Halprin, Anna - The Power of Ritual
Bodywork and Body Awareness
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26m
Dancing and other ritual activities can allow us to recognize our own inner negativity and to transform its power into healing experience. Anna Halprin, director of the Tamalpa Institute, is internationally recognized as an organizer and teacher of dance rituals. In this moving program, Ms. Halprin draws on her own experience battling cancer to discuss the psychological value of body movement and of symbolic action.
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