Big name/legendary collaborations are usually a letdown. Two “titans” get in a room together and suddenly everyone’s so fucking precious about their legacy that nothing actually happens, just a lot of careful posturing and committe meeting compromise dressed up in press release language about “exciting new directions” and “boundary-pushing work.” But thirty-five years? Thirty-five years […]
Continue Reading →Anna Halprin: Blank Placard Dance, De Young Museum
Anna Halprin Blank Placard Dance: at the invitation of the De Young Museum, Β A pieceΒ originallyΒ performed in 1967 with members of the San Francisco Dancers Workshop in San Francisco as a reaction to the Vietnam War and the growing social unrest of the time.Β The dance is a walk by some forty dancers who carry […]
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