Twyla Tharp

What it can accomplish, 20 to 40, there's a kind of continuity in there that is encouraging.

Over 40, body is going to start behaving differently.

47, 50s is getting a little bit numbed and all of a sudden you're feeling restricted and you get pissed off.

And you have got to find a way of respecting the fact that you can no longer do what you did when you were 20 or 25.

But you're still, you're pretty potent.

And that's a good thing.

And I managed to push that.

I was dancing still pretty hard until I was about 65, which is a long reach.

But after 65, I began to feel really restricted.

No, you can't do just anything, even once.

And, oh, by the way, what you're doing might not be strengthening the body.

You might be weakening the body, repeating that.

Oh, my God, what do I do here?

Nothing.

And 70, functional.

80, sucks.

You're restricted now and your body has lost facility and you can't pretend it's any other way because you see it and everybody else sees it and you need help and you don't like help.

How do you maintain your independence and still accept graciously help as a reality and not a shame?

How do you accept a declining body as not demoralizing?

Those are tough questions.