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Author:
Siegel, Marcia B.
Title:
Howling near heaven : Twyla Tharp and the reinvention of modern dance / Marcia B. Siegel.
Edition:
Second edition.
Publisher:
University Press of Florida,
Copyright Date:
2020
Description:
xxi, 326 pages : illustrations, 16 pages of plates ; 23 cm
Subject:
Tharp, Twyla.
Choreographers--United States--Biography.
Modern dance--United States--History.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Preface to the second edition -- Leotard days 1965-1966 -- Dance activities 1967-1969 -- The end of Amazonia 1969-1971 -- The entertainer 1971-1973 -- Local to express 1973-1975 -- The big leagues 1975-1978 -- Hodge podge rummage 1976-1979 -- Family business 1979-1981 -- Romance and the opposite 1982-1983 -- Three-way stretch 1983-1990 -- The anti-company 1990-1995 -- Near heaven 1995-2005 -- Epilogue: An audience of one.
Summary:
Traces the career of American choreographer Twyla Tharp, focusing on the role she has played in the development and transformation of modern dance.
ISBN:
9780813068145
0813068142
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1124992399
Locations:
BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

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