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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
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Twyla Tharp
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: July 1
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Optimism with some experience behind it is much more energizing than plain old experience with a certain degree of cynicism.
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I walk into a large white room. It's a dance studio in midtown Manhattan. The room is clean, virtually spotless if you don’t count the thousands of skid marks and footprints left there by dancers rehearsing. Other than the mirrors, the boom box, the skid marks, and me, the room is empty.
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Once you accept the power of spine in the creative act, you will become much more efficient in your creativity. You will still get lost on occasion, but having a spine will anchor you.
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Art is running away without ever leaving home.
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Perfect practice makes perfect.
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The thing about creativity is, people are going to laugh at it. Get over it.
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There's an energy that comes through the release of tension that is laughter.
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This is the hard part. Knowing and admitting a problem are not the same as solving it. But executing a solution is also the fun part, because the solution save you and gets you moving again.
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