Born to Fly: Elizabeth Streb vs. Gravity

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Born to Fly: Elizabeth Streb vs. Gravity

2014

1h 22m

Documentary

Action

Biography

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The STREB Extreme Action Company pushes their performances from the ground to the air.

David Lewis

San Francisco Chronicle

[It] puts the art of dance in a whole new light, and it's fitting that a documentary about her is so well choreographed, too.

Jun 30, 2020

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Radheyan Simonpillai

NOW Toronto

The doc feels more padded than the floor mats Streb's gravity-defying dancers bounce off.

Rated: 2/5

Oct 23, 2014

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Katie Walsh

The Playlist

"Born to Fly" is a special film about an artist very much dedicated to an original vision, one that articulates the relationship of human bodies to space and time, and strength and resilience towards unstoppable and unmovable forces beyond our control.

Rated: A-

Sep 30, 2014

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Stephen Saito

Moveable Fest

Gund is able to capture the magic of what Streb does, which is no small feat, as well as the provocation of her work, which asks what is art not in terms of transcendence but of sweat‎ and tears.

Nov 20, 2018

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Jamie S. Rich

Oregonian

...stretch[es] the boundaries of expression while examining the limits people go to test themselves physically and emotionally.

Rated: 3/5

Sep 26, 2014

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Daniel Walber

Nonfics (Substack)

Born to Fly is a solid profile of choreographer Elizabeth Streb, but it misses the opportunity to more effectively capture the blunt physicality of her work with the tools of cinema.

Rated: 3/5

Jun 5, 2014

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Audience Member

Profoundly moving, inspiring and exceptional. Elizabeth Streb and her dancers are defining dance for themselves unapologeticlally and even if it's not what you're used to aesthetically the enthusiasm and form is testimony of a life time of thought, blood, sweat and tears. I was poetically moved and wanted to feel what it was like to be an action hero!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/16/23

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Audience Member

An Interesting Look At People Dedicated To Their Art, Warts & All.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/21/23

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Catherine Gund

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Elizabeth Streb

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Sarah Callan

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Jaclyn Carlson

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Laura Flanders

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Leonardo Giron

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Synopsis

The STREB Extreme Action Company pushes their performances from the ground to the air.

Director: Catherine Gund
Producer: Catherine Gund, Tanya Selvaratnam
Production Co: Aubin Pictures
Genre: Documentary, Action, Biography
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 30, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $21.2K
Runtime: 1h 22m