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Making it in movin' out: Twyla Tharps modern story ballet is a career-making gig for its dancing cast.

Publication: Dance Magazine
Publication Date: 01-FEB-03 		Format: Online - approximately 1104 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Making it in movin' out: Twyla Tharps modern story ballet is a career-making gig for its dancing cast.(Dance Review)

Article Excerpt
There has never been a better group of dancers in the history of Broadway." The man pronouncing these words, Emanuel Azenberg, is in a good position to know. True, as one of the producers of Twyla Tharp's Movin' Out, he's probably not the most objective observer; on the other hand, he's been in the theater business since the 1950s, and one of his shows was a little thing called Jerome Robbins' Broadway.

But we don't have to take his word for it. A look at the bios of the twenty-six dancers Tharp handpicked for the musical is enough to convey how extraordinary a cast this is. They've danced in a broad range of top-drawer companies, from La La La Human Steps to Martha Graham to Alvin Ailey to the Pennsylvania Ballet. And that's just the ensemble. The principals, most of whom were part of Tharp's most recent troupe, are John Selya, Keith Roberts, and Ashley Tuttle, who have all danced with American Ballet Theatre;...

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