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Twyla Tharp
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Twyla Tharp

Twyla Tharp, one of America's greatest choreographers, began her career in 1965, and has created more than 130 dances for her company as well as for the Joffrey Ballet, The New York City Ballet, Paris Opera Ballet, London's Royal Ballet, and American Ballet Theatre. She has won two Emmy awards for television's Baryshnikov by Tharp, and a Tony Award for the Broadway musical Movin' Out. The recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, she was inducted into the American Academy of Arts & Sciences in 1993 and was made an honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1997. She lives and works in New York City.

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The Collaborative Habit will be released on November 24, 2009 in Hardcover, eBook
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The Collaborative Habit is now available in Hardcover, eBook
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New York Times, August 26, 2010
...winningly as the happily mismatched couple (2:40). Longacre Theater, 220 West 48th Street ? Come Fly Away Twyla Tharp brings her kinetic heat to the cool of Frank Sinatra songs in this dazzling dance musical set in a fantasy nightclub redolent of the...
Huffington Post, August 5, 2010
...In Tywla Tharp's lucid and logical book, The Creative Habit , she talks about a simple idea for organizing the things that inspire a project: you put them in a box. "The box makes me feel organized, that I have my act together even when I don't know...
Oregonian, August 5, 2010
...was after, that having a singer deliver the songs from offstage would be too much like "Movin' Out," Twyla Tharp's Broadway adaptation of Billy Joel songs. "I knew that was what I didn't want to do." Instead, Wallenfels and a clutch of collaborators --...
Yahoo! News, July 1, 2010
...Victor Willis (Village People), 59. * Actor Daryl Anderson, 59. * Singer Deborah Harry (Blondie), 65. * Dancer/choreographer Twyla Tharp, 69. * Hockey Hall of Famer Rod Gilbert, 69. * Actress Karen Black, 71. * Cookiemaker Wally Amos, 74. * Actress Jean...
Yahoo! News, July 1, 2010
...Victor Willis (Village People), 59.* Actor Daryl Anderson, 59.* Singer Deborah Harry (Blondie), 65.* Dancer/choreographer Twyla Tharp, 69.* Hockey Hall of Famer Rod Gilbert, 69.* Actress Karen Black, 71.* Cookiemaker Wally Amos, 74.* Actress Jean Marsh,...
Broadway World, June 13, 2010
...and Merrily We Roll Along at the Donmar Warehouse. Lynne has also worked extensively in music and commercials."Twyla Tharp (Come Fly Away)"One of the most accomplished and versatile artists working today, Twyla Tharp has created groundbreaking work in...
Los Angeles Times, June 10, 2010
...in 2008 at the Pasadena Playhouse. -- David Ng Photo credit: Craig Schwartz / AP 'Come Fly Away' Twyla Tharp's sparkling dance production, which uses the vocals of Frank Sinatra to tell the story of four couples at a nightclub, received strong reviews...
Psychology Today, June 1, 2010
...post for the woman who commented on the post, So you want to write? She wrote: Love the Twyla Tharp quote.... enough to google it and buy the book. I feel myself to be an angry woman and have spent the better part of the past 30 years rejecting...
Panache, May 28, 2010
...Jewish Heritage, Melissa Martens; and the writers Jennifer 8. Lee and Daniel Cappello. Notable guests included the choreographer Twyla Tharp; philanthropists Candace and Rick Beinecke; Nan and Stephen Swid; the choreographer and artist Jonah Bokaer; the...
Suite101.com, April 30, 2010
...arts. In her book, The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life (Simon & Schuster; 2008), Twyla Tharp suggests that artists, rather than worrying about whether they should look at at other peoples creative works when trying to find inspiration for...
Chicago Tribune, April 13, 2010
...Family' opens on Broadway with hilarious Nathan Lane, a little more snap-snap! • 'Come Fly Away' on Broadway: Twyla Tharp's homage to Sinatra a dance between sex and sensitivity • Brian d'Arcy James to show some brotherly Schadenfreude • 'A Steady...
Chicago Tribune, April 12, 2010
...Family' opens on Broadway with hilarious Nathan Lane, a little more snap-snap! • 'Come Fly Away' on Broadway: Twyla Tharp's homage to Sinatra a dance between sex and sensitivity • Brian d'Arcy James to show some brotherly Schadenfreude • Theater on...
