CHOREOGRAPHER

He was a master of the Broadway musical and one of the greatest ballet choreographers this country has ever produced.

"I wanted to begin not with characters or ideas, but with movements . . .I wanted significant movement. I did not want it to be beautiful or fluid. I wanted it to be fraught with inner meaning, with excitement and surge." --Martha Graham Martha Graham's ...

For nearly sixty years, Alwin Nikolais was modern dance’s pioneer of multimedia. Among his best known performances are "Masks, Props, and Mobiles" (1953), "Totem" (1960), and "Count Down" (1979). Nikolais would often present his dancers in constrictive spaces and costumes with complicated sound and sets, ...

For nearly sixty years, Alwin Nikolais was modern dance’s pioneer of multimedia. Among his best known performances are "Masks, Props, and Mobiles" (1953), "Totem" (1960), and "Count Down" (1979). Nikolais would often present his dancers in constrictive spaces and costumes with complicated sound and sets, ...