anna halprin classes

Remembering Remembering The Body Tuesday Evenings
Movement Ritual and Dance Explorations
Tuesdays 6:30–9:00pm, Mountain Home Studio in Kentfield
Last Class this session June 22, 2010

$190.00 for 8 weeks
Single Class: $30.00
Make-up classes available

Movement Ritual
Movement Ritual and Dance Explorations Thursdays 9:30am–12:00pm Mountain Home Studio in Kentfield
Last Class this session June 24, 2010

$190.00 for 8 weeks
Single Class: $30.00

Classes will resume after Labor Day in Septmeber

Call or email our office for more information or any questions or concerns 415.461.5362 or admin@annahalprin.org

Throughout time, people have used dance to affirm community, connect with the vital forces of life, and evoke a higher power. Dance is a road back to the soul, an invocation of deep truth and knowing.
For over fifty years, dance pioneer Anna Halprin has been exploring contemporary dance to reinvest it with this kind of power. Her explorations have led to the creation of the Halprin Life/Art Process, an approach that facilitates the creation of dance rituals springing from real-life issues of self and community. Using movement, visualizations, imagery, music, and language to access the stories that make our lives meaningful, this process is a joyful return to the body to reclaim our primal heritage. As we tap into deep sources of bodily wisdom through creative expression, we dance the renewal, re-creation, and healing of ourselves, each other, and our relationship to the environment.
Participants will have the opportunity to create personal dance rituals using improvisation, individual and group interactions, and nonstylized movement. The workshop will also present structured movement techniques to strengthen, stretch, and reanimate the body. This process integrates the physical, emotional, and spiritual aspects of the self in a joyous celebration of life. The workshop is open to everyone.
Recommended reading and viewing: (books) Halprin, Moving Towards Life: 5 Decades of Transformational Dance; Returning to Health: With Dance, Movement, and Imagery; Ross, Anna Halprin: Experience as Dance; (films) Wilson, Returning Home; Forbord, Intensive Care: Reflections on Death and Dying.

“ Through art and dance we reclaim our primal heritage and move towards a more embodied future.” –Anna Halprin

This workshop offers time to feel and to listen deeply to the powerful intelligence of the body and to create personal and collective dances that have meaning. Sessions will include the practice of Movement Ritual, movement explorations, scoring— the making of dances, and an afternoon amongst the redwood trees.

This workshop will offer resources and inspiration to take back home.  It will be held at Anna Halprin’s Mountain Home Studio, which features indoor and outdoor studios. Sitting on the flanks of Mount Tamalpais, Mountain Home is surrounded by natural beauty. It is centrally located-- only a short drive to San Francisco, Berkeley and Napa. An accommodation list provided. Those with and without previous dance or art experience are equally welcome. Art materials provided. CEUs available.

This is an unique opportunity to work with Anna Halprin, at age 90, in her own studio.