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.
From Twyla Tharp
I often say that in making dances I can make a world where I think things are done morally, done democratically, done honestly.
In those days, male dancers were a rarer breed than women. as they are still today, A good male dancer, one as strong as we were, was very difficult to come by if you couldn't afford to pay them.
It is extremely arrogant and very foolish to think that you can ever outwit your audience.
My mother was a dominant force in my life. She had a very specific idea about education, which was: you should know everything about everything. It was quite simple. There was no exclusivity, and there really was no judgment.
The necessity to constantly turn in an excellent performance, to be absolutely wedded to this dedication and this ideal means that as a child you're going to pay for it personally.
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.
With each piece I've completed I have worked to make it intact, and each of them has been an equal high. It's like children. A mother refuses to pick out one as a favorite, and I can't do any better with the dances.
We don't need to illustrate music; music illustrates itself.
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