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Twyla Tharp Facts
Twyla Tharp Is Born On July 1, 1941
Twyla Tharp Is Born In Portland, United States
Twyla Tharp Nationality Is American
Twyla Tharp Zodiac Sign Is Cancer
Twyla Tharp Zodiac Symbol Is Crab
Twyla Tharp Chinese Zodiac Element Is Yin Metal
Twyla Tharp Chinese Zodiac Animal Is Snake
Twyla Tharp Occupation Is Dancer
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Twyla Tharp Quotes
A lot of people insisted on a wall between modern dance and ballet. Im beginning to think that walls are very unhealthy things. - Twyla Tharp Quotes
Any comic is a tragic soul. Comedy is one of the things that allows one to survive. Particularly if one has been in the process of separating off the emotions, its one place you can process them. - Twyla Tharp Quotes
Art is the only way to run away without leaving home. - Twyla Tharp Quotes
Dance has never been a particularly easy life, and everybody knows that. - Twyla Tharp Quotes
I dont mean this, but Im going to say it anyway. I dont really think of pop art and serious art as being that far apart. - Twyla Tharp Quotes
I dont think politicians should be allowed into power who are not familiar with their bodies, because thats where our bottom line is. And I know that they would make totally different decisions if they felt responsible simply for their own bodies. - Twyla Tharp Quotes
I have not wanted to intimidate audiences. I have not wanted my dancing to be an elitist form. That doesnt mean I havent wanted it to be excellent. - Twyla Tharp Quotes
I have the wherewithal to challenge myself for my entire life. Thats a great gift. - Twyla Tharp Quotes
I learned very early that an audience would relax and look at things differently if they felt they could laugh with you from time to time. Theres an energy that comes through the release of tension that is laughter. - Twyla Tharp Quotes
I never studied with Balanchine, but his work was very important to me. - Twyla Tharp Quotes
I often say that in making dances I can make a world where I think things are done morally, done democratically, done honestly. - Twyla Tharp Quotes
I started formal piano training when I was 4. From there I had little violas, and I had dancing lessons of every sort and description, and painting lessons. I had German. And shorthand. - Twyla Tharp Quotes
I think people want very much to simplify their lives enough so that they can control the things that make it possible to sleep at night. - Twyla Tharp Quotes
I think that anyone whos pushed to do the very best that they can is privileged. Its a luxury. - Twyla Tharp Quotes
I thought I had to make an impact on history. I had to become the greatest choreographer of my time. That was my mission. Posterity deals with us however it sees fit. But I gave it 20 years of my best shot. - Twyla Tharp Quotes
I was privileged to be able to study a year with Martha Graham, the last year she was teaching. - Twyla Tharp Quotes
I would have to challenge the term, modern dance. I dont really use that term in relation to my work. I simply think of it as dancing. I think of it as moving. - Twyla Tharp Quotes
Im not one who divides music, dance or art into various categories. Either something works, or it doesnt. - Twyla Tharp Quotes
In terms of individuals who actually inspired me, very few of the academic people that I had access to had that power over me. Maybe its simply because I wasnt that committed to geometry. - Twyla Tharp Quotes
In those days, male dancers were a rarer breed than women. as they are still today, A good male dancer, one as strong as we were, was very difficult to come by if you couldnt afford to pay them. - Twyla Tharp Quotes
It is extremely arrogant and very foolish to think that you can ever outwit your audience. - Twyla Tharp Quotes
It was not until I had graduated from college that I made a professional commitment to it. Frankly, I didnt think it wise. I was my own interior parental force, and its very difficult to justify a profession as a dancer. - Twyla Tharp Quotes
My mother was a dominant force in my life. She had a very specific idea about education, which was: you should know everything about everything. It was quite simple. There was no exclusivity, and there really was no judgment. - Twyla Tharp Quotes
Optimism with some experience behind it is much more energizing than plain old experience with a certain degree of cynicism. - Twyla Tharp Quotes
The formal education that I received made little sense to me. - Twyla Tharp Quotes
The necessity to constantly turn in an excellent performance, to be absolutely wedded to this dedication and this ideal means that as a child youre going to pay for it personally. - Twyla Tharp Quotes
The only thing I fear more than change is no change. The business of being static makes me nuts. - Twyla Tharp Quotes
The rewards of dancing are very different from choreographing. - Twyla Tharp Quotes
Theres this expression called postmodernism, which is kind of silly, and destroys a perfectly good word called modern, which now no longer means anything. - Twyla Tharp Quotes
With each piece Ive completed I have worked to make it intact, and each of them has been an equal high. Its like children. A mother refuses to pick out one as a favorite, and I cant do any better with the dances. - Twyla Tharp Quotes
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