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Anna Halprin

(1920–2021) Choreographer

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Anna Halprin was a choreographer.

Quick Facts About Anna Halprin

Born: July 13, 1920
Died: May 24, 2021
Profession: Choreographer

About Anna Halprin

American dancer (1920–2021)... | Anna Halprin was an American choreographer and dancer. She 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. In the 1950s, she established the San Francisco Dancers' Workshop to

Quotes by Anna Halprin

Aging is like enlightenment at gunpoint. Before I had cancer, I lived my life for my art. After I had cancer, I…

Aging

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The body is living art. Your movement through time and space is art. A painter has brushes. You have your body.

Art

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I'm very excited about dance and love it with a deep passion. I also struggle, tire and become discouraged. But what has…

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Every experience I've had in my life is a resource in my body.

Body

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Movement has the capacity to take us to the home of the soul, the world within for which we have no name.…

Body

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As we tap into the deep sources of bodily wisdom through creative art expression,we dance the renewal, recreation, and healing of ourselves…

Art

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Just as the ancients danced to call upon the spirits in nature, we too can dance to find the spirits within ourselves…

Ancient

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I imagine a future where many of us will call ourselves dancers and collaborate to make an art which concerns itself with…

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