Her parents opened a drive-in movie theater, where Tharp worked from the time she was 8 years old.

The Twyla Tharp Broadway dance musical Movin ' Out, featuring the songs of Billy Joel, opened at the Richard Rodgers Theatre, New York, on October 24, 2002, and played 1, 307 performances before closing in December 2005.

In the summer of 2000, Twyla Tharp Dance regrouped with entirely new dancers.

In September 2007, Kenneth Tharp OBE took up the new position of Chief Executive of The Place.

He appears in the new Broadway musical Come Fly Away, by Twyla Tharp, opening in March 2010.

Stretton brought new works into the company's repertoire from a range of choreographers including Twyla Tharp.

Besides Joffrey's works its repertoire includes many works by Gerald Arpino, Joffrey's long-time co-director and eventually artistic director emeritus until his 2008 death, and ballets commissioned by Joffrey from new choreographers as well as works by such established choreographers as George Balanchine, Alvin Ailey and Twyla Tharp.

* The Life & Times of Laddio Bolocko ( 2003, No Quarter Records )( featuring the Super 8 film " As if by Remote " by Aran Tharp )

Centre's Norton Center for the Arts has hosted performers such as violinist Itzhak Perlman, dancers Mikhail Baryshnikov and Twyla Tharp, the Boston Pops, the New York Philharmonic, Henry Mancini, jazz vocalists Pearl Bailey and Sarah Vaughn, the Orchestre de Paris with Daniel Barenboim, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Beach Boys, Willie Nelson, Travis Tritt, LeAnn Rimes, Lyle Lovett, Aretha Franklin, Smokey Robinson, crooner Tony Bennett, The Chieftains, Three Dog Night, David Copperfield, Dolly Parton, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Ben Folds, They Might Be Giants, and musicals such as Rent, Titanic, Annie Get Your Gun, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Hairspray, My Fair Lady and Ain't Misbehavin ' featuring Ruben Studdard.

In 1973, Tharp choreographed Deuce Coupe to the music of The Beach Boys for the Joffrey Ballet.

Tharp premiered her dance musical Movin ' Out, set to the music and lyrics of Billy Joel in Chicago in 2001.

In 1981, Byrne partnered with choreographer Twyla Tharp, scoring music he wrote that appeared on his album, The Catherine Wheel for a ballet with the same name, prominently featuring unusual rhythms and lyrics.

** Movin ' Out – Conceived by Twyla Tharp, music / lyrics by Billy Joel

Since opening, artists that have appeared on NJPAC's stages include the Boston Symphony Orchestra ; Yo-Yo Ma, Paul Simon, Bob Dylan, Diana Krall, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Twyla Tharp Dance, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Israel Philharmonic, Nancy Wilson and Ramsey Lewis, Royal Danish Ballet, Hilary Hahn, Bill T. Jones, Itzhak Perlman, Sting, Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, Elvis Costello, the National Song & Dance Company of Mozambique, the Afro-Cuban All-Stars, Audra McDonald, the Buena Vista Social Club, The Chieftains, Dulce Pontes, Alice Coltrane, Salt-N-Pepa, Gilberto Santa Rosa, Jerry Seinfeld, Kevin Hart, Christine Ebersole, Jennifer Hudson, Herbie Hancock, Sweet Honey in the Rock, Garrison Keillor, Maurizio Pollini, Gewandhaus Orchestra, Balé Folclorico da Bahia, Peter, Paul & Mary, Savion Glover, Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, Art Garfunkel, Kodo Drummers, Kirov Orchestra, Martha Graham Dance, Johnny Mathis, New Edition, Angelique Kidjo, Renee Fleming, and Evgeny Kissin.

A list of past honorary degree recipients, include: Beverly Sills ( 1975 ), Roy Lichtenstein ( 1977 ), Twyla Tharp ( 1978 ), Gordon Davidson ( 1980 ) Haskell Wexler ( 1981 ) Mischa Schneider ( 1981 ), Bella Lewitzky ( 1981 ), Henry Mancini ( 1983 ), Jan de Gaetani ( 1983 ), Ravi Shankar ( 1985 ), John Cage ( 1986 ), Frank O. Gehry ( 1987 ), Trisha Brown ( 1988 ), Donn B. Tatum ( 1989 ), Luis Valdez ( 1989 ), Paul Taylor ( 1989 ), Ornette Coleman ( 1990 ), Beatrice Manley ( 1990 ), Lulu May Von Hagen ( 1990 ), Ustad Ali Akbar Khan ( 1991 ), Pearl Primus ( 1991 ), Adrian Piper ( 1992 ), Ray Bradbury ( 1992 ), Yvonne Rainer ( 1993 ), Steven Bochco ( 1993 ), Stan Brakhage ( 1994 ), Vija Celmins ( 1994 ), Betye Saar ( 1995 ), Carolyn Forche ( 1995 ), Laurie Anderson ( 1996 ), Elvin Jones ( 1996 ), Chantal Akerman ( 1997 ), Lee Breuer ( 1998 ), Ed Ruscha ( 1999 ), Bill Viola ( 2000 ), Steve Reich ( 2000 ), Ry Cooder ( 2001 ), Faith Hubley ( 2001 ), Bruce Nauman ( 2001 ), Alice Coltrane ( 2002 ), Roy E. Disney ( 2003 ), Anna Halprin ( 2003 ), Carolee Schneemann ( 2003 ), Christian Wolff ( 2004 ), Daniel Nagrin ( 2004 ), James Newton ( 2005 ), Harrison “ Buzz ” Price ( 2005 ), Julius Shulman ( 2005 ), Rudy VanderLans ( 2006 ), Rudy Perez ( 2006 ), Alonzo King ( 2007 ), Harry Belafonte ( 2008 ), Herbert Blau ( 2008 ), Terry Riley ( 2008 ), Elizabeth LeCompte ( 2009 ), Morton Subotnick ( 2009 ), William M. Lowman ( 2010 ), Trimpin ( 2010 ), Annette Bening ( 2011 ), Donald McKayle ( 2011 ), and Peter Sellars ( 2012 ).

