Twyla Tharp's Birth Card: The Ace of Spades

In the record

Twyla Tharp (born July 1, 1941) is an American dancer, choreographer, and author who lives and works in New York City. The birth-card coordinate for July 1 is the Ace of Spades — a calendar position, not a forecast of Twyla Tharp's 2008 Kennedy Center Honors.

Kennedy Center Honors record

• 2008 Kennedy Center Honors — Twyla Tharp

Twyla Tharp is on the 2008 Kennedy Center Honors roster as Twyla Tharp (https://www.kennedy-center.org/whats-on/honors/). Twyla Tharp (Q454336, Wikipedia “Twyla Tharp”) appears here as a person-scope honoree. Twyla Tharp is listed as a person-scope honoree for each year in this pack. Honors in this pack for Twyla Tharp: 2008 Twyla Tharp. Twyla Tharp's English Wikipedia title is the same string as the harvested name. Birth date 1941-07-01 is the Wikipedia infobox day for Twyla Tharp, verified against Wikidata P569 1941-07-01 (match). Kennedy Center artist-bio date status for Twyla Tharp is not_published. The harvested card symbol for July 1 is A♠. No day-precision Wikidata P570 death date is stored on this page for Twyla Tharp. Source URL https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twyla_Tharp is the Wikipedia article used for Twyla Tharp. This page does not invent a childhood or a private address for Twyla Tharp. It only names the calendar coordinate for July 1 and the Honors years already listed for Twyla Tharp.

The Ace of Spades coordinate

Twyla Tharp was born July 1, 1941 (1941-07-01). Month 7 and day 1 give solar value 40, which is the Ace of Spades (The Truth Pioneer). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day). The year 1941 is unused, so Twyla Tharp's 1941 birth year does not move the card. The Ace of Spades does not predict a Kennedy Center Honor and is not a verdict on Twyla Tharp. Quoted system copy for the Ace of Spades, not a biography of Twyla Tharp: You say the true thing early, before it has to become a crisis to be heard. Your mind is oriented toward finding what's real beneath appearances. You question everything. You're the one willing to challenge comfortable lies for uncomfortable truths. Harvested gifts listed for the Ace of Spades: Ability to penetrate illusions and see truth; Courage to question what others accept; Sharp thinking and analytical power; Natural integrity and honesty. Harvested life-direction line for the Ace of Spades: Your curriculum is learning that truth is more complex than you understand. You're learning humility about what you know.

Live Ace of Spades meaning page

Wikipedia summary used as source_text

Twyla Tharp is an American dancer, choreographer, and author who lives and works in New York City. In 1965 she formed the company Twyla Tharp Dance, which merged with American Ballet Theatre in 1988. She regrouped the company in 1991. Her work often uses classical, jazz, and contemporary pop music.

Twyla Tharp in the public record

In 1965 she formed the company Twyla Tharp Dance, which merged with American Ballet Theatre in 1988. She regrouped the company in 1991. Her work often uses classical, jazz, and contemporary pop music. From 1971 to 1988, Twyla Tharp Dance toured extensively around the world, performing original works. In 1973 Tharp choreographed Deuce Coupe to the music of The Beach Boys for the Joffrey Ballet. Deuce Coupe is considered the first "crossover ballet", a mix of ballet and modern dance. Later she choreographed Push Comes to Shove (1976), which featured Mikhail Baryshnikov and is now thought to be the best example of crossover ballet. On May 24, 2018, Tharp was awarded an honorary Doctor of Arts degree by Harvard University.

Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Twyla Tharp (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.

Where the record meets the Ace of Spades

A card is a calendar coordinate, not a cause. What follows sets one line of the card's own published language beside one sentence of the sourced record, paired by a documented rule. It is a resemblance offered for the reader to weigh — not a claim about Twyla Tharp, and not a forecast of an honor.

You say the true thing early, before it has to become a crisis to be heard. Your mind is oriented toward finding what's real beneath appearances. You question everything. You're the one willing to challenge comfortable lies for uncomfortable truths.

In 1995, Twyla Tharp held auditions globally to find new talent, forming what would become the three-year touring project Tharp!

Paired on shared wording: become, find.

Also on the record

1. Tharp was born in 1941 on a farm in Portland, Indiana, the daughter of William Tharp and Lecile (Confer) Tharp.
2. She was named for Twila Thornburg, the "Pig Princess" of the 89th Annual Muncie Fair.
3. As a child, Tharp spent a few months each year living with her Quaker grandparents on their farm in Indiana.
4. Tharp's mother insisted she take lessons in dance, various musical instruments, shorthand, German and French.

Other honorees with this card

• Francis Ford Coppola — 2024 Kennedy Center Honors

FAQ

What is Twyla Tharp's birth card?

The Ace of Spades. July 1 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. Twyla Tharp's year of birth is not used.

Does a birth card predict a Kennedy Center Honor?

No. These pages are coordinates, not fortune-telling. A birth card names a calendar day in a 52-card year. It does not forecast awards, character, or fate.

Where do Twyla Tharp's dates and Honors credits come from?

Birth date 1941-07-01 is the day-precision Wikipedia infobox date for Twyla Tharp, verified against Wikidata P569 (CC0, day precision, Gregorian preferred). The two sources match. Year-only infoboxes and Wikipedia↔Wikidata conflicts are dropped, not guessed. Honoree identity comes from the Wikipedia Kennedy Center Honors roster, which cites Kennedy Center pages. The Honors line is 2008 Kennedy Center Honors. Kennedy Center artist-bio date status is not_published. Page hooks and evidence come from the Wikipedia REST summary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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