Books and DVDs on Anna Halprin
Books by and about Anna Halprin as well as films documenting her work are available from her shop.
Trailers for the following DVDs can be viewed online:
Breath Made Visible: Revolution in Dance/Anna Halprin by Ruedi Gerber
Returning Home: Moving with the Earth Body/Learning Lessons in Life, Loss and Liberation by Andy Abrahams Wilson
Embracing the Earth: Dances with Nature by Andy Abrahams Wilson
Remembering Lawrence: A Film for Anna Halprin by Renée Peperone
Seniors Rocking by Ruedi Gerber
Anna Halprin: Out of Boundaries by Jacqueline Caux
Anna Halprin: Who Says I Have to Dance in a Theater? by Jacqueline Caux
My Lunch with Anna by Alain Buffard
Anna Halprin: Dancing Life / Danser la Vie by Baptiste Andrien and Florence Corin for Contredanse
Anna Halprin: My Grandfather Dances by Douglas Rosenberg
Positive Motion: Challenging AIDS through Dance by Andy Abrahams Wilson
Selected Online Articles
California Historical Society, “The 50th Anniversary of L.A.’s Watts Riots: Anna Halprin and the Studio Watts Workshop,” blog, August 11, 2015
Anna Halprin, “God Must Be a Dancer,” Pew Center for Arts & Heritage blog, July 2015
California Historical Society, “Choreographing the Environment: The Counterculture of Anna and Lawrence Halprin,” blog, July 13, 2015
Sue Heinemann, “Anna Halprin: Redefining Dance at 95,” InDance, June 2015
Rob Sidon, Interview: Anna and Daria Halprin, Common Ground, May/June 2015
Rachel Howard, “95th Birthday Tribute to Anna Halprin, Postmodern Dance Pioneer,” San Francisco Chronicle, May 30, 2015
Alexandra Lange, “In California, a Marriage of Dance and Design,” New York Times, September 22, 2014
Emmaly Wiederholt, “A Way of Life: An Interview with Anna Halprin,” Stance on Dance, November 25, 2013
Patricia Maloney, “Interview with Anna Halprin, Part 2,” Bad at Sports, April 8, 2013
Patricia Maloney, “Interview with Anna Halprin, Part 1,” Bad at Sports, March 24, 2013
Jacquelynn Baas, “Life as Art: Anna Halprin” (interview), BAM/PFA blog, February 11, 2013
Ann Murphy, “Parades and Changes over the Past 43 Years: An Interview with Anna Halprin,” InDance, January 2013
Elisa Issacson, “Q & A: Anna Halprin on Parades and Changes,” BAM/PFA blog, November 14, 2012
Anna Halprin, Interview for Judson Dance Theater 50th Anniversary, Artforum, July 2012
Wendy Perron, “Teacher’s Wisdom: Anna Halprin,” Dance Magazine, August 2011
Caroline Ryder, “Anna Halprin: Demon Dancer,” Dazed, July 2011
Heidi Landgraf, “Feeding the Soul and Healing the Body through Dance,” Dance Studio Life, August 2009
Selected Online Videos
“Anna Halprin Interviewed by Shinichi Iova-Koga, Part 1,” InkBoat, 2015
“Anna Halprin Interviewed by Shinichi Iova-Koga, Part 2,” InkBoat, 2015
“Anna Halprin on Planetary Dance,” filmed by Alex Nikiforof, 2014
“80 Faces: Anna Halprin,” American Dance Festival, 2013
“Portraits in Faith: Anna Halprin,” 2013
“Anna Halprin on Parades and Changes at BAM/PFA,” 2013
“Ken Dychtwald Interviews Anna Halprin,” Monday Media, 2012
“Legacy of Wisdom: Anna Halprin, Mission,” 2012
“Legacy of Wisdom: Anna Halprin, Inner Doctor,” 2012
“Anna Halprin and Jamie McHugh at Sea Ranch,” filmed by Rich Kuehn, 2011
“Moving Legends: Anna Halprin in Conversation with Emilie Conrad,” Part 1 of 7, Continuum Movement, 2010
“Anna Halprin Workshop for Movement Research,” Peter Richards, 2010
“Anna Halprin: San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards,” Citizen Films, 2010
“KQED Spark: Anna Halprin,” 2009
Photo: Milton Halberstadt