Biography Dox

Born to Fly harnesses the thrill and energy of Elizabeth Streb's Brooklyn-based Streb Extreme Action Company. Inter-cutting archival footage from decades of Streb performances with verité moments between Streb, her partner Laura and their collaborators, the documentary follows Streb over the course of a year as she reflects on her influences, evolution, and inventions, all while preparing for her greatest public performance. Along the way, Born to Fly captures the lives of Streb's dancers – gladiators infused with her theory of movement, who walk on walls, dive through glass, move so fast they disappear, and fly. The film culminates with Streb and her dancers taking the world by force at the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad. This grand and surprising display, enacted as public performances on landmarks like the London Eye, exemplifies both Streb's and the film's philosophies: You must risk falling if you want to fly.