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Anna Halprin pioneered what became known as 'postmodern dance', creating work that was key to unlocking the door to experimentation in theater, music, Happenings, and performance art. This biography examines Halprin's life in the context of American culture - in particular popular culture and the West Coast as a center of artistic experimentation.

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Foreword by Richard Schechner Introduction 1. Why She Danced (1920--1938) 2. The Secret Garden of American Dance (1938--1942) 3. The Bauhaus and the Settlement House (1941--1945) 4. Western Spaces (1945--1955) 5. Instantaneous Experience and Beat Culture (1955--1960) 6. Urban Rituals (1961--1966) 7. Spectatorship and Embodiment (1967--1968) 8. Ceremony of Memory (1968--1971) 9. Illness as Performance (1972--1990) 10. Flesh Made Metaphor: Dances of Aging (1991--2005) Chronology of Works, Videos, and Films by Anna Halprin Notes Bibliography Index

Anna Halprin

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      Publisher University of California Press
      Published 6 May 2009
      ISBN-13 9780520260054
      978-0520260054
      ISBN-10 0520260058
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      Contemporary dance

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Anna Halprin pioneered what became known as 'postmodern dance', creating work that was key to unlocking the door to experimentation in theater, music, Happenings, and performance art. This biography examines Halprin's life in the context of American culture - in particular popular culture and the West Coast as a center of artistic experimentation.

      Table of Contents
      Foreword by Richard Schechner Introduction 1. Why She Danced (1920--1938) 2. The Secret Garden of American Dance (1938--1942) 3. The Bauhaus and the Settlement House (1941--1945) 4. Western Spaces (1945--1955) 5. Instantaneous Experience and Beat Culture (1955--1960) 6. Urban Rituals (1961--1966) 7. Spectatorship and Embodiment (1967--1968) 8. Ceremony of Memory (1968--1971) 9. Illness as Performance (1972--1990) 10. Flesh Made Metaphor: Dances of Aging (1991--2005) Chronology of Works, Videos, and Films by Anna Halprin Notes Bibliography Index

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