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'
Anna Halprin (Routledge Performance Practitioners)
β Scribed by Libby Worth, Helen Poynor
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 208
- Series
- Routledge performance practitioners
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
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 art form. Life and work -- Theory and practice -- The mountain performances, Circle the earth, and The planetary dance -- Practical explorations
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