Cracking the Frame - BORN TO FLY: ELIZABETH STREB vs GRAVITY (Premiere screening) Wednesday 15 October 2014, 19.30h – Rialto Amsterdam BORN TO FLY: ELIZABETH STREB vs GRAVITY Catherine Gund USA | 2014 | 82 min A chronicle of the fascinating life and career of action architect, extreme dancer and choreographer Elizabeth Streb. For nearly 40 years, Streb has been pushing the boundaries of modern dance with her Brooklyn-based company, STREB Extreme Action Company. Inspired by extreme sports, circus and acrobatics, Streb challenges the assumptions of art, injury, gender, aging, and human possibility, staging action performances that require immense physical strength, endurance and virtuosity. Directed by Emmy nominated filmmaker Catherine Gund, BORN TO FLY: ELIZABETH STREB vs GRAVITY follows the visionary choreographer over the course of a year as she reflects on her influences, evolution, and inventions, all while preparing for one of her companys greatest public display: a series of daredevil performances on some of Londons landmark monuments during the 2012 Olympics. Trailer: https://youtube/watch?v=-kMaWkAPHBQ ***** Stunning... adrenaline-pumping... Born to Fly captures fully both the danger in the work and the exhilaration the dancers get from it. - Austin Chronicle BORN TO FLY works very well as a portrait of a maverick artistic sensibility...Whether one calls it art, sport, or mere entertainment, some of it makes for jaw-dropping viewing. - The Hollywood Reporter ***** Cracking the Frame A monthly program featuring an international selection of critically acclaimed arts documentaries and artists’ films. Cracking the Frame focuses on the creative intersection between art and film through thought-provoking cinematic portraits of the life and work of established contemporary artists, photographers, filmmakers and global thinkers.
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