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Ann Halprin and Robert Dunn at Autres Pas Colloquium in Montreal

festival-fair · 2026-04-23

The annual Autres Pas colloquium in Montreal featured two major figures of contemporary dance: Robert Dunn and Ann Halprin. Halprin, who has long taught her philosophy of the body and action, rejects causalism and views the body as a zone of experience linked to both imagination and biology. She also advocates for breaking the hierarchy between the body and what we characterize as the mental.

Key facts

  • Robert Dunn and Ann Halprin were invited to the annual Autres Pas colloquium in Montreal.
  • Ann Halprin teaches a philosophy of the body and action.
  • Halprin rejects causalism.
  • Halprin views the body as a zone of experience linked to imagination and biology.
  • Halprin advocates breaking the hierarchy between body and mental.
  • The event is a colloquium focused on contemporary dance.
  • The colloquium is called Autres Pas.
  • The event took place in Montreal.

Entities

Artists

  • Robert Dunn
  • Ann Halprin

Institutions

  • Autres Pas

Locations

  • Montreal
  • Canada

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