Which choreographer known for Movin' Out is also the co-founder of a company and choreographed the crossover ballet Push Comes to Shove?

• A. Twyla Tharp
• B. Pina Bausch
• C. Merce Cunningham
• D. Martha Graham

Answer: (A)

Movin' Out is a signature work by a choreographer who also built and led her own company, and who created Push Comes to Shove as a crossover ballet blending ballet with modern dance and other styles. That distinctive combination points to Twyla Tharp. She formed the company Twyla Tharp Dance to develop and present her versatile, collaborative choreography, and she choreographed Push Comes to Shove, a famous piece that merges classical and contemporary dance vocabularies with a bold, cross-genre sensibility. The other choreographers are renowned in their own right and have their own companies, but Push Comes to Shove and Movin' Out are specifically tied to Tharp’s career and style.