Elizabeth Streb Action Heroes
Elizabeth Streb
Known for her nontraditional, physical choreography as part of her dance company STREB, Elizabeth Streb has been performing extreme acrobatic dance works internationally in London, Paris, Melbourne, Singapore, and across the U.S., and has been featured extensively in the media by The New York Times, and on ABC World News Tonight, CBS Sunday Morning, and The Late Show with David Letterman, among others. She has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and Guggenheim Foundation, a Bessie award for sustained investigation of movement, as well as a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship for lifetime achievement.
Awards & Accomplishments
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2010
Publication
Streb’s book, How To Become an Extreme Action Hero, is published by The Feminist Press
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2010
Documentary
Streb is one of the subjects of new online documentary series, Made Here, following the working lives of New York-based performance artists
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2002
Fellowship
Streb receives New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship
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2003
Studio opening
Streb sees opening of the Streb Action Invention Lab, a permanent studio in Brooklyn
News
Events
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Dec 14 – Dec 22 2011
Elizabeth Streb's Extreme Action Company presents "Kiss the Air!" at Park Avenue Armory in New York
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Jun 30 – Aug 27 2011
Meredith Monk and Elizabeth Streb are included in "The View from a Volcano: The Kitchen’s Soho Years, 1971-85" at The Kitchen in New York
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Mar 10 – Mar 10 2010
Elizabeth Streb is featured in the Feminist Press 40th Anniversary Event at Joe's Pub in NYC
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