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Anna Halprin, teacher and choreographer who embraced improvisational style, dies

Upon completing high school in 1938, she was offered a chance to perform in New York with the company of influential modern choreographer Doris Humphrey, but she declined so she could attend college. She studied modern dance at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, where she was mentored by Margaret H’Doubler in one of the country’s first university-level dance programs.