Streb: How to Become an Extreme Action Hero
by Elizabeth Streb
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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 theatres, museums and town squares. 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. With b/w and colour photography show more throughout. show lessTags
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The thing I like about signing up for "book subscriptions" from publishers is that I receive books that I wouldn't necessarily hear about or read otherwise. This is one of those books. At time the philosophical meanderings about space, time and motion got to be a bit too much for me, but otherwise I found this to be quite an enlightening book. I did find it helpful to watch a few clips of the STREB shows on YouTube first to get some context. It's amazing what she has managed to choreograph and the talent of not only ES herself but her dancers as well.
A short, entertaining peak into the life and work of PopAction choreographer, Elizabeth Streb. She is both brilliant and insane. A enjoyable and informative read.
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Common Knowledge
- Original publication date
- 2010
- Dedication
- for
CAROLYN ELLIOT GALE - First words
- Elizabeth Streb is a rascal - a brilliant rascal.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)It only lasted two seconds.
- Blurbers
- Brown, Trisha; Petit, Philippe; Stimpson, Catharine R.; Baryshnikov, Mikhail
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- Genres
- Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir, Sports and Leisure, Art & Design
- DDC/MDS
- 792.8092 — Arts & recreation Recreation, sports, and performing arts Stage presentations Ballet and modern dance modified standard subdivisions History, geographic treatment, biography; Description, critical appraisal of specific theatres and companies Biography
- LCC
- BF295 .S87 — Philosophy, Psychology and Religion Psychology Psychology Sensation. Aesthesiology
- BISAC
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- 26
- Popularity
- 1,043,836
- Reviews
- 2
- Rating
- (4.13)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 3
