黄豆豆，1977年2月生于浙江温州。北京舞蹈学院毕业， 现为上海歌舞团艺术总监。 他跳的“醉鼓”，“秦俑魂”，“苏武”，我想好多人都一定记得。他那种一往无前的气势，那种挥洒自如大开大阖的阳刚气质，那种充满力度和韵味的帅劲，叫人过目难忘。
其实，他的身体条件本来并不好，个子不够高，人也太单薄。但是，他的意志，他的不怕困难的性格，成就了他。他后来在一次回忆中说到，刚上大学时，一位出色的老师来上课，开门见山就说，舞蹈要跳得好，关键是要练功。说到练功，要有诀窍。我现在告诉你们练功一字诀。
同学们劲头都来了，快告诉我们吧，老师！老师慢慢地转过身去，用草书在黑板上写了一个大字：
练！
黄豆豆记住了老师的一字诀。他一直照着做，他成了。
最近，我读了一篇采访记，是采访在印第安纳，波特兰出生的美国舞蹈家特拉 · 萨普 （ Twyla Tharp ） 的文章。我看了后，也有看了那种优秀舞蹈的感觉，觉得挺受感动的。
特拉 · 萨普于 1941 年 7 月 1 日出生，后天就是她的 67 岁生日了。她是美国的顶尖舞蹈演出家和芭蕾舞设计家， 她设计过 125 部舞蹈，五部电影里的舞蹈，两部百老汇音乐舞剧，出版了两本书。她获得过 Emmy 以及 Tony 两个大奖和许多大小不等的奖项。（ Emmy —— 艾美奖——是美国每年对电视、节目安排、演技等艺术演出有卓越成就者所颁发的小雕像奖。） 她目前住在纽约，从事她热爱的舞蹈事业。
和黄豆豆的老师一样， 特拉 · 萨普也说了类似的话：
Just do whatever it takes to get moving ！
她说，人总是要死的，但是， 人还得往前走！不要浪费时间。创造性，就是一种成果。一种好习惯的成果，一种努力工作的成果，一种不间断地追寻人生的挑战的成果！
多么浅显而又深刻的道理。我们要花多少年的时间，才会悟到这一点，又要再花多少年的时间，才会把它放到行动里去呢？
下面这几段要点，愿意和你分享，我的朋友。
Creativity Step by Step
A Conversation with Choreographer Twyla Tharp by Diane Coutu
Most people believe that creative genius is a predetermined personality trait reserved for only a gifted few. Tharp—an award-winning choreographer who has revolutionized dance in our time—firmly rejects that notion. “Everyone can be creative,” she says, “but you have to prepare for it with routine.”
The winner of a MacArthur fellowship, a Tony award, and two Emmys, Tharp has been the artistic force behind her own dance company, Broadway shows, and TV productions, and has created choreography for movies (including Hair and Amadeus) and leading ballet companies around the world. In this conversation with senior editor Diane Coutu, Tharp shares her thoughts about what it takes to achieve creative breakthroughs: hardheaded practicality, discipline, and ruthlessness about the work. She is unsentimental in her advice to aspiring innovators who worry that they don’t have the right stuff: Get over yourself. Get angry, throw a tantrum—just do whatever it takes to get moving, and stop wasting time. Creativity is the result of habit, hard work, and constantly pursuing new challenges. Don’t get hung up on originality or on failure; if you never fail, you’ll stagnate. Mentors may help guide you to your goals, but don’t choose people who will hold your hand. Choose mentors who can teach you, and invent them if you have to.
In her no-nonsense way, Tharp also talks about her commitment to being uncompromising in her work, even when it exacted a price (such as forgone vacations and personal relationships) or was otherwise painful (when it involved firing extraordinary people). “ It’s a terrible analogy, but when it comes to your work, you have a war to win,” she says.
这就是我觉得很精彩的话。她说， Men are going to die ！ just do whatever it takes to get moving, and stop wasting time. Creativity is the result of habit, hard work, and constantly pursuing new challenges ！
（Source: Harvard Business Review, April 2008, Volume 86, Number4)
