Anna Halprin was a choreographer known for her experimental postmodern dance style, as well as for using dance as a healing tool.Halprin based her work in California, where she founded the San Francisco Dancers’ Workshop in 1959.
She broke boundaries there by bring dance out of the studio and concert hall, having dancers perform in parks, on rooftops, and in other non-traditional dance spaces.
Her notable works included “Myth,” which invited audience participation, and “Parades and Changes,” in which the dancers stripped down entirely in a performance that shocked some 1965 audiences.
While some reviewers were delighted by the daring work’s artistry, it was also banned and arrest warrants were issued for the performers.After Halprin was.
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