hehe, i don't think i ever bothered to say anything catty about her. she just seems so very PINCHED to me, and uptight, and straight, and a bit snobby, which i think comes from being uncomfortable with herself/her position in the company. she's very new in the company, which is probably why you didn't notice her anywhere else. i don't think she is in every piece yet. she's never doen anything to me, i just don't like her vibe and i guess i'm also jealous :).
the asian woman, christine, is the one who invited me to her birthday party. she's super nice and smart and i love her.
the reason i am not as drawn to streb! good question.
the main reason is that when i first saw them i thought "all they do is fall!" and i had no interest in that. i wanted to see more flying, less falling (when i mentioned to the company at the b-day party that my first reaction was "all they do is fall," their faces all fell, and i felt horrible... i would have thought they were aware of that and even embraced it...). it seemed too graceless and banging-around-ish.
as i said, i've warmed up to them a lot, but i still don't think that their movement would feel good on my body, which is a really important criteria for me. it's often not very human/organic. their technique (which doesn't always come through in their actual choreograhy) is based around a series of shapes and angles, and moving or rotating those shapes and angles through space. i think that's awesome but it's not how i want to use my body. i don't want that kind of strictness and tightness. (i think i would enjoy it as a form of training but i don't want it to be all i do).
also, the streb dancers are very much "action figures" or "action heros." they are often playful and funny but the movement is essentially about the movement, not about the relations between people. i prefer lava's approach (as a dancer/performer, not necessarily as a spectator), which gives much more weight to palpable warmth, trust, and personal relations.
i don't know elizabeth streb at all so i don't know what she's like as a choreographer and director, but she intimidates me, whereas sarah has always been very approachable and kind, so that's another reason. i have the impression that lava is much more holistic and nurturing of its members.
i also like that lava is all female. i like the queer vibe there. i like that it's the first place where i've felt a queeer identity and felt like being queer makes me fit in. i like working with women.
and finally, taking lots of classes is a prerequisite to becoming a member of either company, and the lava studio is a pleasing 20-minute walk from home whereas streb is a unpleasing subway ride of 45 minutes to an hour.
all that said, now that i am friends with or friendly with most of the streb dancers, it seems like being in that company would be a whole lot of fun, and if things weren't going so well with lava, i'd be signing up for their adult intensive week that's a precursor to upcoming auditions this spring.
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Date: 2007-02-24 04:01 pm (UTC)the asian woman, christine, is the one who invited me to her birthday party. she's super nice and smart and i love her.
the reason i am not as drawn to streb! good question.
the main reason is that when i first saw them i thought "all they do is fall!" and i had no interest in that. i wanted to see more flying, less falling (when i mentioned to the company at the b-day party that my first reaction was "all they do is fall," their faces all fell, and i felt horrible... i would have thought they were aware of that and even embraced it...). it seemed too graceless and banging-around-ish.
as i said, i've warmed up to them a lot, but i still don't think that their movement would feel good on my body, which is a really important criteria for me. it's often not very human/organic. their technique (which doesn't always come through in their actual choreograhy) is based around a series of shapes and angles, and moving or rotating those shapes and angles through space. i think that's awesome but it's not how i want to use my body. i don't want that kind of strictness and tightness. (i think i would enjoy it as a form of training but i don't want it to be all i do).
also, the streb dancers are very much "action figures" or "action heros." they are often playful and funny but the movement is essentially about the movement, not about the relations between people. i prefer lava's approach (as a dancer/performer, not necessarily as a spectator), which gives much more weight to palpable warmth, trust, and personal relations.
i don't know elizabeth streb at all so i don't know what she's like as a choreographer and director, but she intimidates me, whereas sarah has always been very approachable and kind, so that's another reason. i have the impression that lava is much more holistic and nurturing of its members.
i also like that lava is all female. i like the queer vibe there. i like that it's the first place where i've felt a queeer identity and felt like being queer makes me fit in. i like working with women.
and finally, taking lots of classes is a prerequisite to becoming a member of either company, and the lava studio is a pleasing 20-minute walk from home whereas streb is a unpleasing subway ride of 45 minutes to an hour.
all that said, now that i am friends with or friendly with most of the streb dancers, it seems like being in that company would be a whole lot of fun, and if things weren't going so well with lava, i'd be signing up for their adult intensive week that's a precursor to upcoming auditions this spring.