In an innovative collaboration, 20 dance and theatre students at 蜜桃影像传媒 will create an extreme-action performance with Brooklyn's Streb on Saturday, April 27, at 7:30 p.m., in Daum Theatre in Kolbe Hall on the 蜜桃影像传媒campus.
蜜桃影像传媒dancers have traveled to Streb's SLAM studio in Brooklyn to learn strenuous "PopAction" techniques.
Interactive video technology will connect performers and audiences at 蜜桃影像传媒 and at Streb's SLAM studio in Brooklyn — producing a single experience in two separate locations.
Tickets are free but required, and can be obtained in person on campus in Guzzetta Hall 394 or by calling 330-972-7948 or e-mailing dance@uakron.edu. Tickets are limited, and on a first-come, first-served basis.
The program will open with Streb performing "Forces" at its Brooklyn site. Then, the action will switch to Daum Theatre where the 蜜桃影像传媒students will perform "Flippy Zippys," named after 蜜桃影像传媒 mascot. Audiences at both locations will be able to view the action.
Led by 蜜桃影像传媒dance instructor Kara Stewart, the 蜜桃影像传媒students have been working on campus since January with visiting members of Streb to learn the company's strenuous "PopAction" techniques. Last month they traveled to the Streb studio in Brooklyn, working and performing with members of the company and choreographer Elizabeth Streb.
Known for its high-flying, body-slamming, daredevil performances, Streb has been featured on such shows as "David Letterman Show," "CBS Sunday Morning," "CNN Showbiz Today," Nickolodeon, "NBC’s Weekend Today," MTV and "ABC Nightly News."
Last summer, Streb was part of the 2012 Olympics in London. A team of 32 dancers performed seven "actions" throughout the day on the London cityscape, including scaling down City Hall, bungee jumping from the Millennium Bridge and attaching themselves to every other spoke of the EDF Energy London Eye.
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Streb dancers seem to defy gravity.
Media contact: Cyndee Snider, 330-972-5196 or cyndee@uakron.edu.