# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/twyla-tharp
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:12:10.376Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/twyla-tharp"
name: "Twyla Tharp"
slug: "twyla-tharp"
description: "Twyla Tharp is an American dancer, choreographer, and author who lives and works in New York City. In 1965 she formed the company Twyla Tharp Dance, which merged with American Ballet Theatre in 1988. She regrouped the company in 1991. Her work often uses classical, jazz, and contemporary pop music."
tagline: "American dancer and choreographer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Twyla_Tharp.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1941-07-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           23.05956
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  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "http://www.twylatharp.org"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump