Twyla Tharp Dance

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Twyla Tharp Dance is a contemporary dance company founded by choreographer Twyla Tharp in 1965. Tharp is known for her innovative and often humorous choreography, which blends elements of various dance styles, including ballet, jazz, and social dance. Her work often features street clothes, a bare stage, and a focus on precise, technically brilliant movements.

Tharp initially gained recognition for her offbeat pieces that appealed to a niche audience. However, by adopting jazz music in the 1970s, her choreography began to reach larger audiences. Throughout her career, Tharp has also choreographed for film and Broadway productions, earning numerous accolades, including a MacArthur fellowship and the National Medal of Arts.12

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…dance troupes and museums (the Twyla Tharp dance company, despite its worldwide reputation, for instance, and a popular orientation that included several successful seasons on Broadway, was compelled to survive only by being absorbed into American Ballet Theatre) rests on hard and fixed facts about the economics of the arts,…
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…dance troupes and museums (the Twyla Tharp dance company, despite its worldwide reputation, for instance, and a popular orientation that included several successful seasons on Broadway, was compelled to survive only by being absorbed into American Ballet Theatre) rests on hard and fixed facts about the economics of the arts,…
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