How does Twyla Tharp create new dances? | PBS SoCal

Up Next

The time Twyla Tharp setup a performance in Central Park

1:48

Twyla Tharp's very valuable college decision

1:17

What's it like choreographing a dance for Zoom?

2:03

Tharp and Baryshnikov's "totally unexpected" collaboration

4:32

Why did Flannery O'Connor detest "Gone with the Wind"?

2:41

Doc Severinsen's advice for music students

2:58

The best of Doc Severinsen's eccentric outfits

2:37

Doc Severinsen's fitness routine

2:14

Twyla Tharp: Inside Look

2:00

Twyla Tharp's Famous 'Eight Jelly Roll' Dance

0:55

From the Director: The Making of Flannery

2:18

Why did Oliver Sacks love the periodic table so much?

1:11

American Masters

How does Twyla Tharp create new dances?

Choreographer Twyla Tharp comes up with new dance ideas not by writing them down but by dancing them out first herself. Her process, as she shows here, is very physical.

Read more