Twyla Tharp

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Twyla Tharp (born July 1, 1941) is an American dancer, choreographer, and author who lives and works in New York City.

Twyla Tharp Dance began in 1966.

Classical music, jazz, and contemporary pop music are all common in her work. Twyla Tharp Dance performed original works from 1971 to 1988.

Tharp choreographed Deuce Coupe to the Joffrey Ballet's music in 1973.

Deuce Coupe is considered the first "crossover ballet," a blend of ballet and modern dance.

Later, she choreographed Push Comes to Shove (1976), which starred Mikhail Baryshnikov and is now considered to be the best example of crossover ballet. In 1988, Twyla Tharp Dance joined American Ballet Theatre, the first time ABT has premiered 16 of Tharp's works. Tharp received the Doctor of Arts degree from Harvard University on May 24, 2018.

Early life and education

Tharp was born on a farm in Portland, Indiana, in 1941, the niece of Lecile Tharp, née Confer, and William Tharp. Twila Thornburg, the "Pig Princess" of the 89th Annual Muncie Fair, was dubbed for her.

Tharp spent a few months each year on their farm in Indiana as a child. Her mother insisted that she take lessons in dance, several musical instruments, shorthand, German, and French. Tharp's family, including younger sister Twanette, Stanley and Stanford, and her parents, all moved to Rialto, California, in 1950. Tharp Motors and Tharp Autos in Rialto were operated by William and Lecile. Tharp worked in a drive-in theater. The drive-in was located on the corner of Acacia and Foothill, Rialto's main east-west route, and Route 66. She attended Pacific High School in San Bernardino, attended the Vera Lynn School of Dance, and studied ballet with Beatrice Collenette. Tharp says she has little time for a social life because of her bookwormdom. She attended Pomona College but then enrolled in Barnard College, where she graduated with a degree in art history in 1963. She worked with Richard Thomas, Martha Graham, and Merce Cunningham in New York City. Tharp performed with the Paul Taylor Dance Company in 1963.

Personal life

Tharp was married to painter Robert Huot until 1972, by whom she has her son, Jesse Huot, who works as her company manager. She also has a grandson.

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Career

Tharp choreographed her first dance, Tank Dive, in 1965, and founded Twyla Tharp Dance, a dance company. Classical music, jazz, and contemporary pop music are all used in her works. Twyla Tharp Dance performed original works from 1971 to 1988.

Tharp choreographed Deuce Coupe to the Joffrey Ballet's soundtrack in 1973. Deuce Coupe is the first crossover ballet in the United States. Later, she choreographed Push Comes to Shove (1976), which starred Mikhail Baryshnikov and is now considered to be the finest example of cross ballet.

Twyla Tharp Dance became a member of the American Ballet Theatre in 1988, the first time ABT has premiered 16 of Tharp's works. In 2010, it had 20 of her pieces in its repertory. Tharp has since choreographed dances for Paris Opera Ballet, The Royal Ballet, Joffrey Ballet, Joffrey Ballet, Joffrey Ballet, Joffrey Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Miami City Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, Hubbard Street Dance, Martha Graham Dance Company, and Martha Graham Dance Company. Cutting Up (1992) with Baryshnikov, a dance roadshow that went on tour and appeared in 28 towns in less than two months.

Twyla Tharp Dance resurfaced in 2000 with entirely new dancers. This company has appeared around the world, and Tharp produced the script that became Movin' Out, an award-winning Broadway musical starring several of Billy Joel's dancers.

Tharp created The Princess and the Goblin, a full-length ballet based on George MacDonald's tale The Princess and the Goblin. It's the first ballet to include children, and it was co-commissioned by Atlanta Ballet and Royal Winnipeg Ballet, as well as performances by both companies.

Tharp was the first artist to live in Residency (A.I.R.) In Seattle, the Pacific Northwest Ballet is an annual event. During this period, she produced and premiered Waiting At The Station, a R&B artist Allen Toussaint-produced work, as well as sets and costumes by longtime collaborator Santo Loquasto.

Tharp's debut on Broadway was in 1980, preceded by The Catherine Wheel, her 1980-1990s Paris Tharp Dance appearance When We Were Young, followed by The Catherine Wheel in 1981, her Winter Garden collaboration with David Byrne. Wheels on PBS and its soundtrack were also available on LP. Fait Accompli to music by David Van Tieghem was released on the These Things Happen LP (1984).

Singin' in the Rain performed at the Gershwin in 1985 for 367 performances.

Movin' Out, a dance performance by Melissa Tharp in Chicago in 2001, set to Billy Joel's music and lyrics, was the premiere of her dance performance. In 2002, the show premiered on Broadway. On Broadway, Movin' Out performed 1,331 times. In January 2004, a national tour was launched. It received ten Tony Awards, and Tharp was named Best Choreographer.

In 2005 at The Old Globe Theatre in San Diego, Tharp opened The Times They Are a Changin' to Bob Dylan's music. The Times of The Times were A-Changin' set the previous records for the highest-grossing show and highest ticket sales as of the date of closing (March 2006). It was also the first time a show was to get a second extension after the first preview. The New York show ran for 35 previews and 28 performances after it ran in California.

Tharp performed Come Fly with Me, Frank Sinatra's oldest-selling four-week run in Atlanta in 2009, by the time of closing in 2009. Come Fly Away, a renamed act, opened on Broadway in 2010 and sold out for 26 previews and 188 performances. Come Fly Away was redesigned and unveiled in Las Vegas in 2011 under the title Sinatra: Dance with Me. In Atlanta in August 2011, Come Fly Away National Tour opened in Atlanta.

Tharp worked with film producers Milo Forman on Hair (1978), Ragtime (1980) and Amadeus (1983); Taylor Hackford on White Nights (1985); and James Brooks on I'll Do Anything (1994).

Sue's Leg (1976), the first episode of PBS' Dance in America; co-producing and directing Making Television Dance (1977), which received the Chicago International Film Festival Award; and producing The Catherine Wheel (1983) for BBC Television. In 1984, Tharp co-directed the award-winning television special "Baryshnikov by Tharp."

Tharp has written three books, one from the beginning, Push Comes to Shove (1992), and the other from Simon & Schuster; The Collaborative Habit (2009, Simon & Schuster) is a collection of texts in Thai, Chinese, and Korean. The Creative Habit is based on cybernetics, especially in the numerous Greek-themed creative exercises, like the Coin Drop, which is an attempt to extract order from chaos, according to Tharp, in the sense that random coins falling onto a flat surface can be used to develop pattern analysis skills. The astrological theme is an etymological underpinning of cybernetics' tradition of "guiding a boat" by locating stellar references in ancient Greek navigation.

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