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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.

Twyla Tharp

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Twyla Tharp
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: July 1
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