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Howling Near Heaven

Twyla Tharp and the Reinvention of Modern Dance

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Howling Near Heaven

By: Marcia B. Siegel
Narrated by: Amélie Trufant Dawson
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For more than five 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. Tharp has made movies, television specials, and nearly one hundred riveting dance works. Her dance show Movin’ Out ran on Broadway for three years and won Tharp a Tony award for Best Choreography.

Howling Near Heaven is the only in-depth study of Twyla Tharp’s unique, restless creativity. This second edition features a new forward that brings the account of Tharp’s work up to date and discusses how dance and dance-making in the United States have changed in recent years. This is the story of a choreographer who refused to be pigeonholed and the dancers who accompanied her as she sped across the frontiers of dance.

The book is published by University Press of Florida. The audiobook is published by University Press Audiobooks.

©2006, 2020 Marcia B. Siegel (P)2025 Redwood Audiobooks
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Critic reviews

Choice Outstanding Academic Title

“Reading such intelligent, formidable prose about Ms. Tharp is a joy.” (The New York Times)

“...gives us a real sense of the creative process as manifested in this particular artist.” (Los Angeles Times)

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