The legendary Twyla Tharp is one of America’s greatest choreographers. She will present a lecture and workshop based on her book The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life. As Tharp says, “Being creative is an everyday thing, a job with its own routines . . . This is no different for any creative individual, whether it’s a painter finding his way to the easel or a medical researcher returning to the laboratory.”

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:

WORKSHOP: Explorations and Exercises in Creativity
Tuesday, October 13, 2 to 4:30 p.m.
Scene Dock Theatre
Admission is free. RSVP required. To RSVP, click here beginning Wednesday, September 16, at 9 a.m.
In this workshop, Tharp will demonstrate various exercises in creativity and have a discussion with students. She will offer tools that will be invaluable to students as they complete their studies at USC and throughout their professional careers.

LECTURE: An Evening with Twyla Tharp
Tuesday, October 13, 7 p.m.
Bing Theatre
Admission is free. Seating is first-come, first-served.
Book signing to follow.
Tharp will present a lecture based on her book The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life. Whatever creative impulse you follow—whether you are an artist, an engineer or a businessperson—Tharp will open your mind to new possibilities.

Twyla Tharp began her career in 1965 and has created more than 130 dances for her company as well as for the Joffrey Ballet, the New York City Ballet, the Paris Opera Ballet, London’s Royal Ballet and American Ballet Theatre. For film, she has collaborated with Milos Forman on Hair, Ragtime and Amadeus. For television, she directed Baryshnikov by Tharp, which won two Emmy Awards. For the Broadway stage, she directed the theatrical version of Singin’ in the Rain and won a Tony Award for Movin’ Out, which she conceived, directed and choreographed to the songs of Billy Joel. She is the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship. In 1993, she was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and in 1997 was made an honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Tharp is also the 2004 recipient of the Vietnam Veterans of America President’s Award.

For further information on this event:
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