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Dancing is like bank robbery, it takes split-second timing.

Twyla Tharp

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Twyla Tharp
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: July 1
Ballet Dancer
Choreographer
Dancer
Writer
Portland
Indiana
Bank
Dancer
Dancing
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Robbery
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Timing

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