At Tharp Speed; The Trailblazing Choreographer, Moving Spontaneously Forward From: The Washington Post | Date: September 14, 1994| Author: Alan M. Kriegsman | Copyright 1994 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

"In thinking about the past, it seemed to me that in the old days, dancers just went to work for the love of it, for the love of dancing, but that nowadays nobody works that way - it's `what's in it for me, for my career development?' " says dancer-choreographer Twyla Tharp, as she explains the genesis of "Twyla in Washington: New Work," her summer residency at the Kennedy Center.

"Then I said to myself, wait a minute, is this really the case? So I conceived this idea of gathering ...

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