Halprin, Anna

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Avant-garde dancer and choreographer trained by Margaret H'Doubler at the University of Wisconsin who began the experimental dance group known as the San Francisco Dancers' Workshop.

Focused upon integrating dance with other art forms and upon helping people to develop self-awareness through movement. Collaborated with musicians John Cage, Terry Riley, Norman Cazden, Morton Subotnick, Arthur Eisler, Luciano Berio, Alan Hovhaness, and La Monte Young; painter Jo Landor; actor John Graham; dancers Meredith Monk and Simone Forti; and her husband, Lawrence Halprin, and other architects.

From the description of Papers, 1932-1994. (Museum of Performance & Design). WorldCat record id: 430364240

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associatedWith Alexander, Robert, d. 1989. person
associatedWith Berio, Luciano, 1935- . person
associatedWith Brown, Trisha. person
associatedWith Cage, John. person
associatedWith Cage, John. person
associatedWith Cazden, Norman, 1914- . person
associatedWith Contemporary Dancers Company, San Francisco. corporateBody
associatedWith Eisler, Arthur. person
correspondedWith Erlanger, Margaret, 1908-1975. person
associatedWith Forti, Simone. person
associatedWith Getty Research Institute. Contemporary Programs and Research. corporateBody
associatedWith Groat, Jenny Hunter, person
associatedWith Halprin-Lathrop Studio. corporateBody
associatedWith Halprin, Lawrence. person
associatedWith H'Doubler, Margaret Newell, 1889-1982. person
associatedWith Hoffman, Soto. person
associatedWith Hovhaness, Alan, 1911- . person
associatedWith Kessler, Chester Monroe, 1919-1979. person
associatedWith Khalighi, Daria Halprin. person
associatedWith Landor, Jo. person
associatedWith Lathrop, Welland. person
associatedWith Leistiko, Norma. person
associatedWith McHugh, Jamie. person
associatedWith Monk, Meredith. person
associatedWith Nash, Jasmine. person
associatedWith Nixon, James Hurd. person
associatedWith Rainer, Yvonne. person
associatedWith Riley, Terry, 1935- . person
associatedWith San Francisco Dancers' Workshop. corporateBody
associatedWith Stinson, Allan. person
associatedWith Subotnick, Morton. person
associatedWith Tamalpa Institute of Dancers' Workshop. corporateBody
associatedWith Vassau, Rana Halprin. person
associatedWith Wagstaff, Samuel J. person
associatedWith Young, La Monte. person
Place Name Admin Code Country
California--San Francisco
Subject
Cancer
Choreographers
Dance therapy
Modern dance
Movement therapy
Performance art
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Birth 1920-07-13

Americans

English

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