I'm not one who divides music, dance or art into various categories. Either something works, or it doesn't.
Interpretation
Art should not be confined to strict categories; its effectiveness is what truly matters.
This quote by Twyla Tharp emphasizes a holistic approach to the arts, suggesting that the impact and emotional resonance of music, dance, or art should take precedence over traditional categorization. Tharp argues that the value of artistic expression lies in its ability to connect with audiences, regardless of the labels that may be imposed upon it.
In practice
This quote could be shared during an art workshop to inspire creativity without limitations.
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.
I want to make films without a single clear message, and films that are as close as possible to what it feels like to be alive. At least to me.
Art, in itself, is an attempt to bring order out of chaos.
At our present bad moment, we need above all to recover our sense of literary individuality and of poetic autonomy.
Part of what horror is, is taking risks and going somewhere that people think you're not supposed to be able to go, in the name of expressing real-life fears.
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It wasn't about mechanics; it was about a feeling, wanting to give someone something, which in turn was really gratifying. That really resonated for me.
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