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A CONVERSATION Make sense TWYLA THARP
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The second premiere, “The Ballet Master,” was about choreographic mortality, which made it a good companion pieceto“Brel.” Tharp had longtime muse John Selya, charming, stand in for her as an aging dance maker in a chaotic studio setting.The back wall of the Joyce was exposed.Dancers came and went, plopping dance bags about the stage.Selya worked with Tankersley and Tribus while Daniel Ulbricht, in accountant apparel, shoved a clipboard in his face.The music for this opening section was, “BI BA BO” by Simeon ten Holt. It consisted of a bunch of scatting using mostly the “B” sound.It was maddening, like a demented version of Cinderella’s“Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo.”The syllabic riffing and disordered stage under scored how anarchic and stressful choreographing a new dance can be. Every now and then, Selya’s pressure-cooker rehearsal was interrupted by a serene vision: Cassandra Trenary bourréeing across the stage in a pink gown and veil to operatic snippets. Just when Selya seemed to be at breaking point, the ten Holt number ended with a hiss, as if all the air had been let out of a tire.
In the second half of this ballet, set to a Vivaldi concerto, Selya entered his daydream. Ulbricht reappeared in trousers and a doublet to help him instead of hinder him. He handed him cheap, pla
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Since graduating from Barnard College in 1963, Ms. Tharp has choreographed more than one hundred sixty works: one hundred twenty-nine dances, twelve television specials, six Hollywood movies, four full-length ballets, four Broadway shows and two figure skating routines. She received one Tony Award, two Emmy Awards, nineteen honorary doctorates, the Vietnam Veterans of America President’s Award, the 2004 National Medal of the Arts, the 2008 Jerome Robbins Prize, and a 2008 Kennedy Center Honor. Her many grants include the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Fellowship. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, and an Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
In 1965, Ms. Tharp founded her dance company, Twyla Tharp Dance. Her dances are known for creativity, wit and technical precision coupled with a streetwise nonchalance. By combining different forms of movement – such as jazz, ballet, boxing and inventions of her own making – Ms. Tharp’s work expands the boundaries of ballet and modern dance.
In addition to choreographing for her own company, she has created dances for The Joffrey Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, The Paris Opera Ballet, The Royal Ballet, New York City Ballet, The Boston Ballet, The M