Anna Halprin Paperback / softback
by Libby (Royal Holloway, University of London, UK) Worth, Helen Poynor
Part of the Routledge Performance Practitioners series
Paperback / softback
Description
Anna Halprin traces the life's work of this radical dance-maker, documenting her early career as a modern dancer in the 1940s through to the development of her groundbreaking approach to dance as an accessible and life-enhancing art form.
Now revised and reissued, this book: 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 60s offers a detailed analysis of Halprin’s work from this period provides an important historical guide to a time when dance was first explored beyond the confines of the theatre and considered as a healing art for individuals and communities. As a first step towards critical understanding, and an initial exploration before going on to further, primary research, Routledge Performance Practitioners offer unbeatable value for today’s student.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:206 pages, 1 Line drawings, black and white; 20 Illustrations, black and white
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Inc
- Publication Date:13/06/2018
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- ISBN:9780815364108
Information
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Only a few left - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:206 pages, 1 Line drawings, black and white; 20 Illustrations, black and white
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Inc
- Publication Date:13/06/2018
- Category:
- ISBN:9780815364108
