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šŸ’š STREB Extreme Action @ Manhattan West Plaza

Sunday September 19, 2021 12:30 pm
Manhattan West Plaza395 9th AvenueNew York NY 10001
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Description

The STREB Extreme Action Company presents a series of stunning, jaw-dropping performances featuring a brand-new piece titled Kaleidoscope, as well as two works premiering publicly in the U.S. for the first time, Plateshift and Molinette.

ABOUT THE PROGRAM:

Molinette utilizes a unique Action Machine designed by longtime STREB collaborator Noe EspaƱa. A trio of action heroes, feet affixed to a 20ā€™ high horizontal swivel pipe, fall unbelievably forwards and backwardsā€”whipping through space before returning to a standing upright position again.

Plateshift: Six action heroes navigate a sprung floor with two circular areas that can each rotate in different directions at varying speeds. The action heros, who are spun around with dizzying speedā€”contorting into matrix-like positions to hold their ground or sent into a mad sprint to maintain their place in spaceā€”and thrust flying into the air from the centrifugal force, narrowly avoiding each other.

Kaleidoscope: Elizabeth Strebā€™s ambitious new octet features an Action Machine originally built to prepare the company for their performance at the London 2012 Olympics on the London Eye. The machine, affectionately known as ā€œLERUā€ā€”the London Eye Rehearsal Unitā€”is a solid steel circle, 24 feet in diameter. As it rotates 24 times, the eight action heroes, who are each affixed to the center of a spoke, navigate their ever-revolving relationship to gravity, while sharing a ā€œforce fieldā€ with a partner directly opposite them. By seeing how the action heroes ā€œride the gravitational bullā€ in different location zones, the audience simultaneously recognizes and is surprised by the ever-changing forces at work on these bodies.

Performance schedule:

Friday, September 17: 12:30pm & 6pm
Saturday, September 18: 12:30pm & 6pm
Sunday, September 19: 12:30 pm


Enter Plaza at 9th Avenue, Between 31st & 33rd Streets

Who

Everyone!

Cost

FREE

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