Thank you, Maria. Is your knee feeling O.K.? Like, she stands up and goes into the space and does it. I know there were times in this career that were so difficult that, had my son not existed, I wouldnt have made it. About The WNET Group Not that he was known as a director. It sucks. I dance, and then something starts to make sense.
I saw you light a lot of things on fire in the kitchen. Very nice to meet you. In "Coins and Chaos," she gives you an easy way to restore order and peace. Performing it requires a blend of power, grace, flexibility, stamina, speed, and heart. In those same early years, you were making all the dances in the park with an all-female collective. But is there any sense in what you feel the pinch of celebrity or being crowded by it -I try not to pay any attention. Okay. I love it. Sometimes I think my mom gave me lessons in everything that's possible in life except how to live life. Youre ready to get going because you might know something. -Ah! My mother spelled it T-w-y-l-a. How New York City Ballet Took On the Pandemic. This body has guts. Its three voices in relation to one another. Its that, at that moment in time, it perhaps was not successful. Whether its called pop or its called classical. Michael Kantor is executive producer of American Masters. The character you are playing is the Queen. Support for American Masters is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, AARP, Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III, Rosalind P. Walter Foundation, Cheryl and Philip Milstein Family, Judith and Burton Resnick, Seton J. Melvin, The Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation, The Ambrose Monell Foundation, Lillian Goldman Programming Endowment, Vital Projects Fund, The Philip and Janice Levin Foundation, Ellen and James S. Marcus, The Andr and Elizabeth Kertsz Foundation, Koo and Patricia Yuen, Thea Petschek Iervolino Foundation, The Marc Haas Foundation and public television viewers. So it was not a huge step to write a book. Sometimes, when I look back at that period, I say, How the hell did you do that? Because, as you see in the documentary, there were ninety flights of stairs.
I just looked at her, and I said, Sara, things are tough. Nobody was making any money. -It's -- -You warmed my heart. Theres lots more to listen to with the album Lessons in Love by Helen Gurley Brown too.
Who are you? [Laughs.] Free shipping for many products! -No, it's okay. We edited for a year. Curtain goes down, its over. Alright. We got the end, guys. Join us. If you were doing it properly, they'd all be on the same set, you'd have your crew, you'd have it all set up. She gathered together a group of women, which she has called a bunch of broads doing Gods work. They danced wherever they could, often without formal venues or any music at all. -Herman, you remember, you've been trying to sleep, but you've been woken up because stone shoes here is stomping around and keeping you awake, and you go over to listen at the wall. There is a discipline to taking a more restricted arena and learning lessons and finding potential there, which is what the Zoom is. - Anthony works in the grocery store Savin' his pennies for someday Mama Leone left a note on the door And she had a vision in her head about what she wanted. -You know what my name is. The Fugue proved itself over time. Sheela and Graciela's green cards ran out, and they couldn't renew. The PBS series American Masters specializes in packaging the lives of cultural luminaries into an hour or two of entertainment. -The same thing that we did yesterday. And then this is my notion of some Jewish something or other. -Let's see if we can bring St. Petersburg and L.A. together. You're going to be eaten alive.'. My gym closed some while ago, my power-lifting gym.
So, Maria, the character that you are playing, her name is Irene. 807 certified writers online. Every kind of music that moves me, I use it, whether it's pop, whether it's classical, whether it's jazz, whether it's historic. I like that. And they all said that I was way too short and way too fat to be taken seriously.
And it has some sort of video experiments that certainly helped me with the foundation for what we're trying to do in the Zoom stuff. Theatrical dance is separated -- here's the audience, here's the event.
