Twyla Tharp is an American dancer and choreographer. She has won Emmy and Tony awards, and currently works as a choreographer in New York City. Her company, Twyla Tharp Dance, merged with American Ballet Theatre in 1988, where Tharp created more than a dozen works. Since that time Ms. Tharp has choreographed dances for many companies including The Paris Opera Ballet, The Royal Ballet, New York City Ballet, The Boston Ballet, and The Joffrey Ballet.
Tharp’s work first went to Broadway in 1980 with “When We Were Very Young”. In 1991, Tharp regrouped her company Twyla Tharp Dance and created a program with Mikhail Baryshnikov called “Cutting Up”. In 2002, Tharp and Billy Joel’s award-winning dance musical “Movin’ Out” premiered on Broadway, and won a 2003 Tony Award. Tharp was also honored with the 2003 Astaire Award; the Drama League Award for Sustained Achievement in Musical Theater; and both the Drama Desk Award and the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Choreography. “Movin’ Out” ran for 1331 performances.
Tharp has created more than one hundred twenty five dances, choreographed for five Hollywood movies, directed and choreographed two Broadway shows, and written two books. She has received numerous awards, including the Vietnam Veterans of America President’s Award, the 2004 National Medal of the Arts and numerous grants including the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Fellowship.
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