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jennutley's review against another edition
3.0
This had some good, interesting anecdotes about her collaborations with famous people. But this book pales in comparison to The Creative Habit, which I loved a lot.
gjmaupin's review against another edition
4.0
useful & thoughtful. Though the part of me that resents waste wonders about the huge margins and spacing. The layout implies an overdue, underlong term paper. But that's niggling. Good stuff.
jove64's review
4.0
This book had been highly recommended. It was interesting. There are some good lessons here for collaboration. And yet, my overall feeling was a bit meh. I think if one was interested in dance and Tharp in particular, it would be a great combination of memoir and lessons in collaboration. But if you are only looking for lessons in collaboration, it feels a bit too memoir-y.
cantpatthis's review against another edition
4.0
A delicious and quick read full of great reminders and healthy habits for collaborators.
jraley_writes's review against another edition
4.0
Quick, to the point. Her discussion on styles of collaboration reach much further than the dance sphere and can be applied to any partnership and/or relationship. It takes time, honesty, commitment, and a solid goal for each collaboration to *ideally* go well. Simple, solid advice.
meredythp's review against another edition
2.0
I was so hopeful, but ultimately disappointed by this book. Tharp is writing for non artists and her definition of collaboration is very broad.
kevinsmokler's review
4.0
Not quite The Creative Habit, Tharp's previous book which is a stone-cold classic about creativity and, at times, seems to be more about stories fro, her storied career rather than any real takeaway for the reader. Still, Twyla Tharp is probably one of the world's great teaching artists, with a better sense and how to communicate how art is made and what we learn from the process in developing our known. There's not as much wisdom here (its a significantly shorter book than The Creative Habit) but what there is, anyone who likes to make things and live in their own creative spirit can learn from it.