Streb, Elizabeth (1950–)
Streb, Elizabeth (1950–)
American dancer and choreographer. Born Feb 23, 1950, in Rochester, NY; State University of New York, Brockport, BS in modern dance, cum laude, 1972; studied with Susannah Payton, Daniel Nagrin, Irma Plyshenko, and Mary Edwards.
Danced with Margaret Jenkins in San Francisco (1972–74); founded Streb/Ringside dance company in Ringside, NY (1985); premiered her signature piece Little Ease (1985); began to intertwine the disciplines of dance, athletics, extreme sports, and Hollywood stunt work for a choreography she called POPACTION; received 3 New York Dance and Performance (Bessie) awards (1988–90); awarded a MacArthur Foundation "genius" grant (1997).
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