Twyla Tharp
Författare till The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life
Om författaren
Modern dancer and choreographer Twyla Tharp was born in Portland, Indiana. As a child, Tharp was an accomplished musician, dancer, and athlete. In the early 1960s, she went to New York City to study dance, and she performed with the Paul Taylor Dance Company from 1963 to 1965. Then, in 1965, she visa mer formed her own small company, focusing her efforts on choreographing severe modern-dance works. As both a dancer and a choreographer, Tharp is noted for her ability to create dance with a popular appeal without losing integrity or depth. Although her first works were rather somber and highly structured in style, her later works have often captured a more whimsical note. Eight Jelly Rolls (1971), for example, delighted audiences with its dancing set to the jazz piano music of "Jelly Roll" Morton. Other enormously popular works include Coupe (1973), a piece set to music by the Beach Boys, and Push Comes to Shove (1976), which was choreographed for the ballet star Mikhail Baryshnikov. In addition to creating works for her own company, Tharp has created commissioned pieces for a number of other dance companies, for films, and for nondancers in such other entertainment fields as ice-skating and sports. These works include Bach Partita (1984), created for American Ballet Theatre, When We Were Very Young (1980) and The Catherine Wheel (1983), created for Broadway, and dance numbers created for the films Hair (1979) and White Knights (1985). (Bowker Author Biography) visa färre
Verk av Twyla Tharp
Come Fly Away (Playbill) 1 exemplar
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- Andra namn
- THARP, Twyla
- Födelsedag
- 1941-07-01
- Kön
- female
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Födelseort
- Portland, Indiana, USA
- Bostadsorter
- New York, New York, USA
- Utbildning
- Pomona College
Barnard College - Yrken
- dancer
choreographer - Organisationer
- American Ballet Theatre
Twyla Tharp Dance - Priser och utmärkelser
- National Medal of Arts (2004)
Kennedy Center Honors (2008)
MacArthur Fellowship (1992)
American Academy of Arts and Letters (American Honorary ∙ 1997)
Tony Award (Best Choreography, 2002)
Drama Desk Award (Outstanding Choreography, 2002) (visa alla 7)
American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1993)
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The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life… av Twyla Tharp
The completist in me made efforts to get to the end, but alas. Some is the ideal read for this book, but it is not I. The distraction I encountered with each chapter was the writer's personal story and self-reflection. This give me pause as I'm writing a book and occasionally illustrate ideas with my own story. Hm. I may not be the ideal for my own book!
Great book on art, work and learning. One of the most useful and practical points of view on creativity, told in a very demystifying way by a great dancer and dance director. There's much to think about here. Also, meny exercises.
This isn't just a book for writers or dancers. It's a book for any creative person.
I read this book slowly to savor it's messages and follow it's exercises. A wonderful book for anyone who wants to develop a habit of creativity.
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- Verk
- 9
- Medlemmar
- 2,054
- Popularitet
- #12,515
- Betyg
- 4.0
- Recensioner
- 39
- ISBN
- 24
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