Twyla Tharp is a world-renowned dancer, choreographer and expert on the creative process. She explains how to achieve creative success by keeping a highly disciplined routine that ultimately allows you to bring your creative visions to life. She explains how to establish a central message for each project, how to think about your audience, navigate criticism and continually elevate your standards with daily actions. We discuss how one’s view of hard work, competition and even your name can shape what you think you’re capable of and ultimately achieve. This episode offers direct, practical advice from a world-class creator on how to access your inner vision, build a strong body and mind, and do your best work.
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*Timestamps*
00:00:00 Twyla Tharp
00:03:28 Focus & Creative Work, Tool: “Spine” of Creative Work
00:06:22 Creator & Audience Dynamic; Intention, Finances
00:11:57 Early vs Late Works, Learning & Selectivity throughout Career
00:15:59 Sponsors: Our Place & Eight Sleep
00:19:09 “Cubby-Holing”, Career Change & Reputation
00:21:48 Creator Community & Selectivity; Success & Useful Failure
00:27:42 Work Process, Schedule; Selecting Dancers, Supporting the Arts, Expectations
00:32:36 Successful Performance; Beauty, Arts Compensation
00:36:22 Mikhail Baryshnikov, Ballet & Invention; Philip Glass, Minimalism
00:43:18 Knowledge vs Instinct, Taste; Avant Garde; Classical Training
00:47:05 Kirov Ballet, Kids, Uniformity; Body Types
00:52:13 Sponsor: AG1
00:53:36 Movement, Body Frequency, Power
01:00:18 Creative Process, Spine; Idea, Habit
01:04:15 Rituals, Gym, Discipline; Farming, Quaker & Community; Communication
01:12:16 Communication, Signaling & Distance; Feeling Emotion
01:18:11 Boxing, Strength Training
01:21:41 Sponsors: LMNT
01:23:01 Ballet Barre Work, Fundamentals
01:29:09 Body’s Knowledge, Honoring the Body, Kids & Movement
01:35:42 High Standards & Childhood; Wordlessness & Movement, Twins
01:41:31 Translator, Objectivity; Critics, Creator Honesty
01:46:50 Sponsor: Matetina
01:47:50 Evolution & Learning; Amadeus Film & Research
01:53:53 Medicine, Keto Diet; Ballet Training & Performance, Desire
02:00:50 Young Dancers & Competition, Intrinsic vs Extrinsic Reward, Hard Work
02:08:47 Tool: “The Box”; Ritual, Practice vs Habit; Honorary Degrees
02:13:37 Tool: Idea “Scratching”; Movement & Longevity, Apprentice
02:19:46 Aging & Less Movement, Fearlessness; Taking Up Space, Names
02:25:42 Acknowledgements
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