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Twyla TharpTwyla Tharp, an American dancer and choreographer, was born on July 1, 1941 in Portland, Oregon. When Twyla was a child her and her parents moved to Southern California and the family opened a drive-in movie theater the Twyla worked at from the age of eight. Twyla began taking pianoforte lessons at the age of two and dance lessons at the age of four. Twylas m different wanted her daughter to be accomplished in many a(prenominal) fields so she enrolled her daughter in various artistrys and other classes such as French, German, and shorthand. Soon after beginning her dance lessons Twyla real a deep interest in all the types of dance easy to her. Twyla attended Pacific High School in San Bernardino, California and analyse at the Vera Lynn school of Dance. After High school Twyla left ingleside to attend Pomona College and later transferred to Bernard College in New York City where she studied art history. Twyla later found she had an intense passion in dance so she too k dance classes off campus and began to study at the American Ballet airfield School where she studied with many great dancers and...