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There's an energy that comes through the release of tension that is laughter.

Twyla Tharp

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Twyla Tharp
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: July 1
Ballet Dancer
Choreographer
Dancer
Writer
Portland
Indiana
Tension
Release
Laughter
Energy
Comes

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