Forty years later, after choreographing over 100 dances on Broadway and in movies like Hair and Ragtime, after winning the National Medal of the Arts in 2004, Tharp still asks herself that question.

• 四十年之后，萨普已经为百老汇编导了100场的舞蹈表演，在获得04年的国家艺术奖章之后还参加了影片头发和那啥的制片。现在萨普仍然问自己那个问题。