The question that comes to mind is, how have you been surviving? This is not a hyperbole as the world literally negotiates a deadly virus. It is not a distortion when business and organizations are permanently closing. This article chronicles how Brooklyn-based STREB EXTREME ACTION company has survived the past few months. The company members are literally called Action Heroes. Who better to give some insight as to how to survive?

To get a full sense of how the company has transitioned to the remote and virtual, I interviewed Elizabeth Streb (Founder and Artistic Director), Christine Chen (Executive Director) and Cassandre Joseph (Associate Artistic Director). The conversations proved that the company’s trademark tenacity, curiosity and care for each other and their community has not diluted as they rehearse, perform and teach via Zoom.  The company has gained world fame for Streb’s unique philosophies about the body, space, time and force. “I invent things: equipment and actions,” Streb says. “But I really pose questions more than I tell them [the company] what to do. The questions are inherent in the equipment. We have a piece of equipment manipulate you, or you enter its force field in a way to cause things to happen that must happen. It’s a discovery process. I always think of myself as an explorer.” Underlying the explorati...