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Apr 26

Twyla Tharp at Barnard: Revealing Process

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LeFrak Gymnasium, 1st Floor Barnard Hall
  • Add to Calendar 2014-04-26 20:30:00 2014-04-26 22:30:00 Twyla Tharp at Barnard: Revealing Process Structure, form, and content. Space, time, and energy. The essential elements of a choreographer’s tool kit. Maverick dance maker Twyla Tharp ’63 talks about creating “Treefrog in Stonehenge” in the first ever lecture-demonstration 
of the work. Receiving its New
York premiere at Miller Theater by Barnard and Columbia students, the dance draws on elements of Tharp’s technique and earlier choreography known for its wit, technical precision, and streetwise nonchalance. Since graduating from Barnard College, Ms. Tharp has choreographed more than 160 works for the concert and commercial stage. She is the recipient of many awards, including a Tony Award, two Emmy Awards, 19 honorary doctorates, the 2004 National Medal of the Arts, the 2008 Jerome Robbins Prize, and a 2008 Kennedy Center Honor. In 1982 Barnard College awarded her its highest honor, the Barnard Medal of Distinction. Register here. For more information, visit dance.barnard.edu. LeFrak Gymnasium, 1st Floor Barnard Hall Barnard College barnard-admin@digitalpulp.com America/New_York public
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Structure, form, and content. Space, time, and energy. The essential elements of a choreographer’s tool kit. Maverick dance maker Twyla Tharp ’63 talks about creating “Treefrog in Stonehenge” in the first ever lecture-demonstration 
of the work. Receiving its New
York premiere at Miller Theater by Barnard and Columbia students, the dance draws on elements of Tharp’s technique and earlier choreography known for its wit, technical precision, and streetwise nonchalance. Since graduating from Barnard College, Ms. Tharp has choreographed more than 160 works for the concert and commercial stage. She is the recipient of many awards, including a Tony Award, two Emmy Awards, 19 honorary doctorates, the 2004 National Medal of the Arts, the 2008 Jerome Robbins Prize, and a 2008 Kennedy Center Honor. In 1982 Barnard College awarded her its highest honor, the Barnard Medal of Distinction.

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