TWYLA THARP.

From: Dance Magazine | Date: March 1, 2001| Author: PERRON, WENDY | Copyright information

STILL PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES

One of the few choreographers I ever said "no" to was Twyla Tharp, and boy, was I sorry later. In about 1970, Sara Rudner and Rose Marie Wright, Tharp's two main dancers and scouts, watched a ballet class given by the popular teacher Maggie Black, and after the class, asked me to come audition for Tharp. I had seen only one work by her, which had seemed blunt and exercise-y. But I came to the studio, borrowed Sara's jazz shoes and danced with...

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