[DOC] [TLE] Twyla Tharp - Wikipedia [PAR] Twyla Tharp is an American dancer, choreographer, and author who lives and 
works in New York City. In 1966, she formed her own company Twyla Tharp 
Dance. ... Later she choreographed Push Comes to Shove (1976), which 
featured Mikhail ... In 1980, Tharp's work first appeared on Broadway with Twyla 
Tharp Dance... [DOC] [TLE] Free Flashcards about BALLET - StudyStack [PAR] TWYLA THARP'S "WHEN PUSH COMES TO SHOVE", WAS ONE OF THE FIRST 
AMERICAN WORKS CREATED FOR THIS RUSSIAN STAR, BARYSHNIKOV. [DOC] [TLE] Twyla Tharp Biography -- Academy of Achievement [PAR] Dec 6, 2007 ... Twyla Tharp left home for the first time to go to Pomona College, but after three ... 
Mikhail Baryshnikov danced the lead role in Tharp's Push Comes to Shove, ... 
The Russian ballet star and the young American iconoclast were a powerful ... 
Returning to the world of pure dance, Tharp created new works at a... [DOC] [TLE] 100 Treasures - Twyla Tharp - Dance Heritage Coalition [PAR] Push Comes to Shove, created in 1976 and aired in 1984, performed by ... of 
American Ballet Theatre, was the first work Twyla Tharp choreographed for ... 
Pictured: Twyla Tharp in her work Sue's Leg, 1975, one of the influential works 
she... [DOC] [TLE] Push Comes To Shove -DANCE | Twyla Tharp [PAR] Push Comes To Shove. Program  Description  Photos  Video  Music ... 
Premiere Company: American Ballet Theatre. Premiere Location: Uris Theater, [DOC] [TLE] HORIZON - TWYLA THARP - 905D-000-001 - Mary Ellen Mark [PAR] Twyla Tharp is such a figure in modern dance, which was a very solemn art ... 
both 1973), her ballet for American Ballet Theatre (Push Comes to Shove, 1976), 
her ... Twyla was one of the first to "digest" the youth phenomenon, and to 
express it ... Tharp even made Mikhail Baryshnikov, the pride of Russian 
classicism, look... [DOC] [TLE] Twyla & Misha For 16 Years, They`ve Been Partners And Friends ... [PAR] Dec 30, 1992 ... Twyla Tharp`s introduction to Mikhail Baryshnikov came when she was asked by 
American Ballet Theatre directors to make a dance for their new Russian defector
-star. ... 16 years, from Push Comes to Shove, the first dance Tharp created ... gun
-for-hire, as one of the most exciting artists in American dance. [DOC] [TLE] ABT: Education and Training - American Ballet Theatre [PAR] Brown judges ballet competitions for Youth America Grand Prix and regularly 
guest ... Airs, The Leaves Are Fading, Swan Lake, Theme and Variations, Twyla 
Tharp's In the ... As one of ABT's most lyrical and versatile dancers, Chen 
performed many .... He created the Russian Dance in Alexei Ratmansky's The 
Nutcracker. [DOC] [TLE] Twyla Tharp's 'Come Fly Away': Frank and Ava's turbulent duet - The ... [PAR] Apr 13, 2012 ... Twyla Tharp lets the tumultuous love of Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner play ... 
classically trained dancers  to Push Comes to Shove in 1976 for American 
Ballet Theatre, which revealed Russian star Mikhail Baryshnikov's teasing, antic 
side. Since then, Tharp has created works for modern dance, ballet,... [DOC] [TLE] Striving for Diversity - American Ballet Theatre: Touring the Globe for ... [PAR] American Ballet Theatre Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (029.00.
00) ... to the company, in 1976 the company commissioned modern dance icon 
Twyla Tharp (b. 1941) to choreograph Push Comes to Shove for ABT. ... One of 
Ratmansky's newly restaged works is The Firebird, a ballet first choreographed 
by... [DOC] [TLE] The Glow of Balanchine, the Wit of Tharp - The New York Times [PAR] Nov 4, 2008 ... ... coloratura brilliance; the American premiere of Kazimir's Colours, by the 
Italian ... known in New York for two works choreographed for New York City 
Ballet, ... premiere of Twyla Tharp's Push Comes to Shove (1976), the ballet in 
which Ms. Tharp first worked with Mikhail Baryshnikov and created a nutty... [DOC] [TLE] DANCE - FRENCH

Question: Twyla Tharp's "Push Comes to Shove" was one of the first American works created for this Russian star
Answer: Mikhail Baryshnikov