American Masters

Your life is nothing but dance when it's told. You have no recreations and outside interests, can you throw it all away? Take two weeks in the Caribbean or whatever, and never think of dance. Well, I wouldn't want to. Yeah. I mean, working is a recreation is what I'm saying. (upbeat instrumental music) -

Twyla

I always said okay, your chances of becoming successful are about the same as somebody jumping off a a hundred foot pole into a thimble of water, good luck. (instrumental music continues) -

Twyla

I gave myself stuff to do that nobody else was doing. That was the point. (instrumental music continues) One, two, three, four, five! Six, seven, eight. (instrumental music continues) To push them to the limits of what they could do physically and she push them further. I'd never had anyone pushed me like that before. (counting dance beats) People are throwing themselves around the stage. You know, I, I was worried about people getting injured and I felt like take it easy! It was like risking life and limb. -

Twyla

Dancers have to work every day. I have to work every day. The world of dance closed down. How are we going to do this? (instrumental music continues) We don't have a stage, but we have a virtual platform. Let's see if we can bring St. Petersburg and LA together. We can bring people together. Hi! Misty, girl! Even in this stage of her career in her life she's setting the standard for where dance is evolving to. I was definitely on my own. I wanted to know who my mom was. And it should be fine to say that I broke down. It should be all right to say that. Anybody would. You want to be everything for everyone. You can't. (instrumental music continues) Do I feel like overall I've completed my mission? Not yet.