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

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

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

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.

Tharp was inducted into the Academy of Achievement in 1993.

The first European settler to homestead in the area was Hale Tharp, who famously built a home out of a hollowed-out fallen giant sequoia log in the Giant Forest next to Log Meadow.

Coach John Tharp was named Division III Midwest Coach of the Year.

In a cleverly designed comment on this ongoing rivalry the brilliant collaboration of Twyla Tharp ( one of the 20th Century's cutting edge Dance avant-gardist / contemporary ) and Ballet dance was ultimately achieved.

His main goal in leaving the Soviet Union was to work with these innovators ; in the first two years after his defection, he danced for no fewer than 13 different choreographers, including Jerome Robbins, Glen Tetley, Alvin Ailey, and Twyla Tharp.

He co-starred with Gregory Hines and Isabella Rossellini in the 1985 film, White Nights, choreographed by Twyla Tharp ; and he was featured in the 1987 film, Dancers.

For example, paramedic Teresa Tharp, from Sussex County Delaware was an NOC agent for several years, working to infiltrate the poultry industry on the Delmarva Peninsula.

Walter Tac Tharp, Dubs grandson, was Walters best friend.

A team led by Marie Tharp and Bruce Heezen analyzed the data and concluded that there was an enormous mountain chain running along the middle of floor of the Atlantic.

Directed and choreographed by Twyla Tharp, the scenic design was by Santo Loquasto, costume design by Ann Roth, and lighting design by Jennifer Tipton.

In 1927, Summerlin Institute was relocated to the corner of Broadway Avenue and Tharp Street which is the current location of Bartow High School.

The ballet Brahms / Handel, made by New York City Ballet balletmaster Jerome Robbins in collaboration with Twyla Tharp, was set to this orchestration.

Several years later, in 1844, he was elected Governor of Delaware by defeating William Tharp, the Democratic Party candidate.

William Tharp ( November 27, 1803 – January 9, 1865 ) was an American farmer and politician from Milford, in Kent County, Delaware.

Tharp was born in Farmington, Delaware, the son of James and Eunice Fleming Tharp.

Tharp was elected to the State Senate and served in the 1839 / 40 and 1841 / 42 sessions.

Because Stockton died in office another gubernatorial election was held in 1846, and Tharp was finally elected, defeating Peter F. Causey, the Whig Party candidate.

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

* Aran Tharp ( born 1977 ), a New York filmmaker

In addition to son Buck, he had a daughter, Faydean Taylor Tharp ( born ca.

* 1941 – Twyla Tharp, American choreographer

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.

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.

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.

Tharp collaborated with film directors Milos Forman on Hair ( 1978 ), Ragtime ( 1980 ) and Amadeus ( 1984 ); Taylor Hackford on White Nights ( 1985 ) and James Brooks on I'll Do Anything ( 1994 ).

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.

Belew's involvement with Talking Heads extended to playing on the band's spin-off projects-he played on keyboard player / guitarist Jerry Harrison's debut album The Red and the Black and on several tracks on David Byrne's soundtrack to the Twyla Tharp dance piece The Catherine Wheel ( with his guitar noises credited, amongst other things, as " beasts ").

* Lars Tharp, arts and antiques consultant, presenter and speaker, and the ceramics expert on the BBC television programme Antiques Roadshow ( 1965-1972 )

As reflected by the sources below, the debate over the Signs and Wonders movement and the present-day function of the manifestation gifts would continue on into the 1990s: D. T. Tharp ’ s Signs and Wonders in the Twentieth Century Evangelical Church: Corinth Revisited, J.

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.

Conceived by Twyla Tharp, the musical tells the story of a generation of American youth growing up on Long Island during the 1960s and their experiences with the Vietnam War.

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.

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 ).

Elizabeth married John Tharp some time in 1766 and, on December 31, 1766, Articles of Agreement were signed " granting to John Tharp, husband of Elizabeth joint devisee with her sister under Will of Thomas Partridge her brother to Potosi and Flamstead Estates, management of same until said devisees are both of age ".

Following his term Tharp retired from public service and in 1852, was named Treasurer of the Delaware Railroad.

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.

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.