TY - BOOK AU - Siegel,Marcia B. TI - Howling near heaven: Twyla Tharp and the reinvention of modern dance SN - 0312232942 AV - GV1785.T43 S54 2006 U1 - 792.82092 22 PY - 2006/// CY - New York PB - St. Martin's Press KW - Tharp, Twyla. KW - Choreographers KW - United States KW - Biography KW - Modern dance KW - History N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 308-312) and index; Leotard days 1965-1966 -- Dance activities 1967-1969 -- The end of Amazonia 1969-1971 -- The entertainer 1971-1973 -- Local to express 1973-1975 -- The big leagues 1975-1978 -- Hodge podge rummage 1976-1979 -- Family business 1979-1981 -- Romance and the opposite 1982-1983 -- Three-way stretch 1983-1990 -- The anti-company 1990-1995 -- Near heaven 1995-2005 -- An audience of one N2 - Traces the career of American choreographer Twyla Tharp, focusing on the role she has played in the development and transformation of modern dance ER -