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    Twyla Tharp, Award-Winning Choreographer

    Presented by Commonwealth Club at Oshman Family Jewish Community Center

    December 9, 2009

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    The Tony and Emmy award-winning choreographer discusses how good collaborators aren’t born, they’re made, through practice, commitment, passion, and most of all, habit. She explores how the art of working with others and collaborative learning is replacing head-to-head competition in education and in business.

    Tharp will discuss some of her best-known collaborations with artists like Mikhail Baryshnikov and Billy Joel and...

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    The Tony and Emmy award-winning choreographer discusses how good collaborators aren’t born, they’re made, through practice, commitment, passion, and most of all, habit. She explores how the art of working with others and collaborative learning is replacing head-to-head competition in education and in business.

    Tharp will discuss some of her best-known collaborations with artists like Mikhail Baryshnikov and Billy Joel and will offer advice and life lessons from her extensive forty year career. Among her many accomplishments are authoring The Collaborative Habit and The Creative Habit.


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    Oshman Family Jewish Community Center

    3921 Fabian Way
    Palo Alto, CA 94303

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    Tickets:
    $18 $12 for members

    Times:
    6:30pm check-in
    7pm program
    8pm book signing

    Phone: 1-800-847-7730

    Accessibility Info: Currently, no accessibility information is available for this event.

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