American - Dancer | July 1, 1941 -
When I started thinking seriously about learning the rules of narrative, I thought, 'You've learned the rules of dancing from the ballet; what's the matter with learning the laws of theater from the people who know how to do it?'
Twyla Tharp
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I've always felt compelled to explore range, because, as far as I know, we're only here once. So let's see how much we can encompass.
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What is music about? You can't listen to one era, one composer, and know what music is about.
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Work is work; wherever I'm working, I do the best I can. If the actual dollars come from investors as opposed to taxpayers and patrons, what's the difference?
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In the not-for-profit world, there can be wastefulness because there's not the desperate urgency of when you're on a clock.
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People often say to me, 'I don't know anything about dance.' I say, 'Stop. You got up this morning, and you're walking. You are an expert.'
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There is a moral dimension, for me, in anything that's any good.
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Do I watch dancers as people? Yes, absolutely. Do I watch really good dancers for specifically who they are? Absolutely, because how they move best and how they look best is going to be most familiar to them, and not necessarily to me.
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I do not watch television, never have.
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Who a dancer is physically feeds into character for me. Always has.
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I look for dancers who have all the technique in the world. But they must be dancers who are open-minded, who are willing to forget that they know anything. They also have to be gorgeous; they must have a clear image of themselves and strong personalities.
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Modern dancers should be doing things no one else is doing, and it should come from the gut.
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