Twyla Tharp
Twyla Tharp
Twyla Tharpis an American dancer, choreographer, and author who lives and works in New York City. In 1966, she formed her own company Twyla Tharp Dance. Her work often utilizes classical music, jazz, and contemporary pop music...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDancer
Date of Birth1 July 1941
CityPortland, IN
CountryUnited States of America
years pages firsts
I had received my first establishment grants in response to applications filed the year before. To the pages of baffling forms I had simply attached a handwritten note saying, 'I make dances, not applications. Send the money. Love, Twyla.
directors wonderful brooks
Milos Forman is a great director, Jim Brooks is a wonderful writer and director.
tyrants vision tyranny
I'm willing to be regarded as a tyrant to keep my vision intact.
cheating two tasks
The irony of multitasking is that it's exhausting: when you're doing two or three things simultaneously, you use more energy than the sum of energy required to do each task independently. You're also cheating yourself because your're not doing anything excellently. You're compromising your virtuosity. In the words of T. S. Elliot, you're 'distracted from distractions by distractions'.
dance kids thinking
Usually kids who are talented have the brashness to think they can do anything, but they don't often get the chance to see how close they can come.
ideas answers four
You only need one good reason to commit to an idea, not four hundred. But if you have four hundred reasons to say yes and one reason to say no, the answer is probably no.
giving wish neurosis
Whom the gods wish to destroy, they give unlimited resources.
giving-up creative patterns
It's vital to establish some rituals-automatic but decisive patterns of behavior-at the beginning of the creative process, when you are most at peril of turning back, chickening out, giving up, or going the wrong way.
dance believe thinking
You have to believe there's something at the other side. And you have to have faith in yourself. You have to think that you have the tools to accomplish it.
hard-work skills may
You may wonder which came first: the skill or the hard work. But that's a moot point. The Zen master cleans his own studio. So should you.
issues feelings want
I work because I have issues and questions and feelings and thoughts that I want to have a look at. I'm not in need of, or wanting, particularly, to know what other folk are up to.
challenges great-gifts
I have the wherewithal to challenge myself for my entire life. That's a great gift.
happiness creativity entrepreneur
Everything is raw material. Everything is relevant. Everything is usable. Everything feeds into my creativity. But without proper preparation, I cannot see it, retain it, and use it.
creativity thinking structure
I don't think that scheduling is uncreative. I think that structure is required for creativity.