Twyla Tharp, nearing 80, isn’t slowing down. Next question?

'Often when you’re dealing with something that has as much history as I do or backlog, you can get lost in the past. One of my conditions was that I’d be doing new work, ' says Tharp. Photo: AP

The new PBS documentary on dancer-choreographer Twyla Tharp is called Twyla Moves. In retrospect, that sounds a bit weak.

It really should be called Twyla Moves And Won’t Stop As Long As She Has a Detectable Pulse, a title that might perhaps begin to capture the fierceness with which Tharp, who turns 80 this year, approaches both work and life.