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

Martha Graham's impact on dance has been compared to that of Picasso's on painting, Stravinsky's on music, and Frank Lloyd Wright's on architecture.

The Murray Louis Dance Company and the Nikolais Dance Theater created a dialogue that pushed the boundaries of contemporary avant-garde dance.

Almost sixty years, Nikolais was modern dance's pioneer of multimedia. Often presenting his dancers in constrictive spaces and costumes with complicated sound and sets.