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On site at her dance laboratory in Brooklyn, Elizabeth Streb tells Kurt about the genesis of her “extreme choreography.” She says it started in her childhood, hunting and fishing with her father. Her new book is called, Streb: How to Become an Extreme Action Hero.

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