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Twyla Tharp
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: July 1
Ballet Dancer
Choreographer
Dancer
Writer
Portland
Indiana
Conformity
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I’m much stronger than most women. Consequently, when I work with men, or when I’m partnered by men... We can actually go into kinds of movement that haven’t been available before, simply because I’ve strengthened myself as a woman, not because I’ve weakened him.
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The blank space can be humbling. But I've faced it my whole professional life. It's my job. It's also my calling. Bottom line: Filling this empty space constitutes my identity.
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I was interested in becoming a show dancer, for which I tried, but I'm not tall enough.
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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.
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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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More often than not I've found, a rut is a consequence of sticking to tried and tested methods that don't take into account how you or the world has changed.
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I'm a known reader. That's what I do with my time.
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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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Obligation is a flimsy base for creativity, way down the list behind passion, courage, instinct, and the desire to do something great.
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I don't think that scheduling is uncreative. I think that structure is required for creativity.
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It's very difficult to justify a profession as a dancer.
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We get into ruts when we run with the first idea that pops into our head, not the last one.
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dance is simply the refinement of human movement - walking, running, and jumping. We are all experts. There should be no art form more accessible than dance, yet no art is more mystifying in the public imagination.
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There are as many forms of memory as there are ways of perceiving, and every one of them is worth mining for inspiration.
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I've always had to keep the walls in place, and the only way to do that is to keep yourself constantly occupied... From the time I was 8 years old, until I went to college, I worked... There was no social life.
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You don't have a really good idea until you combine two little ideas.
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While most people in the arts think they have to be constantly looking forward to be edgy and creative....the real secret of creativity is to go back and remember.
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I had always seen myself as a star I wanted to be a galaxy.
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I've always thought my creative life began the moment my mother called me Twyla.
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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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