Howling near Heaven: Twyla Tharp and the Reinvention of Modern Dance

by Marcia B. Siegel

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A major biography of the great American choreographer. Twyla Tharp is undoubtedly one of the world's greatest choreographers. With a career that began in Greenwich Village in the early 1960s, and that ranges from the avant-garde to such huge commercial Broadway successes as her Tony award-winning "Movin' Out" set to the music of Billy Joel, Tharp has reinterpreted modern dance by removing the artificial barriers between ideas of modern, jazz and classical ballet. She has worked with many of the world's leading companies, including the Royal Opera, the Paris Opera Ballet, and the New York City Ballet; but she...Read more
  • ISBN10 0413765709
  • ISBN13 9780413765703
  • Publish Date 20 April 2006 (first published 7 March 2006)
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 12 March 2013
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Methuen Publishing Ltd
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 288
  • Language English