Twyla tharp dance troupe performance

Twyla Tharp
Since graduating from Barnard College in 1963, Twyla Tharp has choreographed more than 160 works: 129 dances, 12 television specials, six Hollywood movies, four full-length ballets, four Broadway shows, and two figure skating routines.

Twyla tharp dance troupe performance

She has received one Tony Award, two Emmy Awards, 19 honorary doctorates, the Vietnam Veterans of America President’s Award, the 2004 National Medal of the Arts, the 2008 Jerome Robbins Prize, and a 2008 Kennedy Center Honor. Her many grants include the John D.

and Catherine T. MacArthur Fellowship. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society and is an Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

In 1965, Tharp founded her dance company Twyla Tharp Dance.

Her dances are known for creativity, wit, and technical precision coupled with a streetwise nonchalance. By combining different forms of movement – such as jazz, ballet, boxing, and inventions o