I feel I can handle the architecture of dance as well as anybody.
From Twyla Tharp
When I started thinking seriously about learning the rules of narrative, I thought, 'You've learned the rules of dancing from the ballet; what's the matter with learning the laws of theater from the people who know how to do it?'
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.
Who a dancer is physically feeds into character for me. Always has.
No artist is well served in thinking what will happen to their works. The best one can hope is that they'll enter the mainstream, and people will pull bits and pieces from them.
If I didn't believe in myself as a dancer, I wouldn't choreograph.
My own physicality, not an abstract idea, makes me a choreographer.
The ultimate point of a piece for me is that it drives the next one. Does it open new doors? That's the success of a piece.
Things change all the time, so why do people make such a philosophical to-do that things are constantly in transition?
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.'
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