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elleng

(136,866 posts) Sat Mar 27, 2021, 01:08 AM Mar 2021

*American Masters Twyla Tharp is spotlighted.

American Masters
1 HR 29 MIN
2021
TV-PG
Documentary / Profile
Twyla Moves
Twyla Tharp is spotlighted.

MPT (PBS)

Catch it if you can. She discusses her education, her mother wanting to get her more than southern Indiana, so she got dance lessons, Baryshnikov included.

Twyla Tharp is an American dancer, choreographer, and author who lives and works in New York City. In 1966 she formed the company Twyla Tharp Dance. Her work often uses classical music, jazz, and contemporary pop music. From 1971 to 1988 Twyla Tharp Dance toured extensively around the world, performing original works. Wikipedia

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*American Masters Twyla Tharp is spotlighted. (Original Post) elleng Mar 2021 OP

Link? applegrove Mar 2021 #1

PBS, MPT, ch. 22. elleng Mar 2021 #2

Thanks. applegrove Mar 2021 #5

I read the book about her. bamagal62 Mar 2021 #3

Good. Includes her son, and a small bit with Hines and Baryshnikov - White Nights. elleng Mar 2021 #4

applegrove

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1. Link?

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Sat Mar 27, 2021, 01:11 AM

Mar 2021

elleng

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2. PBS, MPT, ch. 22.

Reply to applegrove (Reply #1)

Sat Mar 27, 2021, 01:14 AM

Mar 2021

Twyla Moves
Premiere: 3/26/2021 | 00:02:36 |
Twyla Moves explores the life of legendary dancer, director and choreographer Twyla Tharp. Jumping from historical footage to the present day, the film traces her influential career while providing an intimate look at her famously rigorous creative process.

https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/twyla-tharp-documentary/16724/