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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. "

Twyla Tharp

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Dancing

Why

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" I'm not satisfied sitting in just the world of abstract work. "

" 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. "

Twyla Tharp

Over

Power

" People often say to me, 'I don't know anything about dance.' I say, 'Stop. You got up this morning, and you're walking. You are an expert.' "

" I don't mean this, but I'm going to say it anyway. I don't really think of pop art and serious art as being that far apart. "

" It is extremely arrogant and very foolish to think that you can ever outwit your audience. "

" I've always felt compelled to explore range, because, as far as I know, we're only here once. So let's see how much we can encompass. "

" 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.' "

" I learned very early that an audience would relax and look at things differently if they felt they could laugh with you from time to time. There's an energy that comes through the release of tension that is laughter. "

" I've read probably 25 or 30 books by Balzac, all of Tolstoy - the novels and letters - and all of Dickens. I learned my craft from these guys. "

" It's very important to work myself physically as hard as I can. "

" I do at least 75 push-ups a day. "

" A commission is an invitation to fall in love. "

" When I was a kid, the avant-garde to me was boring because it was just the flip side of being really successful. "

Twyla Tharp

Kid

Just

" I look for dancers who have all the technique in the world. But they must be dancers who are open-minded, who are willing to forget that they know anything. They also have to be gorgeous; they must have a clear image of themselves and strong personalities. "

" I think a sense of humor will help get a girl out of a dark place. "

" I don't hate language. I have my own language, but I also enjoy the English language. Obviously, you don't read a lot of literature and not care about language. "

" I used to say to myself, 'Well, in the old days everybody danced because they loved to dance, and there was none of this professional garbage going on about how much can you get for this or that or the other, or any of the kinds of things that insecurity can sometimes promote. Sometimes it's for the wrong reasons.' "

" Optimism with some experience behind it is much more energizing than plain old experience with a certain degree of cynicism. "

" I don't think politicians should be allowed into power who are not familiar with their bodies, because that's where our bottom line is. And I know that they would make totally different decisions if they felt responsible simply for their own bodies. "

" In circuses, there is a lot of magic. Things become other things. "

" The only thing I fear more than change is no change. The business of being static makes me nuts. "

" The rewards of dancing are very different from choreographing. "

" 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. "

" What I do remember is visualization of the sound of music, seeing bodies in movement in relation to how music sounded, because my mother practiced at the keyboard a lot and I also went to her lessons. As a two year old, three year old I remember seeing things in movement. "

" Kids should be encouraged to compete. "

" A dancer's life is all about repetition. "

" Broadway has some very tight expectations as to what a show is. "

" The only way to know the truth of a movement is to do it on your own body. "