In the end all collaborations are love stories.
Interpretation
Collaborations are rooted in connection and mutual affection.
Twyla Tharp's quote emphasizes the idea that every collaborative effort, whether in art, business, or any field, is ultimately driven by relationships and the love for the work and the people involved. It suggests that at the core of successful collaborations lies a bond that goes beyond mere professional interaction, highlighting the intrinsic emotional ties that fuel creativity and teamwork.
In practice
During a team-building workshop, this quote can inspire participants to see their interactions in a new light.
Do I watch dancers as people? Yes, absolutely. Do I watch really good dancers for specifically who they are? Absolutely, because how they move best and how they look best is going to be most familiar to them, and not necessarily to me.
I am still pushing the edge of what my body can do.
No one is born with skill. It is developed through exercise, through repetition, through a blend of learning and reflection that's both painstaking and rewarding. And it takes time.
Without passion, all the skill in the world won't lift you above craft. Without skill, all the passion in the world will leave you eager but floundering. Combining the two is the essence of the creative life.
I grew up in a drive-in theater, from the time I was 8, working in a snack bar watching four features every week. It was silent theater in the sense that this was a drive-in, which meant that I often saw the films going with no sound. But I learned to tell stories through action.
Without passion, all the skill in the world won't lift you above craft.
A very small degree of hope is sufficient to cause the birth of love.
Watch for all that beauty reflecting from you and sing a love song to your existence.
I married my best friend. I was still in awe after more than four years of being around her at how smart and strong and loving and caring she was. And I really hoped that her choosing me and rejecting my advice to pursue her own career was a decision she would never regret.
Some cry: 'Love me!!' Others: 'Don't love me!!' But a certain genus, the worst and most unhappy, cries: 'Don't love me and be faithful to me!!'
Love was just a word to me. Until you came along and gave it meaning.
The child is in me still and sometimes not so still.
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