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when dancing is right, the movement possesss a logic common to us all, an inevitability that takes it beyond the personal and egocentric and makes of it classical art.

Twyla Tharp

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Twyla Tharp
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: July 1
Ballet Dancer
Choreographer
Dancer
Writer
Portland
Indiana
Right
Dance
Beyond
Personal
Movement
Egocentric
Takes
Inevitability
Common
Classical
Makes
Logic
Art
Dancing

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