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The Psychokinetic Visual Process with Anna Halprin

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Title

The Psychokinetic Visual Process with Anna Halprin

Collection

Anna Halprin Video Archive

Names

Karp, David (Producer)
Karp, David (Director)
Halprin, Anna (Artistic director)
Halprin, Anna (Speaker)
Tamalpa Institute (Sponsor)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1988

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDVD 5-7345

Subjects

Dance
Halprin, Anna
AIDS (Disease)
HIV-positive persons
Mind and body
Dance therapy
AIDS (Disease) and the arts
Dance workshops and workshop performances

Genres

Filmed Dance
Interviews

Notes

Content: Additional title from original VHS label/container.
Content: In memory of Jeff Brown.
Creation/Production Credits: Sponsor, Tamalpa Institute Dancers' Workshop.
Creation/Production Credits: Assistants to Anna Halprin, Cynthia Imperatore and Jamie McHugh ; camera operators, Daniel Schwin, Steve Dung, David Amamoto, Henry Joseph ; writer, Steve Gilford ; editors, David Karp, Anna Halprin, Cynthia Imperatore, M.G. Demarest.
Performers: Performed by Steps Theater Company, For People Challenging AIDS: David Bernard, Michel Bosc, Matthew Bronson, Jeff Brown, Bob Collins, Michael Flynn, Clarity Jai, Daniel Lessa-Zielinski, Nick Marott, Dan Turner.
Performers: Speakers, Anna Halprin and Maggie Creighton (Clinical Director, STEPS, Creighton Health Institute).
Venue: Videotaped during workshop at a studio possibly in San Francisco, Calif. in 1988.
Acquisition: Gift; Anna Halprin; 2012. NN-PD

Physical Description

Extent: 1 videocassette (VHS) (15 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.

Abstract

Workshop of HIV-positive participants discussing the drawings they created about their feelings regarding AIDS and then improvising a dance about it.

Languages

English

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b19884208
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 1ceffe60-e362-0130-d0b6-3c075448cc4b

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Moving Image

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MLA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "The Psychokinetic Visual Process with Anna Halprin" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1988. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/1ceffe60-e362-0130-d0b6-3c075448cc4b

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1988). The Psychokinetic Visual Process with Anna Halprin Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/1ceffe60-e362-0130-d0b6-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "The Psychokinetic Visual Process with Anna Halprin" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 14, 2026. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/1ceffe60-e362-0130-d0b6-3c075448cc4b

Wikipedia citation

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