Sujets :
STREB Extreme Action Company [compagnie de danse]
S.L.A.M. - Lab for Action Mechanics
Streb, Elizabeth [chorégraphe]
Sports extrêmes
Danse et sport
Danse - Philosophie et théorie
Mouvement - Aspect psychologique
Prise de risque
Arts du cirque et danse
Relation de l'artiste de cirque avec les agrès
Danse aérienne
Risque - Aspect sociologique

Résumé :
Elizabeth Streb has been testing the potential of the human body since childhood. Can she fly? Can she run up walls? How fast can she go? With clarity and humor—and with a world-class dance troupe called STREB—she continues to investigate what real movement is and has come to these conclusions: It's off the ground! It creates impact! It hurts trying to stop it! In this pathbreaking book, Streb combines memoir and analysis to convey how she became an extreme action dancer/choreographer, developing a form of movement that's more NASCAR than modern dance; more boxing than ballet.

Once called the Evel Knievel of dance, Elizabeth Streb intertwines the disciplines of dance, athletics, rodeo, the circus, and Hollywood stunt-work. She founded STREB in 1985, which performs internationally in theaters, museums, and town squares. She established S.L.A.M. (Lab for Action Mechanics) in 2003, a factory space in Brooklyn, which produces a cottage industry of extreme action performances and invites everyday people to wonder about movement, gravity, and flight. [editor summary]

Collection : Bibliothèque de l'École nationale de cirque

Localisation : Bibliothèque

Cote : 792.809 2 S914s 2010

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