 2014.

Top Facts about Elizabeth Streb

1. Elizabeth Streb is an American choreographer and dancer.
2. She founded the STREB Extreme Action Company in 1985.
3. Streb’s work combines dance, athletics, and daredevil stunts.
4. She has been awarded a MacArthur “Genius” Grant.
5. Streb has choreographed for the London Olympics and Paralympics.
6. Her work has been featured in films, TV shows, and commercials.
7. Streb has written several books on her approach to movement.
8. She was inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame in 2020.
9. Streb teaches at Rutgers University’s Mason Gross School of the Arts.
10. Her motto is “Action is a verb.”

What are Elizabeth Streb goals for her work?

Throughout my career, my goal has always been to create a motion lexicon that all humans recognize.

What does Elizabeth Streb call her dancers?

She calls its headquarters, in Brooklyn, the STREB Lab for Action Mechanics, and she calls her dancers action heroes.

What is Streb dance?

Built around Streb’s organizing principle “Extreme Action,” a movement style that thrills participants, audiences and students with choreographed feats of physicality, scientifically planned chaos, strength, risk, grace, and elegance , STREB actively engages with, ensures inclusion of, and advances cultural equity for …

What does Elizabeth Streb call her dance work evoking a question of what

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This style developed out of the earlier German form ausdruckstanz (expressive dance) originated by Mary Wigman. Today, tanztheater is synonymous with the work of choreographer Pina Bausch. was first seen in the United States in the late 19th century.