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The rewards of dancing are very different from choreographing.

Twyla Tharp

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Twyla Tharp
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: July 1
Ballet Dancer
Choreographer
Dancer
Writer
Portland
Indiana
Dancing
Different
Rewards

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I don't think politicians should be allowed into power who are not familiar with their bodies, because that's where our bottom line is. And I know that they would make totally different decisions if they felt responsible simply for their own bodies.
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This is not a pleasant route for many young people to consider. You have to be either hopelessly passionate, or very stupid.
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To make real change, you have to be well anchored - not only in the belief that it can be done, but also in some pretty real ways about who you are and what you can do.
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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.
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Without passion, all the skill in the world won't lift you above craft.
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Alone is a fact, a condition where no one else is around. Lonely is how you feel about that.
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I think of music as fuel, its spectrum of energy governed by tempi, volume, and heart.
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Solitude is an unavoidable part of creativity. Self-reliance is a happy by-product.
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I read for growth, firmly believing that what you are today and what you will be in five years depends on two things: the people you meet and the books you read.
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Whenever I feel I'm working in a groove it's invariably because I feel I am being the benefactor in the situation rather than the beneficiary. I am sharing my art with others, lending my craft to theirs, interest-free with no IOU.
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I never studied with Balanchine, but his work was very important to me.
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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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I feel I can handle the architecture of dance as well as anybody.
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Creativity is a habit, and the best creativity is a result of good work habits. That's it in a nutshell ... In order to be creative you have to know how to prepare to be creative.
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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.
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By making the start of the sequence automatic, they replace doubt and fear with comfort and routine.
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Dancing is like bank robbery, it takes split-second timing.
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Art is running away without ever leaving home.
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