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Her work, which stressed improvisation, attracted students, disciples and enthusiasts fascinated by the creative issues she explored and the way she explored them.
Anna Halprin. Photo: Shawncalhoun/Wikipedia Commons. May 26, 2021 at 3:24pm Pioneering choreographer and dancer Anna Halprin died at home in Kentfield, California, on May 24 at the age of one hundred. The news was announced by her daughter Daria Halprin on Facebook. Known for innovating what is now called postmodern dance in the early portion of her wide-ranging career, and for her participatory choreography involving the audience, Halprin devoted her life to “expanding dance so that it’s part of life,” using it to explore social conditions and the importance...
Her work, which stressed improvisation, attracted students, disciples and enthusiasts fascinated by the creative issues she explored and the way she explored them.
Mark Constantini / Getty Images Originally published on May 25, 2021 6:11 pm Influential choreographer and dancer Anna Halprin has died at age 100. Her art spanned high modernist works and collaborations with artists like John Cage to community-oriented projects that have helped guide people through serious illnesses. Her death was announced by her family; no other details were given. Born Anna Schuman in Winnetka, Ill., in 1920, Halprin began studying dance as a little girl. She later pursued her studies at the University of Wisconsin, where she met landscape architect Lawrence Halprin...
In Marin County, just north of San Francisco, the Woerner House is a dynamic theater of light and views. When design enthusiasts Mark Henderson and Mercedes McNab purchased the Woerner House in 2011, they had no doubt the 1951 home was a diamond in the rough. Designed by acclaimed architect John Funk and landscape designer Lawrence Halprin, the Bay Area residence hummed with potential, which motivated the couple to treat the space to a complete restoration. The Woerner House, built in 1951, rests on a lush lot in Kentfield, California, just north of San Francisco. The current homeowners, real...