Anna Halprin |
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| Author:
| Worth, Libby
Poynor, Helen |
| Series title: | Routledge Performance Practitioners Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8153-6410-8 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2018 |
| Publisher: | Routledge
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $34.95 |
Book Description:
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Anna Halprin traces the life¿s work of this radical dance-maker, who has been a seminal influence on the development of contemporary performance practice from her early work with the San Francisco Dancers¿ Workshop until the present. Drawing on Halprin¿s recent work and examining the evolution of her groundbreaking approach to dance as an accessible and life-enhancing art form, this second edition:
Anna Halprin traces the life¿s work of this radical dance-maker, who has been a seminal influence on the development of contemporary performance practice from her early work with the San Francisco Dancers¿ Workshop until the present. Drawing on Halprin¿s recent work and examining the evolution of her groundbreaking approach to dance as an accessible and life-enhancing art form, this second edition:
- sketches the evolution of the San Francisco Dancers¿ Workshop, exploring Halprin¿s connections with the avant-garde theatre, music, visual art and architecture of the 1950s and 1960s
- investigates her methodology including the Life/Art Process, RSVP Cycles for Collective Creativity and the Five Stages of Healing
- contributes an in-depth analysis of her community performance rituals Circle the Earth and The Planetary Dance from the 1980s until today
- offers an experiential approach to Halprin¿s work through movement explorations and scores.
As a first step towards critical understanding, and as an initial exploration before going on to further, primary research, Routledge Performance Practitioners are unbeatable value for today¿s student.