When I look at the people who are the guiding figures in modern dance, I think, 'This does not look to me… — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
I began to discriminate between fear and excitement. The two, though very close, are completely different. Fear is negative excitement, choking your… — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
It was not until I had graduated from college that I made a professional commitment to it. Frankly, I didn't think it… — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
Usually kids who are talented have the brashness to think they can do anything, but they don't often get the chance to… — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
I've always believed that a dance evening energizes an audience, that an audience goes out feeling chemically stronger and more optimistic. This… — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
I used to say to myself, 'Well, in the old days everybody danced because they loved to dance, and there was none… — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
I realize that dancers have worked long and hard for standards. However, on occasion, I think that it's good to examine one's… — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
I'm not interested in seeing dance die. It's not to my advantage. Nor is it to our culture's advantage or anybody else's. — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
Dance should not just divide people into audience and performers. Everyone should be a participant, whether going to classes or attending special… — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
The ballet needs to tell its own story in such a way it can be received without having to be translated into… — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
You have to believe there's something at the other side. And you have to have faith in yourself. You have to think… — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
I repeat the wake-up, the workout, the quick shower, the breakfast of three hard-boiled egg whites and a cup of coffee, the… — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
I look for dancers who have all the technique in the world. But they must be dancers who are open-minded, who are… — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
There's the tradition of the 19th-century ballets, and the 20th century has had a difficult time with that tradition. And it's had… — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
People often say to me, 'I don't know anything about dance.' I say, 'Stop. You got up this morning, and you're walking.… — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
When I started thinking seriously about learning the rules of narrative, I thought, 'You've learned the rules of dancing from the ballet;… — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
Modern dancers should be doing things no one else is doing, and it should come from the gut. — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
“A lot of habitually creative people have preparation rituals linked to the setting in which they choose to start their day. By putting themselves… — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
I have learned over the years that you should never save for two meetings what you can accomplish in one. — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
I always find that the best collaborations are when you work with people that know what they're doing, and you leave them alone to… — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
I don't mean this, but I'm going to say it anyway. I don't really think of pop art and serious art as being that… — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
The art of these Fifties movies was in sustaining forever the moment before sex. — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
This is not a pleasant route for many young people to consider. You have to be either hopelessly passionate, or very stupid. — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
I often say that in making dances I can make a world where I think things are done morally, done democratically, done honestly. — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
I had received my first establishment grants in response to applications filed the year before. To the pages of baffling forms I had simply… — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
I don't think that scheduling is uncreative. I think that structure is required for creativity. — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
I have always felt one of the things dance should do - its business being so clearly physical - is challenge the culture's gender… — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
There really is nothing I ever had access to that I didn't appreciate. — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