In 1980, Tharp's work first appeared on Broadway with Twyla Tharp Dance performing When We Were Very Young, followed in 1981 by The Catherine Wheel, her collaboration with David Byrne at the Winter Garden.

In 2009, Tharp worked with the songs of Frank Sinatra to mount Come Fly With Me, which ran at the Alliance Theater in Atlanta and was the best selling four-week run as of the date of closing in 2009.

* Twyla Tharp performing The One Hundreds in 2001 at Jacob's Pillow

Tharp allowed his cattle to graze the meadow, but at the same time had a respect for the grandeur of the forest and led early battles against logging in the area.

From time to time, Tharp received visits from John Muir, who would stay at Tharp's log cabin.

Current and former faculty include Charles Tharp, former SVP of HR at Bristol-Myers Squibb and Saks ; Kevin Hallock, board member for WorldatWork ; Francine D. Blau ( also ILR alumna ), first female recipient of the IZA Prize ; and the 4th U. S. Secretary of Labor, Frances Perkins -- the first female U. S. Cabinet member, the longest-serving ( 12 years ) Secretary of Labor, witness to the Triangle Factory fire, and champion of both the Fair Labor Standards Act and the Social Security Act.

In 1988, Twyla Tharp Dance merged with American Ballet Theatre, since which time ABT has held the world premieres of sixteen of Tharp's works.

Tharp has since choreographed dances for: Paris Opera Ballet, The Royal Ballet, New York City Ballet, Boston Ballet, Joffrey Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Miami City Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, Hubbard Street Dance and Martha Graham Dance Company.

Following Baryshnikov's appointment as artistic director of American Ballet Theatre in 1980, he worked with various modern choreographers, most notably Twyla Tharp.

He has appeared as soloist with numerous orchestras and ensembles, including the Oregon Symphony, the Seattle Symphony, the Portland Youth Philharmonic, Chamber Music Northwest, the Choral Arts Ensemble of Portland and Oregon Ballet Theatre ( where he collaborated with choreographer James Canfield and visual artists Storm Tharp and Malia Jensen on a ballet based on the original story of Bambi, written by Felix Salten in 1923 ).

He joined the American Ballet Theatre in 1988 and in 2000 joined Twyla Tharp Dance.

As of 2008, the mayor is Iris Tharp.

Twyla Tharp ( born July 1, 1941 ) is an American dancer and choreographer, who lives and works in New York City.

Tharp was born in 1941 on a farm in Portland, Indiana, and was named after Twila Thornburg, the " Pig Princess " of the 89th Annual Muncie Fair in Indiana.

When Tharp was a young child she spent a few months each year living with her Quaker grandparents on their farm in Indiana.

Tharp, a " devoted bookworm ," admits that this schedule left little time for a social life.

Tharp attended Pomona College in California but later transferred to Barnard College in New York City, where she graduated with a degree in Art History in 1963.

In 1963 Tharp joined the Paul Taylor Dance Company.

In 1969, she formed her own company, Twyla Tharp Dance.

From 1971 to 1988, Twyla Tharp Dance performed original works around the world.

Tharp also created the dance roadshow Cutting Up, ( 1991 ) with Mikhail Baryshnikov, which went on to tour and appeared in 28 cities over two months.

Tharp Dance company performed Tharp's choreography around the world.

With this company, Tharp developed the material that would go on to become Movin ' Out, a musical featuring the songs of Billy Joel and featuring most of the dancers that were in Tharp Dance.

In 2012, Tharp created the full-length ballet The Princess and the Goblin., based on the story by George MacDonald.

Movin ' Out received ten Tony nominations and Tharp was named Best Choreographer.

Tharp co-directed the award-winning television special " Baryshnikov by Tharp " in 1984.