Twyla Tharp Dance Foundation – Catherine Wheel DVD – Twyla Tharp Dance Foundation 

To original music by David Byrne of Talking Heads The Catherine Wheel is a rock-dance special by New York choreographer Twyla Tharp. The piece grew out of Twyla Tharp s fascination with Saint Catherine the 4th-century martyr who was condemned to die on a spiked wheel. When it was premiered on Broadway it was described by the New Yorker as a major event in our theatre with dancing of astonishing beauty and power . Twyla Tharp then refashioned this piece specially for television u