The collaborative habit
Subtitle: life lessons for working together
By: Twyla Tharp ; with Jesse Kornbluth
Contributors: Kornbluth, Jesse
Edition: 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 147
ISBN-13: 9781416576501
Description: In a career that has spanned four decades, choreographer Twyla Tharp has collaborated with great musicians, designers, thousands of dancers, and almost a hundred companies. She's experienced the thrill of shared achievement and has seen what happens when group efforts fizzle. Her professional life has been--and continues to be--one collaboration after another. In this practical sequel to her Creative Habit, Tharp explains why collaboration is important to her, and can be for you. She shows how to recognize good candidates for partnership and how to build one successfully, and analyzes dysfunctional collaborations. Tharp sees collaboration as a daily practice, and her book is rich in examples from her career--and she suggests that the lessons you learn by working together professionally can help you in your personal relationships.--From publisher description.
Table of contents: title: What it is, why it matters, why it's the future; title: Collaboration is second nature; title: Partnerships challenge and change us; title: Working with a remote collaborator; title: Collaborating with an institution; title: Collaborating with a community; title: Collaborating with friends; title: Flight school: before your next collaboration.