Elizabeth Streb Quotes & Sayings

Unpredictable action is movement's equivalent to a page-turner in literature. On stage, we have certain options to make our moves appear surprising or even shocking. One choice is to remove transitions. We try to construct motion hunks, hunks of action that could be missed if an audience member blinks. — Elizabeth Streb

Skip your brain and go right to the gut, — Elizabeth Streb

You have to get beyond the barrier of self-protection before you can really fly. — Elizabeth Streb

Anything that's too safe is not action. — Elizabeth Streb

It's basic research: shoot an arrow in the air. Where it lands, paint a bullseye. — Elizabeth Streb

When I'm taking my last breath, I want to look at how I used up the best of myself. How much did I sweat, push, pull, rip, fall, hit, crash, explode? ... My dream is to be so well-used that in my last-half second, I just burst into dust. — Elizabeth Streb

My investigation of movement has led me to choices which vary from traditional norms. My dancers and I see the rehearsal as a laboratory for testing scientific principles on the body. We invent action ideas which we think are archetypal, noticeable, understandable. The outcome is a mixture of slam dancing, exquisite and amazing human flight and a wild action sport which captures kids, older people and the general public's hearts and minds and bodies. — Elizabeth Streb