Twyla Tharp

Twyla Tharp was a leading American dancer and choreographer. She has won many awards for her dances including the Tony Award, Emmy Award, Astaire Award, Drama League Award, Drama Desk Award, and Outer Critics Circle Award. She has also choreographed for the Paris Opera Ballet, Royal Ballet, New York City Ballet, Boston Ballet, Joffrey Ballet, Hubbard Street Dance, and the Martha Graham Dance Company. Twyla Tharp has choreographed more than 125 dances, five Hollywood movies, and choreographed and directed two Broadway Shows. One of them being "When We Were Very Young" which was her first Broadway Show. Her dances often use classical, jazz, and contemporary pop music. Twyla Tharp performed in "Singing in the Rain" which played at the Gershwin for 367 performances and held an extensive national tour. She along with Mikhail Baryshnikov created a program called "Cutting Up" which became one of contemporary dances most successful tours appearing in twenty eight cities over a two month period.

I am not really a big fan of her or her dances. I am sure they are pretty good though in the ballet world but I really don't think it really distinguishes itself from the rest of it. The dance moves are still based off of prancing about on the stage and the costumes seem really the norm for ballet. The sets usually don't seem to add anything to the dance either.