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The 96th Ritual (For Anna Halprin)Post an Event »
Mills College Art Museum
September 14 - December 11, 2016Info
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http://mcam.mills.edu/
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(510) 430-2164
inkBoat, 95 Rituals, 2015. Photo: Pak Han
The Mills College Art Museum (MCAM) is pleased to announce The 96th Ritual (for Anna Halprin) on view from September 14 to December 11, 2016. Featuring photography, video, scores, and installation, The 96th Ritual (for Anna Halprin) documents the performance project 95 Rituals, directed by Shinichi Iova-Koga, performed by physical theatre company inkBoat, and presented by Dancers’ Group in 2015. Dedicated to post modern dance pioneer Anna Halprin’s 95th birthday, 95 Rituals culminated in performances at the Hyde Street Pier in San Francisco. Anna Halprin is a visionary Bay Area artist whose work has radically expanded the purpose, process, and content of dance-making over seven decades. To inform their process, Iova-Koga and inkBoat researched Halprin’s intentions and working methods, which emphasize individual, spontaneous movement, and incorporate chance-generated techniques to determine the choreography in the moment. The original 95 Rituals was structured around 95 different scores developed from contributions by a wide range of visual and performing artists. Each contributing artist was given a template based on the RSVP Cycle¬–a system of art creation developed by Halprin and her late husband, Lawrence, in which collaborators gather resource material, develop a score or set of instructions, evaluate the work and perform. 95 Rituals culminated in explicitly experimental performances that dissolved the hard line between performance and process.