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For Movin' Out, on which she collaborated with songwriter Billy Joel, Tharp won a  Tony Award, Astaire Award, Drama League Award for Sustained Achievement in Musical Theatre, Drama Desk Award and Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Choreography.

She formed Twyla Tharp Dance (TTD), creating 80 pieces, including Nine Sinatra Songs and In the Upper Room. When TTD merged with American Ballet Theatre, she created over a dozen works. She also choreographed for Paris Opera Ballet, The Royal Ballet, New York City Ballet, Boston Ballet, Hubbard Street Dance, Martha Graham Company, and many others. Other Broadway credits include When We Were Very Young, The Catherine Wheel with David Byrne, and Singin' in the Rain.

Tharp's film credits include: collaboration with Milos Forman on Hair, Ragtime and Amadeus; Taylor Hackford on White Nights and James Brooks on I'll Do Anything. Television credits include "Sue's Leg" for PBS's Dance in America; "Making Television Dance," winner of the Chicago International Film Festival Award and which she directed and co-produced; "The Catherine Wheel" for BBC-TV; and "Baryshnikov" by Tharp, which she co-directed and for which she won two Emmy Awards and the Director's Guild of America Award for Outstanding Director Achievement. She has published two books: Push Comes to Shove and The Creative Habit: earn It and Use It for Life.

Tharp has received 17 honorary doctorates, the Vietnam Veterans of America President's Award, the 2004 National Medal of Arts and numerous grants, including the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Fellowship.  She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and an Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.  She continues to create, write and lecture.

Tharp's next Broadway show, The TimesThey Are A-Changin,' starring Michael Arden, Thom Sesma and Caren Lyn Manuel, is a fresh exploration of the timeless tale of two generations at odds and a young man's coming of age, told through the classic songs of music icon Bob Dylan.  The musical will open on October 26th at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre.  Visit www.thetimestheyareachangin.com  for more information.
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