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.

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 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.

Nevertheless, like the unwanted War of 1812, Tharp and Delaware in general responded to the recruiter, and many served honorably from Buena Vista to Vera Cruz.

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

Tharp has a son and a grandson.

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 ).

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 ).

Directed and choreographed by Tharp, the cast included Michael Cavanaugh, Wade Preston, Elizabeth Parkinson, James Fox, John Selya, Keith Roberts, Henry Haid, Ashley Tuttle, Benjamin Bowman, and Scott Wise.

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 ).

* Ballets created on Corella by today's choreographers: For 4 by Christopher Wheeldon, Non Troppo by Mark Morris, The Pied Piper by David Parsons, HereAfter by Natalie Weir & Stanton Welch, Meadow by Lar Lubovitch, Baroque Game by Robert Hill, Concerto No. 1 for Piano and Orchestra by Robert Hill, Known by Heart by Twyla Tharp, Getting Closer by John Neumeier, Sin and Tonic by James Kudelka, and both Clear and We Got it Good by choreographer Stanton Welch.

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.

As of 2008, the mayor is Iris Tharp.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

Tharp opened a new show titled The Times They Are a-Changin ', to the music of Bob Dylan in 2005 at The Old Globe Theatre in San Diego.

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