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1. davidbyrne.com › explore › the-catherine-wheelThe Catherine Wheel | About - David Byrne

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   Sep 20, 1981 · ''The Catherine Wheel'' is a first, and one suspects it will not be the last of its kind. It could become the model for a new and much more fruitful interplay between the worlds of popular music and modern dance.

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2. davidbyrne.com › explore › the-catherine-wheelThe Catherine Wheel&nsbsp;| Dance: Twyla Tharp’s New “Wheel”

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   While there are are good ensemble passages along the way, the final pure-dance choreography is Miss Tharp at her best. Her own vocabularly is expanded, whiplash flinging becomes daring and the partnering is out of this world.

3. www.twylatharp.org › works › catherine-wheelThe Catherine Wheel - Twyla Tharp

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   The Catherine Wheel takes its title from a torture device used in the martyrdom of Saint Catherine of Alexandria. This device has lent its name to a number of familiar things over time - a spinning firework, a crochet pattern, a flower.

4. exclaim.ca › music › articleAre the Catherine Wheel Reuniting for Real This Time?

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   The band's social media accounts are now decorated with several cryptic messages teasing their return. Yesterday (March 29), they shared a graphic that reads, "It's time," and includes two 2023 ...

5. www.twylatharp.org › works › catherine-wheel-bbcThe Catherine Wheel (BBC) - Twyla Tharp

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   Inside a 14 th century cathedral in Scotland, dancer Sara Rudner meets the animated form of Saint Catherine, the patron saint of teachers. This computer graphic becomes one of the earliest to perform alongside a live action counterpart on television, as St. Catherine teaches Rudner the first steps of the choreography.

6. achievement.org › achiever › twyla-tharpTwyla Tharp - Academy of Achievement

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   Nov 29, 2021 · Twyla Tharp’s work fused classical discipline and rigor with avant-garde iconoclasm, combining ballet technique with natural movements like running, walking and skipping. While modern dance had historically aspired to high seriousness and spirituality, Tharp’s work was humorous and edgy.

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   What is a Catherine Wheel?

   • A Catherine Wheel is both a kind of fireworks display that is spun by hand and an instrument of torture, and the beginning of the piece does seem to depict a family whose members torture each other. The first image is of a pineapple, but the pineapple is also the same shape as one of the first atomic bombs. Fireworks, indeed!

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   Who composed the music for the Catherine Wheel?

   • The music Mr. Byrne composed and recorded for ''The Catherine Wheel'' takes his interest in African rhythms a step further. John Miller Chernoff played African percussion instruments on many of the recording sessions, and according to Mr. Byrne ''he generated the rhythms, or combinations of rhythms, for a lot of the pieces.''

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   Who played on 'the Catherine Wheel'?

   • Other players who contributed to the music, which will be heard on tape when ''The Catherine Wheel'' is performed, included the Talking Heads's Jer ry Harrison and severalof the band's recent collaborators, two of wh om are Brian Eno and thekeyboard player Bernie Worrell.

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   Are English shoegaze greats the Catherine Wheel planning a reunion?

   • Were English shoegaze greats the Catherine Wheel, dormant since the release of 2000's Wishville, potentially plotting a reunion? Despite the five-piece's David Hawes and Brian Futter's Facebook activity, it didn't seem like anything had fully materialized then — but things can take time to ferment.

   Are the Catherine Wheel Reuniting for Real This Time?

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   How did Twyla become a dancer?

   • Twyla began dance classes at age four, and soon was studying every kind of dance available: ballet, tap, jazz, modern. Her mother was determined that she become accomplished in as many fields as possible and also had her take baton lessons, drum lessons, violin and viola lessons, classes in painting, shorthand, French and German.

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8. www.analogplanet.com › content › david-byrnesDavid Byrne’s Complete Score From The Broadway Production Of ...

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   May 19, 2023 · According to David Byrne’s new liner notes, the aim of Twyla Tharp’s The Catherine Wheel program was in part to make a statement that “dance and dance drama are just as accessible to audiences as the other musicals and plays in that part of town.”