Twyla Tharp’s 50th Anniversary Tour touched down in L.A. the last week of September. Dancers Eva Trapp, Nicholas Coppula and Reed Tankersley in the west coast premiere of “Yowzie” at the Wallis in Beverly Hills. Photo: Kevin Parry
Kaitlyn Gilliland and Ramona Kelley in Twyla Tharp’s “The One Hundreds,” performed on a terrace at the Wallis. One hundred community volunteers lined the stage, ready to join the company for the final 11 seconds of the riveting 1969 work. Photo: Robert LaTour
In advance of Twyla Tharp’s 4-day run at the Wallis Theater in Beverly Hills on Oct. 1-4 — the second stop on the company’s 10-week 50th Anniversary tour across the U.S. — a call went out for public volunteers to participate in a staging of Tharp’s 1969 piece, “The Hundreds,” to take place on September 29, two days prior the formal concerts. Hoping to find new access into Tharp’s work, I volunteered to be part of the group. Read about this casual and exceptional event in detail at [The Dance Enthusiast].