Rather than being blocked by injury, dancers can learn to trust their body, and remain active and pain-free into their old age.For more than four decades, Twyla Tharp has been a phenomenon in American dance, a choreographer who not only broke the rules but refused to repeat her own successes. When we can observe our movement patterns consciously, we are given the possibility of creating change â we can begin to rebuild the structure and composition of our body anew. She also describes how, through her practice, she is able to heal herself from injury, and shows that, rather than misfortune, injury can be opportunity, an exacting teacher, forcing us to look at the âhowâ of our moving, not simply the âwhatâ. Observing the subtle details of inner movement is not so different from perceiving the natural world in all its complexity â both are miraculous, simply as they are, when we take the time to listen and see what is actually happening.
The valley where she lives and practices, its birds, beasts, vegetation and weather are present to her in her practice and her writing. Inner life and internal focus with the wider world outside of the self â we are other, yet connected, in the big picture of life. Dance Research Edinburgh University Press Kinthissa gives us many pointers, not only about
Rather than being blocked by injury, dancers can learn to trust their body, and remain active and pain-free into their old age.
Siegel, Howling Near Heaven: Twyla Tharp and the Reinvention of Modern Dance. 336pp, notes, selected bibliography, acknowledgements, index.
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