Anna Halprin papers

id
402
origination
Halprin, Anna
date statement
1940-2008
key date
1940
identifier (local_mss)
19000
org unit
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
call number
b-number
b19694319
total components
16
total series
0
max depth
2
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2013-04-01 14:58:54 UTC
updated
2026-06-25 15:07:55 UTC
status note
(missing)
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unitid
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unitdate
{"value"=>"1940-2008", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1940/2008"}
date_inclusive_start
1940
date_inclusive_end
2008
keydate
1940
unittitle
{"value"=>"Anna Halprin papers"}
physdesc
{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1.42 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear feet"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1 box, 1 volume", "unit"=>"containers"}], "supress_display"=>true}
repository
{"id"=>"DAN", "value"=>"Jerome Robbins Dance Division"}
abstract
{"value"=>"Anna Halprin, an American dancer known for her innovative and experimental technique, is a leading figure of the postmodern dance movement. This collection documents the artist's career with print materials, press clippings, biographies, San Francisco Dancers' Workshop newsletters, award programs, and photographs."}
prefercite
{"value"=>"Anna Halprin papers, . Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts"}
origination
{"value"=>"Halprin, Anna", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"creator"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>Anna Halprin is an American postmodern dancer known for her innovative and experimental technique. Born Anna Schuman in Winnetka, Illinois, in 1920, Halprin began studying dance at the age of five. At the University of Wisconsin, Halprin studied formally under instructor Margaret H'Doublier. Before graduating from college in 1942, Halprin married landscape architect, Lawrence Halprin, with whom she had two daughters: Daria and Rana.</p> <p>In the early 1970s, Halprin began to engage in dance therapy as a means for healing and restoration. She authored several books on the subject, including: <span class=\"title\">Dance as a Self-Healing Art</span> (1977) and <span class=\"title\">Movement Ritual: An Organization of Structural Movement to Encourage Creative Exploration</span> (1979). In 1978, Halprin and her daughter, Daria, founded the Tamalpa Institute, a non-profit organization for dance and expressive arts therapy based in San Rafael, California.</p> <p>Halprin also founded the San Francisco Dancers' Workshop (1955) and instructed an array of notable dancers such as Trisha Brown, Simone Forti, Meredith Monk, and Yvonne Rainer.</p>"}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>The Anna Halprin papers document the performance history of the renowned dancer from the years 1940 to 2008. The collection is comprised of print materials, press clippings, biographies, newsletters, award programs, and photographs. Photographs and press clippings make up the bulk of the collection.</p> <p>Photographs include black and white images of Halprin performing solo and group shots of dancers practicing on a dance deck built at her San Francisco home. Press clippings include performance reviews and accounts of Halprin's expressive arts therapy techniques. Newsletters from the San Francisco Dancers' Workshop date from the mid- to late-1970s. These materials also consist of a brochure developed by Halprin, <span class=\"title\">Exit: Dance as a Process for Personal & Artistic Growth</span>, an account of a specific Dancers' Workshop that outlines and elucidates the workshop process. There is also a printed booklet outlining the group's mission statement and 3 year plan from 1968 to 1970.</p>"}
arrangement
{"value"=>"<p>This collection is arranged alphabetically by genre.</p>"}
acqinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Donated by Anna Halprin, 2008.</p>"}
processinfo
{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Compiled by <span class=\"name\">Sarah Wade, Pratt Institute, 2012</span>, <span class=\"date\">2012</span></p>"}
userestrict
{"value"=>"<p>The author/creator retains copyright of materials. For information on obtaining permission to publish, contact the Dance Division at dance@nypl.org.</p>"}
relatedmaterial
{"value"=>"<span class=\"archref\">Anna Halprin Legacy Oral History Collection. Museum of Performance & Design Performing Arts Library, San Francisco.</span> <span class=\"archref\">Anna Halprin Papers. Museum of Performance & Design Performing Arts Library, San Francisco.</span>"}
dsc_type
combined
extent_statement
1.42 linear feet (1 box, 1 volume)
date_start
1940
date_end
2008

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