I'm not interested in seeing dance die. It's not to my advantage. Nor is it to our culture's advantage or anybody else's.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the importance of preserving dance as a vital part of culture.
Twyla Tharp expresses a deep commitment to the art of dance, highlighting its significance not only for individual artists but also for society as a whole. She conveys that the loss of dance would be detrimental, indicating that this form of expression holds value beyond mere entertainment, as it enriches culture and the human experience.
In practice
During a speech at a dance festival, one might say this quote to emphasize the importance of dance in our cultural heritage.
Do I watch dancers as people? Yes, absolutely. Do I watch really good dancers for specifically who they are? Absolutely, because how they move best and how they look best is going to be most familiar to them, and not necessarily to me.
I am still pushing the edge of what my body can do.
No one is born with skill. It is developed through exercise, through repetition, through a blend of learning and reflection that's both painstaking and rewarding. And it takes time.
Without passion, all the skill in the world won't lift you above craft. Without skill, all the passion in the world will leave you eager but floundering. Combining the two is the essence of the creative life.
I grew up in a drive-in theater, from the time I was 8, working in a snack bar watching four features every week. It was silent theater in the sense that this was a drive-in, which meant that I often saw the films going with no sound. But I learned to tell stories through action.
Without passion, all the skill in the world won't lift you above craft.
A bookshop is powder-magazine, a dynamite-shed, a drugstore of poisons, a bar of intoxicants, a den of opiates, an island of sirens.
The capacity to be puzzled is the premise of all creation, be it in art or in science.
I find the greatest songs in the world come out of pain, and I don't like it! Here's what it does: It strips away all of your facade. It makes you so honest. It's cleansing.
I didn't know Kurt Cobain or Amy Winehouse, but I was affected by both of their deaths because I admired their work so much and mourned their youth and work they would never produce.
It was only until I started to be myself that the music started to flow and people started to listen. So, thank you guys...
When people ask me if I went to film school I tell them, 'no, I went to films.'
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