And so this was maybe the beginning of me starting to exercise those muscles creatively. And it was suggested that our hair needed to have attention. [ Laughter ] Now just sit right up here. But thats how it happens. You should always be able to do one more pirouette, your elevation always be a little stronger. A mentor cant guarantee you success, lets say that. You dont know how to pull from them a performance. He was a huge star in Russia, and he'd just defected. [ Rhythmic slapping ] One, two, three, four, three, boom, one, one, two, three, four, three, two, one, one, two, three, four, three, two, one, one, two, three, four, one, two, three, one, two, three, four, three, two, one, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. Because, you know, you want to be everything for everyone. Yeah, O.K. The men in his company really didn't want to hear from a female choreographer. My brothers and sister did have teenage years. Good is good. The New Yorker may earn a portion of sales from products that are purchased through our site as part of our Affiliate Partnerships with retailers. Theyre good for stamina. So, yeah, its hard to get out there. They were all moving on from somewhere they had been. I had studied music. [ Sylvan Esso's 'Ferris Wheel' plays ] - August in the heat Sweaty in the street Tilt-a-whirling Whirling, whirling When I'm slamming in my dancing shoes Asphalt's hot and my knees all bruised It's the summer, got a lot to prove Can't wait to do it, can you? They cant see that it actually is made of time and space and how they cordinate through the physical body. But she had the confidence and the vision to know it was going to work. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Cond Nast. [ Laughter ] Chunky little nipper, isn't he? I can jump. The film also features never-before seen interviews and select performances from Tharps vast array of more than 160 choreographed works, including 129 dances, 12 television specials, six major Hollywood movies, four full-length ballets, four Broadway shows and two figure skating routines. Is it because women have to be their own archivists? Traffic goes this way.
No. And he nicely said, 'No, I think it'd be good to do something shorter first.'. I didnt suddenly finish The Fugue and go, Yeah, thats it! No. Stick Figure Entertainment in association with American Masters Pictures. twyla tharp son, jesse huot. If I do the same phrase to sad, they'll all be sad. And, also, the necessity to workyou dont put together a lifetime of information like this and walk away from it. Jerry [Robbins] called me. In 1966 she formed the company Twyla Tharp Dance. -Say, there's someone next to you posing as a child. And nobody can own those things, all right? The next piece, 'Stride,' was done in what would now be called an alternative space, which was a rooftop in Brooklyn. Do you feel like your mother had workaholic tendencies?
Do you feel like you have a lot of responsibility, or energy, for post-pandemichelping dance come back to New York, whatever that means? I'm feeling a lot of pain and decided I needed to take, like, another month off.
Kaitlyn Gilliland first joined Twyla Tharp for her 50th Anniversary Tour after leaving the New York City Ballet in 2011. So, Herman, let's talk about what we're doing here. But there had to be some feminist bent to having an all-female company when you started out?
Theres a part of your memoir where your partner at the time, the artist Bob Huot, told you, You love your work more than me. Was it the work that brought you back to the city? And, yeah, they havent had the same impact. No, no, no, noforget women. Let's get it on YouTube, and let's share it with people. For a young person to have a man with his experience, believed in my vision, said, 'Okay, kid, you can do this. A new PBS documentary, American Masters: Twyla Moves, documents the more-than-50-year and counting career of choreographer Twyla Tharp. . [ Indistinct conversation ] -It's not easy, I think, for dancers who know perfectly modern dance. You know, I was worried about people getting injured. - For tonight [ Computer chimes ] -Maria! Well, I didnt talk, O.K.? But she found that she wanted to make experimental work of her own, with choreography that combined the fluidity of modern dance with the discipline of ballet. And then Im going to leave this shop or going to leave this atelier. -[ Chuckles ] It's fun. We were able to work part-time jobs and be able to pay enough of our expenses that we could afford to work for nothing for five years. You have no recreations, no side interests. She took on the mans world, and she did it very well and kind of across the boards. My mother always went out of her way to find the very best teachers that she can find. -Your life is nothing but dance, one is told.
I mean, that's a lot of music. You should get yourself just a static bike. I was carrying the tape recorder.
We were sleeping in somebodys basement. I try not to get emotional about the past because you were so much younger and the body was so much more malleable, and you just can't allow yourself to go back there and feel that. All of this would become one work. Stick Figure also premiered two films at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival: WHAT WILL BECOME OF US, about The Westfield Groups iconic founder Frank Lowy and his incredible journey from a teen escaping WWII to Australian business tycoon; and BETWEEN ME AND MY MIND, which reveals the creative process of Phishs lead singer, Trey Anastasio. How quickly into quarantine did you start experimenting with virtual choreography? I do regret not having had more interaction with young people my age. In "Do a Verb," she turns your mind and body into coworkers. I mean, you know, she comes in, in black, then she comes in, in yellow. I was in the tradition, 'Just get out there and do it.'. They believed in their art as being the primary focus of their existence.
