Article: Elizabeth Streb -- Lady of Action.(Elizabeth Streb, and her dancers, display an ongoing passion for passion of action and daring)(Brief Article)

Elizabeth Streb's choreography is off the wall. Literally. She combines the spirit of Merce Cunningham and the dating of Evel Knievel in her unyielding passion for action, speed, and force. Body slams, near-hit-and-miss collisions, rebounding off immobile surfaces, and the defiance of gravity are all Streb signature moves. Audiences are intrigued by her vigorous investigation of impact, velocity, and the proposition that humans really can fly. "People say that I do things with the body that are shocking," says Streb. "What I want is for the audience to have an action experience by the time they leave the theater. I'd like to engage and involve them. My next twenty years ...