When Anna Halprin says, "Enter your body through your hand," what looks like an ecstatic experience happens: her students reach forward, open-palmed, and awe washes over their faces. It's one of many ...

Anna Halprin, a pioneer of postmodern dance, has for more than 70 years used her work to explore what is important in life. The 89-year-old founded the San Francisco Dancer’s Workshop in 1955. After ...

In August 1960, the choreographer Anna Halprin taught an experimental workshop attended by Simone Forti and Yvonne Rainer on her dance deck on the slopes of Mt. Tamalpais, north of San Francisco.

Her work, which stressed improvisation, attracted students, disciples and enthusiasts fascinated by the creative issues she explored and the way she explored them. By Jack Anderson The movement ...