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Twyla Tharp

CHOREOGRAPHER Born: Jul 1, 1941

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Twyla MovesDirected by Steven Cantor

Written Features

A dancer recalls the “exhilarating, exhausting impossibility” of Twyla Tharp’s choreography

How does Twyla Tharp, nearly 80, keep working? According to her, it’s simple.

7 lessons on creativity from dance legend Twyla Tharp

Inside Twyla Tharp’s studio: “What was happening was simply raw vigor”

Twyla Tharp biography and timeline

Video Features

Twyla Moves -- Twyla Tharp's famous "Eight Jelly Rolls" Dance

Twyla Moves -- What's it like choreographing a dance for Zoom?

Twyla Moves -- Tharp and Baryshnikov's "totally unexpected" collaboration

Twyla Moves -- How does Twyla Tharp create new dances?

Twyla Moves -- The time Twyla Tharp setup a performance in Central Park

Twyla Moves -- The time Twyla Tharp pushed David Byrne to his limits

Twyla Moves -- Twyla Tharp's very valuable college decision

Twyla Moves

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