Knychole Brock
Samantha Barr
Michelle Roque
May 7, 2014 DN 100
Dance Roots Project
When Push Comes to Shove
Twyla Tharp is America’s crossover dance queen. High-minded but plain-talking,
she melds classical ballet with modern dance, avant-garde experiment with Broadway
pizzazz, technical rigor with off-the-cuff attitude, uptown glamour with downtown grit;
above all, art with commerce. Born in Indiana in 1941, Twyla Tharp was a gifted child.
She had extra-curricular classes included piano, violin, ballet, tap, baton twirling,
