Anna Halprin / Libby Worth and Helen Poynor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Worth, Libby, 1955-

Contributor:

Poynor, Helen.

Series:

Routledge performance practitioners

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Halprin, Anna.

Dancers--United States--Biography.

Dancers.

United States.

Modern dance.

Dance therapy.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

x, 196 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2004.

Summary:

This guidebook traces the life's work of radical dance-maker Anna Halprin, documenting her early career as a modern dancer in the 1940s through to the development of her groundbreaking approach to dance as an accessible and life-enhancing art form. Tracing the evolution of the San Francisco Dancers' Workshop, it explores Halprin's connections with the avant-garde theatre, music, visual art and architecture of the 1950s and 60s, and analyses her work from this period. Anna Halprin not only offers a useful introduction to the life and work of this major figure, but also provides an important historical guide to a time when dance was first explored beyond the confines of the theatre and considered as a healing art for individuals and communities. This title available in eBook format. Click here for more information. Visit our eBookstore at: www.ebookstore.tandf.co.uk.

Contents:

Life and work

Theory and practice

The mountain performances, Circle the earth, and The planetary dance

Practical explorations.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [181]-187) and index.

ISBN:

0415273307

0415273293

OCLC:

54694621