Twyla Tharp

Absolutely.

I mean, you know, these ocular glasses, right?

That you believe that you're projecting yourself into that item up there and actually feeling it.

Hello, right?

That must be what is working, what's creating that illusion.

You're not really inside that item, but you feel and believe as though you are.

I guess so.

I'm a little terrified to deal with it.

Or also I haven't taken the time to really expose myself to it.

It definitely is of interest.

But, you know, when you talk about soccer or an athletic event, you know, you can feel in boxing, you can feel the impact.

You can feel how much poundage is behind that punch.

Yeah.

I was in my early 40s and the Olympics were in L.A.

and I was making a new piece and I wanted to compete.

But there are no competitions for what I do.

I mean, a dancer's range is much more than an athlete's, not to the same degree in specialization, but across the board is speed, flexibility, maneuverability in air, coordination, flexibility.

Dancers have got all of these components to a very high degree.

So no events for me at the Olympics, but I could make a piece that would be highly athletic, and I wanted to be in the very best possible shape I could be in.

So I decided that the training that was involved in a boxer being in shape was more extreme than what I was doing with my dancing regimen.