- Additional Authors
- Halprin, Anna.
- Description
- 1 streaming video file (124 min.) : sound, color.
- Summary
- Discussion beings abruptly with Anna Halprin talking about the Killer on the mountian myth; relating this myth to the workshop/performances of Circle the earth: Dancing with live on the line; how this work is an AIDS piece, but also incorporates therapy, anthropology and politics; using movement to create change; the life art process; what motivates Halprin to totally commit herself to this process; using the term idiosyncratic art; incorporating drawing into her process; her use of nature; how she formed her company and began performing internationally; using and defining the term "myth and ritual" for the purpose of creating change; the metaphor of the Killer on the mountain; the idea of the myth; does she consider her work dance and art; dance is a healing art; the format of Circle the earth and its process relating to healing, along with the preparation and creation process; the healing the earth process entitled, Earth run on the mountain; the Vortex dance and the participant's fears; why the work needs a narrator; how she makes decisions about the direction of the dance by following a process of creating dance scores which defines the guidlines; how feelings are triggered during these scores; creating a trusting atmosphere with no judgement; guidelines for behaviors and boundries; dance and healing and confronting your killer while still having a safety net; story about a dancer with a low T-cell count leaving dance to find more fullfilling and satisfying work as a gardener; the work, Carry me home, and how it was created due to three participants illnesses; the process of acknowledging grief when participants die; purpose of the performances include having witness support and the act of embodiment, empowerment, and renewal; observing a Native American Sun Dance and learning a valuable lesson about being an important witness and having a role to play when Halprin was hit with a stick by an elderly indian for looking away from the dance when her husband fainted; and concludes with three stories about participants and how they brought the community of participants together [ends abruptly].
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Filmed dance.
- Interviews.
- Video.
- Dance.
- Nonfiction films.
- Access (note)
- Patrons can access streaming video files online only onsite at the Library for the Performing Arts.
- Source (note)
- Call Number
- *MGZIDVD 5-7326
- OCLC
- 826025516
- Title
Interview with Anna Halprin.
- Imprint
1991.
- Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
- Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
computer
video
- Type of Carrier
online resourse
- Access
Patrons can access streaming video files online only onsite at the Library for the Performing Arts.
- Original Version
Original format; 1 videocassette (VHS) ; 1/2 in.
- Source
Gift; Anna Halprin; 2012.
- Connect to:
- Local Subject
Dance workshops and workshop performances.
- Added Author
Halprin, Anna. Interviewee
Halprin, Anna. Donor
- Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-7326