The rape of the Sabines : choreographic notes and research materials used by Twyla Tharp for an unfinished dance project, 1963- ongoing.

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The rape of the Sabines : choreographic notes and research materials used by Twyla Tharp for an unfinished dance project, 1963- ongoing.

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Folders contain Twyla Tharp's choreographic notes, description of dance, sections of the dance, movement positions, music suggestions, conceptual notes related to an unfinished dance project called The rape of the Sabines. Included also are xeroxed research materials related to the subject such as parts of Titus Livius's "Livy", book 1, Plutarch's lives, Pierre Corneille's "Horatius", Pablo Picasso's drawings. Part of the research materials are annotated by Twyla Tharp.

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Ohio State University Libraries

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Tharp, Twyla

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Twyla Tharp is American modern dancer and choreographer. She was born 1 July 1941 in Portland, Indiana and grew up in Rialto, California. She attended Pomona College and received the Bachelor of Arts degree from Barnard College in 1963. As a child she studied ballet, tap, flamenco, baron twirling, acrobatics, and several musical instruments. While in California, she studied dance with Beatrice Collenette, Wilson Morelli, John Butler, Carmen de Lavallade, and at the Lester Horton stu...