Keep It Moving
Meditations on Overcoming Obstacles and Living Your Best Life

This book is a combination memoir and pep talk aimed at readers who are growing old. The author, Twyla Tharp, is writing from the perspective being 78 and having lived a career as ballet dancer and choreographer. Dancing is a career where age brings very real limitations, so she should know what she......more

Rounded up from 3.5 stars. I read—and loved—Twarp's previous book The Creative Habit. (It even makes an appearance in chapter 11 of my book Don't Overthink It!) Tharp is now seventy-seven years old, and in her new book she writes about finding purpose as you age, and maintaining vitality in both min......more

In one of my fave movies, The Bird Cage, Robin Williams imitates great dancers including the irrepressible Twyla Tharp. As he captured her spirit perfectly, Twyla’s newest book captures perfectly her prescription for living well no matter one’s age. Now 78, the Queen of Choreography shares secrets fo......more

I have followed this legendary woman's career since I was a young girl. For years, I wanted to be a ballet dancer but discovered it when I was too old. However, the sheer joy and emotions that I felt watching it spoke to me. Discovering this book had me excited for a plethora of reasons. The first b......more

Some nuggets of advice stood out more than the others - if you don’t work for your body, your body won’t work for you. Anyone can dance. Others were mostly variations of what I have read before. It is a really good pep talk for older folks and she is a great example of how being physically active ke......more