Playwrights have texts, composers have scores, painters and sculptors have the residue of those activities, and dance is traditionally an ephemeral, effervescent, here-today-gone-tomorrow kind of thing.

The Times they are A-Changin' set the records or the highest grossing show and highest ticket sales as of the date of closing (March 2006). Dances and ballets
In 1965 Twyla Tharp formed her own company Twyla Tharp Dance. The narrative ballet was co-commissioned by Atlanta Ballet and Royal Winnipeg Ballet.

Twyla Tharp (born July 1 1941) is an American dancer and choreographer who lives and works in New York City.