South Coast Today, April 3, 2010
...munch cookies, and discuss books. It's a blast. At 7 p.m. Wednesday, we'll discuss dancer Twyla Tharp's autobiography, "Push Comes to Shove," on the Z stage. Members will then be able to purchase discounted tickets to see the corresponding performance of...
New Yorker, March 20, 2010
...guided and shaped my own style of dance writing; they include Marcia Siegel, author of “Howling Near Heaven: Twyla Tharp and the Reinvention of Modern Dance,” “Days on Earth: The Dance of Doris Humphrey,” and the classic study “The Shapes of...
Yahoo! News, February 1, 2010
...good long time, if only in spirit and voice: The Marquis is the home to Come Fly Away, Twyla Tharp's new dance musical that has a live band playing with recorded tracks of Frank Sinatra. A cast and creative team have not been announced for The Nutty...
Yahoo! News, February 1, 2010
...good long time, if only in spirit and voice: The Marquis is the home to Come Fly Away, Twyla Tharp's new dance musical that has a live band playing with recorded tracks of Frank Sinatra. A cast and creative team have not been announced for The Nutty...
Broadway World, January 14, 2010
...has been announced for the new Broadway musical COME FLY AWAY, conceived, choreographed, and directed by Tony Award-winner Twyla Tharp and featuring vocals by Frank Sinatra. COME FLY AWAY will star Matthew Dibble, Holley Farmer, Laura Mead, Charlie...
Broadway World, January 4, 2010
...The new Broadway musical, COME FLY AWAY, conceived, choreographed, and directed by Tony Award-winner Twyla Tharp and featuring vocals by Frank Sinatra, will open this spring at the Marquis Theatre (1535 Broadway). Previews will begin on Monday, March 1,...
Interest!ALERT, January 4, 2010
...The new Broadway musical, 'COME FLY AWAY,' conceived, choreographed, and directed by Tony Award-winner Twyla Tharp and featuring vocals by Frank Sinatra, will open this spring at the Marquis Theatre (1535 Broadway). Previews will begin on Monday, March...
Street Insider, January 4, 2010
...-- 01/04/10 -- The new Broadway musical, "COME FLY AWAY," conceived, choreographed, and directed by Tony Award-winner Twyla Tharp and featuring vocals by Frank Sinatra, will open this spring at the Marquis Theatre (1535 Broadway). Previews will begin on...
NewsBlaze, January 4, 2010
...The new Broadway musical, "COME FLY AWAY," conceived, choreographed, and directed by Tony Award-winner Twyla Tharp and featuring vocals by Frank Sinatra, will open this spring at the Marquis Theatre (1535 Broadway). Previews will begin on Monday, March...
Market Wire via MSN Money, January 4, 2010
...The new Broadway musical, 'COME FLY AWAY,' conceived, choreographed, and directed by Tony Award-winner Twyla Tharp and featuring vocals by Frank Sinatra, will open this spring at the Marquis Theatre (1535 Broadway). Previews will begin on Monday, March...
Yahoo! Canada, January 4, 2010
...Marketwire - 01/04/10) - The new Broadway musical, 'COME FLY AWAY,' conceived, choreographed, and directed by Tony Award-winner Twyla Tharp and featuring vocals by Frank Sinatra, will open this spring at the Marquis Theatre (1535 Broadway). Previews will...
Pittsburgh Tribune Review, December 27, 2009
...who has designed costumes for 60 Broadway shows and films, operas and performers such as Siegfried and Roy, Twyla Tharp and Mick Jagger. His costume designs can be seen in two shows now on Broadway -- "Pal Joey" and "Chicago" -- and in the production of...
Media Post, December 22, 2009
...and Oxygen and Media, Women @ NBCU The Creative Habit: Learn It & Use It for Life- by Twyla Tharp A personable tone is carried throughout the book and within the text is a goldmine of advice. Tharp not only promotes tried-and-true habits, but also...
Toys And Gadgets, December 10, 2009
...work? The following is a roundup of gifts that will hopefully help inspire creativity in their recipients. Books Twyla Tharp: The Creative Habit (Simon & Schuster, $25) When I first saw acclaimed choreographer Twyla Tharp's Catherine Wheel...
