Twyla Tharp Quotes
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These days, I think we could all agree that having a just-friend is not a bad thing.
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Ultimately there is no such thing as failure. There are lessons learned in different ways.
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Do I watch dancers as people? Yes, absolutely. Do I watch really good dancers for specifically who they are? Absolutely, because how they move best and how they look best is going to be most familiar to them, and not necessarily to me.
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I see dance as glue for a community.
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I always tell students that you've got to be practical. You do not need a dream. You need a purpose, something you can wake up to in the morning when the dream is dissipated.
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When I look at the people who are the guiding figures in modern dance, I think, 'This does not look to me like the way I want to spend my days.'
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It is extremely arrogant and very foolish to think that you can ever outwit your audience.
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There is a moral dimension, for me, in anything that's any good.
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Nothing is more terrifying to me, really, than the status quo. I'll make mistakes before I keep doing something the same way.
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I have not wanted to intimidate audiences. I have not wanted my dancing to be an elitist form. That doesn't mean I haven't wanted it to be excellent.
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Kids should be encouraged to compete.
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I work because I have issues and questions and feelings and thoughts that I want to have a look at. I'm not in need of, or wanting, particularly, to know what other folk are up to.
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The only thing I fear more than change is no change. The business of being static makes me nuts.
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I am still pushing the edge of what my body can do.
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What we want from modern dance is courage and audacity.
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We don't need to illustrate music; music illustrates itself.
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I would have to challenge the term, modern dance. I don't really use that term in relation to my work. I simply think of it as dancing. I think of it as moving.
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It was not until I had graduated from college that I made a professional commitment to it. Frankly, I didn't think it wise. I was my own interior parental force, and it's very difficult to justify a profession as a dancer.
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In terms of individuals who actually inspired me, very few of the academic people that I had access to had that power over me. Maybe it's simply because I wasn't that committed to geometry.
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I have the wherewithal to challenge myself for my entire life. That's a great gift.
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I realize that dancers have worked long and hard for standards. However, on occasion, I think that it's good to examine one's heart and ask why are we dancing.
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I find the aesthetics of the 20th century hopelessly barren.
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I was privileged to be able to study a year with Martha Graham, the last year she was teaching.
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It's very difficult for me to do fund raising for my own organization if I'm working for other companies because sponsors will say, 'Well, hey, man, if she's doing a ballet for Ballet Theatre, we'll give money to Ballet Theatre.'