MenuInventory of the Anna Halprin Papers, 1957-1995
Abstract
Anna Halprin (b. 1920) is a pioneering dancer and choreographer of the post-modern dance movement. She founded the San Francisco Dancer's Workshop in 1955 as a center for movement training, artistic experimentation, and public participatory events open to the local community. Halprin has created 150 full-length dance theater works and is the recipient of numerous awards including the 1997 Samuel H. Scripps Award for Lifetime Achievement in Modern Dance from the American Dance Festival. Her students include Meredith Monk, Trisha Brown, Yvonne Rainer, Simone Forti, Ruth Emmerson, Sally Gross, and many others.
Collection includes books, magazines, photographic prints, clippings, flyers, written correspondence, programs, essays, and other printed materials.
Descriptive Summary
- Repository
- American Dance Festival Archives Box 90772 Durham, North Carolina, 27708-0772 USA Phone: 919-684-6402 Fax: 919-684-5459 Email: adfarchives@americandancefestival.org
- Creator
- Halprin, Anna.
- Title
- Anna Halprin Papers, 1957-1995
- Language of Material
- English
- Extent
- 1.33 linear feet, 2 boxes
- Location
- For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the ADF Archives.
Collection Overview
Collection includes books, magazines, photographic prints, clippings, flyers, written correspondence, programs, essays, and other printed materials.
Administrative Information
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Access Restrictions
Patrons must sign the Acknowledgement of Legal Responsibility and Privacy Rights form before using this collection.
Collection is open for research.
In off-site storage; 24 hours advance notice is required for use.
Use Restrictions
Copyright for official American Dance Festival administrative records is held by the American Dance Festival; all other copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Contents of the Collection
Browse List of Series
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Expand AllPublications, 1957-1995 and undated
Festival Programs, 1963-1965
Subject Files, 1963-1985 and undated
Historical Note
Anna Halprin (b. 1920) is a pioneering dancer and choreographer of the post-modern dance movement. She enrolled in the University of Wisconsin in the late 1930s where she studied with Margaret D'Houbler and developed a strong interest in collaboration and improvisation in response to more formalized modern dance techniques. Over her long career, Halprin has stretched the perceived boundaries of dance to include theater, visual art, myth, ritual, and individual and collective healing. She founded the San Francisco Dancer's Workshop in 1955 as a center for movement training, artistic experimentation, and public participatory events open to the local community. Large-scale public pieces such as Circle the Earth and Myths demonstrated the development of Halprin's unique expressive and transformative arts technique. Halprin's own battle with cancer has deepened her interest in dance as a tool for transforming the suffering of age, illness, and death. In 1978 she co-founded the Tamalpa Institue with her daughter Daria as a research and educational non-profit in the field of movement-based healing arts. Halprin has created 150 full-length dance theater works and is the recipient of numerous awards including the 1997 Samuel H. Scripps Award for Lifetime Achievement in Modern Dance from the American Dance Festival. She is the co-creator of the RSVP Cycle, a creative methodology that can be applied to many disciplines beyond dance. Her students include Meredith Monk, Trisha Brown, Yvonne Rainer, Simone Forti, Ruth Emmerson, Sally Gross, and many others.
Subject Headings
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Anna Halprin Papers, American Dance Festival Archives.
Provenance
The Anna Halprin Papers were received by the American Dance Festival as a gift.
Processing Information
Processed by Rachel Cotterman, June 2009
Encoded by Dean Jeffrey, June 2009