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I'm willing to be regarded as a tyrant to keep my vision intact.

Twyla Tharp

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Twyla Tharp
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: July 1
Ballet Dancer
Choreographer
Dancer
Writer
Portland
Indiana
Vision
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Intact
Tyrant
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Tyrants
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Traveling the paths of greatness, even in someone else's footprints, is a vital means to acquiring skill.
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I was valedictorian. Did I enjoy going to school? I hated it. It wasn't a choice on my part, it was expected.
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There really is nothing I ever had access to that I didn't appreciate.
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When I'm in the studio, when I'm warm, when I'm what people call improvising, I feel a very special connection. I feel the most right. I don't want to become too mystic about this, but things feel as though they're in the best order at that particular moment.
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I was privileged to be able to study a year with Martha Graham, the last year she was teaching.
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