Anna Halprin
Anna Dorothy Halprin (born Anna Schuman; July 13, 1920 – May 25, 2021) was an American dancer. She helped create the experimental art form known as postmodern dance and referred to herself as the breaker of modern dance.[1] Born in Winnetka, Illinois she spent her entire career in San Francisco, California
Anna Halprin | |
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 Anna Halprin at the University of San Francisco November 2010. | |
| Born | Anna Schuman July 13, 1920 |
| Died | May 25, 2021 (aged 100) San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Dancer |
| Years active | 1938-2020 |
| Website | http://www.annahalprin.org/ |
Halprin, along with her contemporaries such as Trisha Brown, Simone Forti, Yvonne Rainer, John Cage, and Robert Morris, collaborated and built a community based around the ideas of post-modern dance. In the 1950s, she created the San Francisco Dancers’ Workshop to give artists like her a place to practice their art.
Halprin died on May 25, 2021 in San Francisco just two months before her 101st birthday.[2]
References
change- ↑ Ross, Janice. Anna Halprin. (Los Angeles: University of California Press, 2007.), xiii.
- ↑ Choreographer Anna Halprin, Who Redefined Dance As A Tool For Healing, Dies At 100
Other websites
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Media related to Anna Halprin at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website
- Anna Halprin's entry in "Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia"
- Anna Halprin papers, 1940-2008, held by the Jerome Robbins Dance Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
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