Daria Halprin (born December 30, 1948) is an American somatic-expressive arts therapist, author, teacher dancer, and former actress known primarily for her performances in three films of the late 1960s and early 1970s and as founding director of Tamalpa Institute.
Shot mainly in San Francisco, the film depicted the counterculture movement and featured a series of interviews with that city’s hippie residents.
Halprin was chosen by director Michelangelo Antonioni for the lead in his second English-language feature, Zabriskie Point.
[2] The film, released in 1970, was a statement on the burgeoning violence in America and the growing rift between the establishment and the counterculture.
Following release of the film, with her Zabriskie Point co-star Mark Frechette, Halprin briefly joined self-styled guru Mel Lyman, a former member of the Jim Kweskin Jug Band, and his 100-member commune.