NEW YORK (AP) — There are many adjectives one might use to describe the force of nature that is Twyla Tharp. “Shy” is not one. This includes at curtain calls. At the opening of her current show at New ...

“I came to Barnard all the while harboring in the back of my mind that I was coming to New York to study dance,” says Tharp, 83, on a recent phone call from her home in New York City. “Because I had ...

Performances in N.Y.C. For her latest program at the Joyce Theater, the one-of-a-kind choreographer showcases two new dances, along with a revival of “Ocean’s Motion.” Insouciant: From left, Reed ...

This fall the offerings at American Ballet Theater, now in its 85th year, included a tepid premiere and touching debuts in Agnes de Mille’s “Rodeo.” By Gia Kourlas The trailblazing ballerina returned ...

It started sixty years ago with a ragtag troupe of dancers performing in the streets, long before site-specific was a thing. Back then, Twyla Tharp Dance was just “a bunch of broads doing God’s work,” ...

A coast-to-coast celebration of Twyla Tharp’s 60th year as a choreographer brings two of her most exciting dance pieces to Santa Fe. The program offers a rare opportunity to experience “Diabelli,” ...

NEW YORK — It took Twyla Tharp six years to get one of her dances on a proscenium stage, and what a dance it was: “Eight Jelly Rolls,” set to early jazz music by Jelly Roll Morton. The year was 1971; ...