Anna Halprin: San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards 2010

Anna Halprin, choreographer, for pioneering the post-modern dance movement. For more than 60 years, you have been a seminal force in dance and music and have developed and performed dances that teach, inspire, heal, and transform. Your creativity and experimentation break the walls between art and life, creating opportunities for generations of artists. In the spirit of the Helen Crocker Russell Award, made to an under-recognized, mature artist who has made a significant and ongoing contribution in the Bay Area.