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Twyla Tharp

Twyla Tharp

American Dancer

Born: Jul 1, 1941

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I've survived inattention. I hope to God I survive attention. Twyla Tharp

Hope God Attention Survive Survived

The only way to know the truth of a movement is to do it on your own body. Twyla Tharp

Truth Own Way Only Know Movement Body Your

Everything present is included in the past somewhere; nobody's present pops out of nowhere. Twyla Tharp

Somewhere Past Everything Out Nobody In The Past Pops Included Nowhere Present

I have not wanted to intimidate audiences. I have not wanted my dancing to be an elitist form. That doesn't mean I haven't wanted it to be excellent. Twyla Tharp

Dancing Intimidate Excellent Audiences Wanted Form Mean Elitist

I never studied with Balanchine, but his work was very important to me. Twyla Tharp

Work Me Important Never Studied His Very

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

I was privileged to be able to study a year with Martha Graham, the last year she was teaching. Twyla Tharp

Year Able Martha Study She Privileged Graham Teaching Last Last Year

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 couldn't afford to pay them. Twyla Tharp

It is extremely arrogant and very foolish to think that you can ever outwit your audience. Twyla Tharp

You Arrogant Think Extremely Foolish Outwit Audience Very Your Ever

It was not until I had graduated from college that I made a professional commitment to it. Frankly, I didn't think it wise. I was my own interior parental force, and it's very difficult to justify a profession as a dancer. Twyla Tharp

The formal education that I received made little sense to me. Twyla Tharp

Education Me Made Sense Formal Formal Education Little Received

The rewards of dancing are very different from choreographing. Twyla Tharp

Dancing Very Rewards Different

Art is an investigation. Twyla Tharp

Art Investigation

I'm a known reader. That's what I do with my time. Twyla Tharp

Time My Time Known Reader

In circuses, there is a lot of magic. Things become other things. Twyla Tharp

Become Other Magic Lot Things

Broadway has some very tight expectations as to what a show is. Twyla Tharp

Broadway Some Tight Very Expectations Show

This is the strange thing: Dancers don't age. Twyla Tharp

Age Strange Dancers Strange Thing Thing

If a thing moves, it lives. Twyla Tharp

Moves Lives Thing

'Bum's Rush' is a piece about timing, and everything that's in the piece needs to be with the piece. If people are missing, or marking, or unable to use their voices, the impulses that prompt the action are lost, and its logic crumbles. Twyla Tharp

Needs People Lost Timing Action Everything Marking Unable Logic Prompt Rush About Voices Crumble Missing Piece Bum Impulses Use

I'm obviously always interested in the dancer who's an athlete and vice versa. I expect dancers to be in condition like an athlete is and to challenge themselves in the same way, to the same physical degree. Twyla Tharp

Challenge Degree Vice Versa Dancer Dancers Way Athlete Physical Like Obviously Always Versa Condition Expect Same Vice Interested Themselves

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