Twyla Tharp is a world-renowned dancer, choreographer and expert on the creative process. She explains how to achieve creative success by keeping a highly disciplined routine that ultimately allows you to bring your creative visions to life. She explains how to establish a central message for each project, how to think about your audience, navigate criticism and continually elevate your standards with daily actions. We discuss how one's view of hard work, competition and even your name can shape what you think you're capable of and ultimately achieve. This episode offers direct, practical advice from a world-class creator on how to access your inner vision, build a strong body and mind, and do your best work. Show notes: https://go.hubermanlab.com/Yx57rWq Thank you to our sponsors AG1: https://drinkag1.com/huberman Our Place: https://fromourplace.com/huberman Eight Sleep: https://eightsleep.com/huberman LMNT: https://drinklmnt.com/huberman Mateina: https://drinkmateina.com/huberman Timestamps

Twyla Tharp

Focus & Creative Work, Tool: "Spine" of Creative Work

Creator & Audience Dynamic; Intention, Finances

Early vs Late Works, Learning & Selectivity throughout Career

Sponsors: Our Place & Eight Sleep

"Cubby-Holing", Career Change & Reputation

Creator Community & Selectivity; Success & Useful Failure

Work Process, Schedule; Selecting Dancers, Supporting the Arts, Expectations

Successful Performance; Beauty, Arts Compensation

Mikhail Baryshnikov, Ballet & Invention; Philip Glass, Minimalism

Knowledge vs Instinct, Taste; Avant Garde; Classical Training

Kirov Ballet, Kids, Uniformity; Body Types

Sponsor: AG1

Movement, Body Frequency, Power

Creative Process, Spine; Idea, Habit

Rituals, Gym, Discipline; Farming, Quaker & Community; Communication

Communication, Signaling & Distance; Feeling Emotion

Boxing, Strength Training

Sponsors: LMNT

Ballet Barre Work, Fundamentals

Body's Knowledge, Honoring the Body, Kids & Movement

High Standards & Childhood; Wordlessness & Movement, Twins

Translator, Objectivity; Critics, Creator Honesty

Sponsor: Mateina

Evolution & Learning; Amadeus Film & Research

Medicine, Keto Diet; Ballet Training & Performance, Desire

Young Dancers & Competition, Intrinsic vs Extrinsic Reward, Hard Work

Tool: "The Box"; Ritual, Practice vs Habit; Honorary Degrees

Tool: Idea "Scratching"; Movement & Longevity, Apprentice

Aging & Less Movement, Fearlessness; Taking Up Space, Names

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