tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913278390524654713.post6034238166222235583..comments2023-10-17T08:03:24.968-04:00Comments on InfiniteBody: STREB ascendingEva Yaa Asantewaahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08673851887585753232noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913278390524654713.post-82100519847506127072011-12-23T10:59:36.107-05:002011-12-23T10:59:36.107-05:00Hi, Christine! Thanks for your comment. I'm gl...Hi, Christine! Thanks for your comment. I'm glad that you enjoyed the review! I read your piece about STREB but have not read the comments you received. After seeing your Facebook post about it, I re-read the New York Times articles about the injury sustained by DeeDee Nelson and about the dismissal of Terry Dean Bartlett, who was one of my favorite STREB performers. I wanted to refresh my memory of that situation. At the time, I found myself unknowingly in the middle of things because, after Nelson's injury, Bartlett sent word to me (and others)through email and social media about the benefit for Nelson that he and other people were organizing. I put the information up on this blog, unaware of the backstory that Streb and Nelson had not been consulted and that Nelson did not need the help since she had health insurance. I only learned that later, from Bartlett, after Streb had complained about his taking this action. Re-reading the Times accounts, I feel that there is some information (about Bartlett's situation in the company and his working relationship with Streb) that I wasn't privy to--and I'm still not. So, I'm not going to judge either one of these artists at this point. Yes, the work is enormously dangerous. As I indicate here in my review of STREB: Kiss the Air!, it falls within the category of things mainstream America takes to its collective bosom precisely because they are enormously dangerous. While what Streb is doing is extraordinary, I don't think it's out of the ordinary, and the risk that she and her performers volunteer to take is not unknown to us. Personally, like you, I would not do these things nor, actually, would I encourage most performers to try them, but I have to say that, just like millions of others, I enjoy watching superbly trained and skilled performers.Eva Yaa Asantewaahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08673851887585753232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913278390524654713.post-64184690171155238792011-12-22T11:03:19.840-05:002011-12-22T11:03:19.840-05:00Hi Eva...
I was thrilled to bring my 11 kids from...Hi Eva... <br />I was thrilled to bring my 11 kids from Teen Reviewers and Critics to this show...also bought them each Elizabeth Streb's Action Book.1. To be inspired by what a woman can achieve...by what Streb has achieved and to see all that DANCE can be ... It was a great way to end the Teen course in dance experience... We sat in front with our rain coats... I was a bit downhearted by receiving letters from ex Streb peeps on my website about injuries during performance /rehearsal etc. ...These comments were added to a really nice feature Dance Enthusiast writer and associate editor wrote on our site... and I still don't know how to handle them... they were aggressive and , I thought at first an attempt to smear Streb, which I in no way want to do or be a part of... (even though I am very interested in pursuing a discussion of performer safety and compensation in the dance world )<br />Obviously, it takes a certain kind of performer ( not me) to agree to these super hero attempts... and these performers seem to do so with joy and fervor..<br />I really admire them. <br /><br />Thanks for your article, it was a pleasure to read. and it captured the experience I had with my teen students.Christine- editor of The Dance Enthusiasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09729114977303648748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913278390524654713.post-80208011399631136342011-12-19T21:30:35.979-05:002011-12-19T21:30:35.979-05:00This is a very funny, well-written review. Nice jo...This is a very funny, well-written review. Nice job!Jeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15140556750265205279noreply@blogger.com