-When 'The Catherine Wheel' began, it started with the idea that technology could offer a new look at a dancer. And its singular. -Well, you know, it's Jewish. -Whenever I see Twyla's name come up on my phone, I'm just like, I don't know what to expect, but I know it's going to be exciting. Now, an apprenticeship means that you go in with a very clear-cut sense, Im going to be here for a brief period of time. The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life. Stick Figures accolades include an Oscar nomination, multiple Emmy awards, and nominations for Best Documentary and Series, Special Jury Award at Sundance, Audience Award at AFI, Best Feature Film at the LA Independent Film Festival, and official selections at Sundance Film Festival (nine films), TIFF, Berlin, Telluride, Tribeca, Venice, and more. As a practitioner, Ive always looked in the mirror and Ive seen reality. I was just trying to find a starting place that had enough substance to evolve. We were doing work that, you know, fit into spaces that were not staged spaces. Here are all these people, they're having their lives, they're walking around, they don't have to buy tickets and sit down. I went downtown and found the street, but not the building. Make more movement for yourself going through. Thank you, both of you, very, very much. When I began to make dances, that's what I was doing. Expenses are very different. I knew Dick a very long time. So, after I finish the rond de jambe -Yeah. And its a transfer of weight. You need to be just a little bit more exaggerated with your action.
Ive been very grateful for this Zoom format, which at least has given a shape and a dialogue to me with workers in terms of, O.K. I felt a special kind of power in it, and I wanted to commission Phil to do a score. The piece Eight Jelly Rolls (1971) came from this idea of making commercial dance work. I have been very busy, very, very busy, for this allows me to be in the company of dancers. The documentary also features interviews with her family, friends and closest collaborators: the dancers, choreographers, directors and musicians shes worked with and influenced throughout her life, including Joel, Byrne. That has a species of people that have been in quarantine forever, and she is going to help them find a way to be released. It was something I couldn't say no to. Here today, gone tomorrow. Avedons studio was totally controlled.
As a single parent, youre up all night, every night, for the first four years, by yourself. With an intelligence.
When the pandemic hit, she wasnt about to sit by idly. No. Now, one thing that's going to help us there is spatial accuracy. Thats what I can say for them, is theyre not bad. How are we going to dance? In the beginning, way back in 1965, nobody offered us an opportunity to dance. They were not accustomed to having women tell them what to do or where to go. 2023 Cond Nast. Became aware of other people in the area who had lofts and who were working and who were far more established than I. I had graduated in art history, but these guys were practicing art. Twyla Tharp, (born July 1, 1941, Portland, Indiana, U.S.), popular American dancer, director, and choreographer who was known for her innovative and often humourous work. Britannica Explores. MacDonald, the author, would say that Curdie bows first because Curdie is lower class. She ended up driving hundreds of miles every week to have ballet lessons. No, I knew who Jerry was!
Which is why I was able to use the Beach Boys, because they were very good musicians. Thats bizarre, and that possessiveness is what I object to. What would you say your mode of directing is? So I took outtakes and combined them with material that I took from improvs that I had done when I was pregnant with Jess. Plus: each Wednesday, exclusively for subscribers, the best books of the week. -I made the fastest, hardest dancing I could think of. But at the same time, I wanted to know who my mom was. -Nice to meet you. Youve got to keep yourself from falling in love with every dancer you ever worked with. I had done, like, enough choreography for like eight pictures. Reflecting on her road to success and her quest to constantly evolve as a person and a choreographer, Tharp shares her stories of triumph and defeat, and how she remains deeply in love with dance. Her second husband was Bob Huot, an artist. But it's not. Every dancers mind, body, and soul works differently. I didn't really know where she was going, how to connect the songs and make it work all as one piece 'cause they're individual songs. I said, 'Yeah.' [ Laughs ] -Uh, Maria is behind. But he was a great director in terms of getting the performance he wanted for his camera. Because I dont think of myself as a female choreographer. I work whenever and however I need to so that I've been able to evolve a lot of material on myself. I was commissioned by great male dancers, because they could see that I could make a dance, and theyre the ones with power. You work, people are interested, and they feel compatibility. A Ninety-two-Year-Old Burlesque Dancers Swan Song. The performers -- all four of them are fabulous, but it's just technical issues. Hello out there. Art is the only way to run away without leaving home. From a dance point of view, the more you brought in, the more you got. No, that's right. I was always a walker anyway, through the city. He said, 'Okay.'. - Well, you've got to prove me wrong Hey Well, you've got to prove me wrong Hey You can't tie me down to one place There's fire in my feet Till I find my home again anywhere on the streets Take what freedom -'White Knights' was a film that was written for Baryshnikov and a wonderful tap dancer named Greg Hines. 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. If we had a void, which is how we would shoot this if we had them all in one place -- -I love the funkiness of this. After dancing with Martha Graham Dance, Washington joined the Twyla Tharp Dance Company at age 20, in 1975. Its better than nothing.. Nobody said, Heres the stage. You are referring to Deuce Coupe, the piece you choreographed to the Beach Boys with the Joffrey Ballet, in 1973.
