In Forwardness, award-winning dancer and choreographer Twyla Tharp explores the variety of steps anyone can take to forestall the aging process, and more important, to convince one's own mind that it is truly only as old as it feels. Drawing on a variety of physical techniques, mental acuity exercises and spiritual tricks of the psyche, Forwardness will prove to be as innovative and novel as its creator.

Author Biography

Twyla Tharp is an American choreographer and dancer, who has choreographed more than 135 dances in the last fifty years. When Tharp was twenty-three years old, she started her own dance company; Tharp went on to choreograph for several other companies including the American Ballet Theatre, the New York City Ballet, and the Paris Opera Ballet. She has choreographed numerous films, including Hair and Amadeus, and her work has steadily appeared on Broadway since 1980. She is the recipient of two Emmy Awards and a Tony Award. She lives in New York City and continues to choreograph and lecture around the world.