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If art is the bridge between what you see in your mind and what the world sees, then skill is how you build that bridge.
Twyla Tharp
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Twyla Tharp
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: July 1
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The notion of the hero as outsider, as alien, is forget it, over, done with. It's not about being against society anymore. It's about standing there, holding something up. It's not pulling away.
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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.
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I often say that in making dances I can make a world where I think things are done morally, done democratically, done honestly.
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I always find that the best collaborations are when you work with people that know what they're doing, and you leave them alone to do it.
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There really is nothing I ever had access to that I didn't appreciate.
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I would have to challenge the term, modern dance. I don't really use that term in relation to my work. I simply think of it as dancing. I think of it as moving.
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