 Howling near heaven: Twyla Tharp and the reinvention of modern dance.
Author: Siegel, Marcia B. Published: 2006 For more than four decades Twyla Tharp has been a phenomenon in American modern dance, a choreographer who not only broke the rules but refused to repeat her own successes. Starting in the rebellious 1960s she tried her creative wings on minimalism, pedestrianism and Dada, then abandoned both the avant-garde and the established modern dance, working with both classical ballet companies and her own touring company, an unprecedented fusion of modern dancers and ballet dancers, for whom she created a superb repertory. Howling near Heaven is the first in-depth repertory of Twyla Tharp's unique, restless creativity, the story of a choreographer who refused to be pigeonholed and the dancers who accompanied her as she sped across the frontiers of dance. | 
