Quantum Leaps
JUL 14, 2006
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.020265
The Village Voice : ‘That,” says the little girl, “looks like a hamster wheel.” Right, except that it’s 12 feet in diameter, and spins two feet off the floor. Soon the girl, her sister, and their grandparentsâmdash;visitors to the Streb Lab for Action Mechanics (SLAM), the Williamsburg home of STREB Extreme Actionâmdash;are watching moves beyond the wildest dreams of all hamsters and most dancers. The family’s here because after out-of-town performances choreographer Elizabeth Streb invites spectators to watch rehearsals if they’re in New York. The company’s new show, “Streb vs. Gravity,” plays tonight, Friday, and Saturday at the La Guardia Drama Theater, opening Lincoln Center Festival 2006’s three-week wealth of dance events. Today, Streb’s “action engineers” are rehearsing Revolution.
© 2006 American Institute of Physics