Hi, honey. Can this be?'. I was 22 at the time, and this was on the tail end of maybe 60 different auditions. And I of course expect to see perfect unison. And that time was being shared between his family-to-be and the work that was being done. -Thank you so much. After you directed Singin in the Rain on Broadway, in 1985, and the reviews were bad, you kind of escaped to a hotel in L.A. to regroup. All the same, hes the North Star. What are you doing for exercise?
We had no obligations other than to dance as well as we could dance. Well be a bunch of broads, and well do everything we need to do. Obviously, I will be supportive to that effort. She has choreographed more than a hundred and thirty-five works; overseen the dancing in five films, including Hair and Amadeus; and won an Emmy Award, in 1985, for her work with Mikhail Baryshnikov, and a Tony, in 2003, for her work on the Billy Joel dance revue Movin Out. Shes received more than a dozen honorary doctorate degrees, been a Kennedy Center honoree and the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, written three books, and run her own dance company, Twyla Tharp Dance, which merged with the American Ballet Company in 1988. Oh, I see it. WebHear some juicy backstage stories working with Twyla Tharp on Singing in the Rain on Broadway! Twyla Moves explores the life of legendary dancer, director and choreographer Twyla Tharp.
Has it helped your career? -The way she approaches choreography, it's not about the steps. -In the same way that she was driving the dancers, she was driving me, kind of pushing me to raise the level of what I had done. All these people did what they did really, really well. My entire world view is formed on that kind of time and that kind of exaggeration. [ Laughs ] I had to be able to evolve for him a vocabulary that enfolded some of this kind of -- let's just, for lack of a better word, call it slouch. Its that the physical destruction only tempers the spirit. Steven Cantor is director. -[ Speaking indistinctly ] -Why can I not understand him? I thought these two could fit together. - The sunshine in - Hey, would you let the sunshine Just let the sunshine in - The sunshine in The sun Shine In -[ Breathing heavily ] -I just want to do the crane just one more time. Yoga and walking are excellent. And I didn't think of it from that point of view because I thought that the Joffrey ballet audience wanted something with energy and something that was fresh. Why? She is not dating anyone. What I needed to do was analyze, what were the problems? And in 2002, we were back on Broadway. I was working in New York.
They learned to drive -- none of these things that I do because I was much too busy being groomed to become something. Films include Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool, N. Scott Momaday: Words from a Bear, Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am, Sammy Davis, Jr.: Ive Gotta Be Me, Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story, Itzhak, Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You, Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise and Garry Winogrand: All Things are Photographable. ', I said, 'All your music.' Then I went in a totally different direction after that. Margery was a true lyric dancer.
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Theyre good for stamina. So, yeah, its hard to get out there. They were all moving on from somewhere they had been. I had studied music. [ Sylvan Esso's 'Ferris Wheel' plays ] - August in the heat Sweaty in the street Tilt-a-whirling Whirling, whirling When I'm slamming in my dancing shoes Asphalt's hot and my knees all bruised It's the summer, got a lot to prove Can't wait to do it, can you? They cant see that it actually is made of time and space and how they cordinate through the physical body. But she had the confidence and the vision to know it was going to work. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Cond Nast. [ Laughter ] Chunky little nipper, isn't he? I can jump. The film also features never-before seen interviews and select performances from Tharps vast array of more than 160 choreographed works, including 129 dances, 12 television specials, six major Hollywood movies, four full-length ballets, four Broadway shows and two figure skating routines. Is it because women have to be their own archivists? Traffic goes this way.