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Article: Tharp! (choreographer Twyla Tharp)
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- Sarasota Magazine
- Article date:
- November 1, 1996
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Legendary choreographer Twyla Tharp selects the Van Wezel for her only Florida show.
When it comes to modern dance, there aren't many working choreographers today with the cachet of Twyla Tharp. That's why it's so exciting that she and her company of hand-picked, eclectically trained dancers are making Sarasota's Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall their only Florida stop on her latest tour, called simply "Tharp!"
It's exciting, too, because Tharp and company will be performing three brand-new works, rather than repeating earlier successes. "I could have done a lot of retrospectives and a lot of reconstructions, but I decided to put that energy into doing new ...