Northwest Film Center presents:
BREATH MADE VISIBLE: ANNA HALPRIN
September 17 & 18, at 7pm

DIRECTOR: RUEDI GERBER
SWITZERLAND/US, 2009
VISITING ARTIST—For the last seven decades, San Francisco dance pioneer Anna Halprin has redefined modern art by exploring one key question in her work: What is important in life? The search for that answer has ushered in such revolutionary experimentation in theater, music, and performance that its reach extends beyond the arts and into our cultural conscience. Gerber’s rich cinematic portrait blends recent interviews with the late Merce Cunningham and husband, collaborator, and landscape architect Lawrence Halprin (Portland’s Forecourt Fountain); archival footage, including her establishment of one of the first multiracial dance companies in the US; and excerpts of recent performances such as “Parades and Changes” at the Georges Pompidou Center in Paris. BREATH MADE VISIBLE offers a stunning, inspiring account of one of the most important icons in modern dance and avant-garde culture. ( 80 min )

Anna Halprin will introduce the film at the Saturday screening, joined by a Portland arts writer for a post-film discussion. Halprin will also teach her planetary peace dance workshop, open to all ages and abilities, at Conduit dance on Saturday & Sunday afternoons. For information, e-mail econduit@earthlink.net.

ADMISSION/TICKETS:
$9 General, $8 Museum Members, Students, Seniors, $6 Friends of the Film Center