A Berkeley native who earned a master s degree in anthropology at Columbia University, Stromberg wrote his thesis on dance. Then, he spent five years dancing for Elizabeth Streb, a New York choreographer who participated in the National Dance Lab project with Berkeley last week. Streb sought input from Berkeley professors in architecture, physics, chemistry, engineering and mathematics about movement and action. I love how accessible her work is to so many people, Stromberg said. She has a vocabulary of moves that is so pure.
Kids really relate.
But children should not mimic her work at home, unprotected. A lot of her work is about impact and being able to take the hit, said Stromberg. He adds that he was never seriously injured in his years of dancing. Streb and her dancers are known for their daring, limit-testing physical feats. To this end, Stromberg offered his architectural design services.