“Minimalism and Me,” “Eight Jelly Rolls,”
Twyla Tharp Dance
Joyce Theater
New York, NY
November 15, 2018
by Martha Sherman
copyright © 2018 by Martha Sherman
In a charming two-part evening at the Joyce Theater, Twyla Tharp has joined the parade of excellent retrospectives of post-modern giants who are being heralded at MoMA’s current Judson Dance exhibition. Although she took a turn at Judson, Tharp’s path was different than the Judson group (including Yvonne Rainer, Deborah Hay, Trisha Brown and others,) but, like them, she has quite a story to tell, and her deep impact on later generations of choreographers makes her story an important one to hear.
Twyla Tharp. Photo © Stanley Tharp.