Streb Slam Show XI - amazing - and in Brookln for three more weekends

We saw Elizabeth Streb’s Slam Show XI last night at the Streb Laboratory for Action Mechanics - it’s each year’s repertory (repertoire?) improves on the last - old pieces get better, and one fantastic, “TRAP,” choreogaphed by Kevin Lindsay, and several new pieces, including “AIR,” - each one beter than the last. We particularly liked Kevin Lindsay’s piece “TRAP,” which will appeal to engineers as much as to dance fans, “WILD BLUE YONDER,” a classic Streb piece which gets better every year, and in which Lindsay and Fabio Tavares - company members, we think, longest with the company and this piece, stood out. Tavares can evoke Buster Keaton and Popeye with deadpan, under-the-breath, and generally self-mocking comments, very funny and usually offered in the midst of something dangerous and visually arresting.

We brought a friend visiting from out of town, and she was amazed and inspired. You will be too. We bring at least one person every season, and they’re always happy, no matter how fussy they are.
Tickets are available online at the Streb website or by calling (718) 384-6491.

Video gallery - with previews of some of the current pieces - here.

[Ethics disclosure: we've made the odd contribution, volunteered as ushers, given the odd piece of professional advice - but stand by our assessment of last night's performance, for which we were happy to purchase tickets. But proudly encumbered by association and bias, which we here disclose].