Twyla Tharp's In the Upper Room

Set to a pulsating score by Philip Glass, In the Upper Room is a signature work for Twyla Tharp, which contrasts the power and energy of modern dance with the speed and aerial dexterity of a more classical language.

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Dancer(s): Jessica Collado and Connor Walsh of Houston Ballet

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[houstonballet]

No, not that I know of. You could try contacting the Twyla Tharp Foundation.

[houstonballet]

It's called "In the Upper Room".  Glass wrote it specifically for this piece.

[houstonballet]

It's Philip Glass's In the Upper Room.

[Ninjerina]

great music and decent choreography altho I feel like the costumes take away from the lines of the dancer and aren't aesthetically very pleasing

[spainjane]

Fantastic - going to see a version in Alicante, Spain this week - can't wait. Twyla Tharp really is an brilliant choreography. Houston Ballet perform it with such style and ease!

[luvdance4545]

it is just called a lift

[Mili Diaz]

whats the lift called that she does at 00:17 ??

[Nicholas Allan Li]

Love how the girls wearing like sneakers! Lol

[vsoltero88]

This particular piece is on an Phillip Glass album called Dancepieces. It has a few other pieces from In the Upper Room.

[SethHesio]

The whole album, and most of Philip Glass' other work, is on Spotify.

[carla67]

bad pas de deux.

[lululapeache]

Tharp is highly overrated. She managed to find her niche by comercializing her choreography for mainstream entertainment, allowing her financial success that most concert oriented choreographers (practically all, actually) will never achieve. Financial success is not the same as artistic acheivement, however. Nevertheless, she continues to be commissioned by noted dance companies while all she ever did was create some razmatazz for Broadway and film productions.

[NCAAHPERD]

Thanks for posting this video! We are always looking for high quality videos about dance and dance education.