Breath Made Visible

"Since she was a small child, Anna Halprin has danced. Now at 89, she still possesses the grace and romanticism of her youth. This illuminating documentary, a lovingly rendered portrait of the Marin-based avant-garde dance pioneer, traces her groundbreaking career as a dancer and choreographer as well as her devoted marriage to famed landscape architect Lawrence Halprin. In an intimate encounter with the artist, we meet her rehearsing on her verdant backyard deck and performing at New York's Joyce Theater, teaching movement to seniors and dancing with Merce Cunningham, battling cancer and combating racism through movement in the wake of the Watts riots. Halprin has spent her life spreading a gospel of healing and wholeness through...