Streb

Performances:streb engages audiences with the work of founder and artistic director elizabeth Streb via performances by the Streb extreme action company. In fy2023, Streb continued its post-pandemic return to live performances while continuing to share the thrill of extreme action more widely to the global online community.slam shows, at the company's home venue in williamsburg, brooklyn, was presented in two seasons, in december 2022 and may 2023, and featured Streb extreme action's 8-dancer company performing elizabeth Streb's signature choreography, including new works, repertory favorites, and works-in-progress.educational programming @ s.l.a.m. (Streb lab for action mechanics):streb's popaction school and espana-streb trapeze academy classes enable youth and adults to engage with the sheer physicality of elizabeth Streb's unique, signature style of action and movement. Classes intertwine dance, athletics, boxing, rodeo, hollywood-style stunt work, trapeze, acrobatics, and circus arts. Students are encouraged to explore self-expression, creativity, self-discipline, and resilience. Special programs include teen and tween action clubs and the Streb kid company.community engagement & access:streb partners with a range of school and community organizations to reach a diverse constituency, including local youth and families, immigrants, and individuals with disabilities.school residencies: Streb works with k-12 schools over the academic year to offer classes and opportunities to watch and engage with the company. School partners in fy2023 included poly prep academy, trevor day school, and ps147.community partnerships: Streb partners with community organizations to bring personal best popaction classes to individuals from underserved communities in nyc. Community partners in fy2023 included opportunity network, john jay college of criminal justice, bloomberg arts and culture, and usher's new look.rental program:slam, the organization's converted williamsburg warehouse, with 24' ceilings, 22' automated trusses, and a brightly colored, column free 50'x 50' footprint, is a unique space which embraces and incubates a vibrant community of artists working at the intersection of dance, extreme action, aerial arts, and circus. As such, Streb's rental program provides space to a diverse community of local artists to work, create, teach, rehearse, document, film, and perform a range of works. Streb offers subsidized rental rates for working artists who benefit from the unique space and philosophy and hosts curated "friday nights at slam" for these artists to perform before a live audience. Through this initiative, the company aims to embody its commitment to work that is guided by Streb's principles of artistic experimentation, inclusiveness, open access, audience sovereignty, and community engagement.slam's rental program also engages the local community as a popular destination to celebrate a special event, with organized activities led by the action heroes of Streb. From birthday parties and weddings to baby showers and other life event celebrations, these special events introduce new families to the organization, who often return as future audience members or students.