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I feel I can handle the architecture of dance as well as anybody.

Twyla Tharp

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Twyla Tharp
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: July 1
Ballet Dancer
Choreographer
Dancer
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Portland
Indiana
Dance
Anybody
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