Anna Halprin helped redefine dance in postwar America and pioneer the experimental art form known as postmodern dance and referred to herself as a breaker of the rules of modern dance.
10 Facts About Anna Halprin
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Anna Halprin has written books including: Movement Rituals, Moving Toward Life: Five Decades of Transformational Dance and Dance as a Healing Art.
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At 4 years old, Halprin was enrolled by her mother in ballet class to satisfy young Anna's urge to dance.
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At the age of 15, Anna Halprin began studying the techniques of Ruth St Denis and Isadora Duncan.
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Anna Halprin abandoned the stylized forms of modern technique to create her own way of reproducing the art of everyday life.
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However, instead of using chance as a way to make movement like Cunningham did, Anna Halprin turned to improvisation to investigate ways of making community.
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Anna Halprin met her husband, landscape architect Lawrence Halprin, while in college.
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In late 1940s, Anna Halprin danced with Mimi Kagan, under the name the San Francisco Dance League.
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Anna Halprin thought everyone looked too similar to Graham and Humphrey, stifling creativity.
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Anna Halprin documented her own experiences and compiled the information to make her own healing process called "The Five Stages of Healing".