NWI Times, December 7, 2009
...Leary - Times Correspondent Posted: Monday, December 7, 2009 12:00 am Font Size: KYLE TELECHAN THE TIMES Twyla Tharp, legendary choreographer, dancer and best-selling author, has Maine dentist Kerry Maguire spread out the contents of her purse on stage...
Broadway World, October 3, 2009
...42nd Street and Chicago. Current and upcoming productions in North America include Fiddler on the Roof starring Topol, Twyla Tharp's Come Fly With Me, Jesus Christ Superstar, starring Ted Neeley and Cats, running 'now and forever.'Luis Alvarez, the...
Washington Post, September 19, 2009
...Johnny Unitas in the 1958 TV special 'Dancing: A Man's Game.' In a 1980 TV special, choreographer Twyla Tharp paired New York City Ballet dancer Peter Martins with Swann in 'Dance Is a Man's Sport, Too.' Here, as Swann tells it, he even outdanced...
Miami Herald, September 13, 2009
...II. The company dances the exhilarating, high-octane hit In The Upper Room by another contemporary American dance master, Twyla Tharp, on Program I, and gives its first performance of Jerome Robbins' dreamy In the Night , a romantic piece for three...
CYNSATIONS, June 21, 2010
...doing chores, etc. Another wonderful help is The Creative Habit: Learn It and Ue It for Life by Twyla Tharp (Simon & Schuster, 2006). At home, I try to be careful about the time I spend checking email, reading blogs, etc.. If I don't...
LEWIS 360°, June 18, 2010
...and use. I’m halfway through reading an incredible book at themoment, The Creative Habit , by famed choreographer, Twyla Tharp. Turns out thatsomeone who knows an awful lot about dancing can tell us an awful lot about thediscipline, rigor and...
WorkAwesome, June 3, 2010
...you may have read may just inspire you to be more productive or are particular to your passion (Twyla Tharp’s The Creative Habit would be an example). What books have you read that helped you out?  What authors inspire you to improve?  What books...
Blogs, May 31, 2010
...the woman who commented on the post, So you want to write?   She wrote:   Love the Twyla Tharp quote.... enough to google it and buy the book. I feel myself to be an angry woman and have spent the better part of the past 30 years rejecting...
David McQueen | Let's Talk, January 7, 2010
...Baby — Alice Walker; The 48 Laws Of Power The Alchemist – Paulo Coelho, The Artists Way – Twyla Tharp’s The Blue Guide To The Here & Hereafter — Lionel Blue The Blue Skies Of Auturm – Elizabeth Turner The Crucified God — Jurgen Moltmann;...
First Friday Book Synopsis, January 3, 2010
...ability to innovate and be creative.” The Creative Habit:  Learn It and Use It for Life by Twyla Tharp and The Art of Innovation (Lessons in Creativity from IDEO, America’s Leading Design Firm) by Tom Kelley This is a subject worth...
Shelfari, December 15, 2009
...reading this year's National Book Award winner in nonfiction. Thinking more about her creative side, Tom suggests Twyla Tharp's The Creative Habit and The Collaborative Habit . Tharp's a dancer and choreographer, but her ideas about creativity, creating...
OPEN Forum Articles, December 15, 2009
...well as Yves Behar, Lee Clow, and Dean Kamen. The Collaborative Habit: Life Lessons for Working Together - Twyla Tharp Choreographer Twyla Tharp follows up her bestselling book, The Creative Habit – which we would list below in...
1330v, November 20, 2009
...The Creative Habit: Learn it and use it for life (2003) Twyla Tharp 245 pages I read The Creative Habit a few weeks ago and have been meaning to write something about this wonderful book. I usually don’t read books about...
Shelfari, October 19, 2009
...I hope, if you are a writer, you will applaud this new low. --Tom Recommended for fans of Twyla Tharp's The Creative Habit...
Bob Edwards Show, October 2, 2009
...other leading artists, including composer Aaron Copland. Graham’s company trained dance greats such as Alvin Ailey and Twyla Tharp. Post a Comment | Email Article | Share Article Permalink View Printer Friendly Version Email Article to Friend Reader...