Last Thursday, we had a short, informal performance with the Department of Theatre, Drama, and Contemporary Dance that included our Twyla Tharp class!
Month: October 2017
Treefrog, Torelli & The One Hundreds: A Year with Twyla Tharp

Twyla Tharp revolutionized the world of dance, and now, Indiana University students are learning the works and techniques that made her a legend.
Spot your canon, retrograde & inversion of phrase number 8
Having to retrograde, invert, canon, and do phrase number 8 to the left—on the spot—was a really fun challenge.
Spot your canon, retrograde & inversion of phrase number 8
Part of the magic of this class is the opportunity for hands-on learning and creative problem solving. In our last meeting, we were asked to provide variation on different phrases without guidance.
Spot your canon, retrograde & inversion of phrase number 8
Last Thursday, we began learning the tap phrase of the Torelli. This sequence was definitely more movement-based rather than poses but still different than the type of choreography I am used to learning.