Empowering Creativity Through Movement, Metaphor and Dance with pioneer Anna Halprin in her 90th year!  & with Taira Restar from Tamalpa trainings. June 28 - July 7, 2010 10:00AM – 5:00PM COST: $1100 Early registration by May 24 $1050.  (Non-refundable $200 deposit) CONTACT HOURS: 54 (54 CE credits for DTR's, MFT's and LCSW's, $25 fee)

“ 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, to play and express with imagination through the arts, to create personal and collective dances that have meaning, and to bring new vision to the life themes that matter to us in our daily lives.

The workshop will begin in the studio with Taira Restar for 3 days of Life/Art Process-- exploring body mythologies through movement, poetry, and drawing.  On Day 4, the connection between body, creative expression and life story will deepen as participants explore in the spectacular outdoor environment of the Point Reyes Seashore.  Day 5 will be a “day off” to rest or sightsee.

Participants will return to Mountain Home for five days with world-renowned dance innovator Anna Halprin.  Spontaneous and authentic dances will emerge through somatic exploration, non-stylized movements, and improvisation.   Participants will generate personal and group dances and rituals that speak to the deep truth and knowing of individual and collective bodies. 

Away from the distractions of daily life, this summer workshop will offer new resources and inspiration to take back home.

No previous dance or art experience needed.  Art materials provided.   Accommodation list provided.

The Dance Heritage Coalition has named Anna Halprin one of "America's 100 Irreplaceable Dance Treasures."  Anna Halprin's diverse career has spanned the field of dance since the late 1930s, creating revolutionary directions for the art form and inspiring fellow choreographers to take modern dance to new dimensions.  At 89 90, Halprin continues to create revolutionary work exploring the beauty of the aging body and its relationship to nature.  Halprin Ph.D. (Hon.) co-founded the Tamalpa Institute.  She is the author of Movement Ritual, Moving Toward Life, Five Decades of Transformational Dance, and Dance As A Healing Art/Returning to Health, and has numerous dance works documented on film.

Taira Restar, MA, is an artist and arts educator.  A graduate of Tamalpa training since 1983, she is on the training program faculty, as well as teaches and performs with her mentor, Anna Halprin.  She has presented this work at San Francisco State University, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and the Esalen Institute.