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Alwin Nikolais

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Alwin Nikolais (November 25, 1910 in Southington, Connecticut – May 8, 1993) was an American choreographer. [1]

61 relations: Action Theatre (Ruth Zaporah), Alwin, American Dance Festival, American Masters, Ana Itelman, Angers, Élisabeth Platel, Baalbeck International Festival, Barbara Ann Teer, Beverly Schmidt Blossom, Bill Smith (jewelry designer), Brigitte Lefèvre, Capezio, CBS Workshop, Chrystelle Trump Bond, Composers Recordings, Inc., Day at Night, Fall for Dance Festival, Festival Internacional Cervantino, Hanya Holm, Harry Partch, Hartford Conservatory, Henning Rübsam, Jan Van Dyke, Janis Brenner, Karen Jamieson, Kennedy Center Honors, Kevin Dreyer, Late Night Line-Up, Linda Crist, List of avant-garde artists, List of burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery, List of California Institute of the Arts people, List of choreographers, List of National Museum of Dance Hall of Fame inductees, List of recipients of the National Medal of Arts, Margaret Dragu, Marilyn Wood, Mary Wigman, Mira Trailović, Mitchell Rose, Modern dance, Moog modular synthesizer, Moog synthesizer, Murray Louis, National Museum of Dance and Hall of Fame, Nicole (given name), Noumenon (disambiguation), Postmodern dance, Puppeteer, ..., Raoul Trujillo, Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company, Roy Campbell-Moore, Sally Gross (choreographer), Samuel H. Scripps, Sonia Destri Lie, Southington, Connecticut, Steve Cuozzo, Synthesizer, The Company (film), 1993. Expand index (11 more) »

Action Theatre (Ruth Zaporah)

Action Theatre is an improvisational performance technique developed by the American performance artist, Ruth Zaporah.

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Alwin

Alwin is a German and Dutch form of Alvin and may refer to.

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American Dance Festival

The American Dance Festival (ADF) under the direction of Executive Director Jodee Nimerichter hosts its main summer dance courses including Summer Dance Intensive, Pre-Professional Dance Intensive, and the Dance Professional Workshops.

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American Masters

American Masters is a PBS television series which produces biographies on enduring writers, musicians, visual and performing artists, dramatists, filmmakers, and those who have left an indelible impression on the cultural landscape of the United States.

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Ana Itelman

Ana Itelman (20 August 1927 – 16 September 1989) was a Chilean-born dancer and choreographer, who spent most of her career in Argentina and the United States.

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Angers

Angers is a city in western France, about southwest of Paris.

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Élisabeth Platel

Élisabeth Platel is a French prima ballerina, born in Paris on 10 April 1959.

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Baalbeck International Festival

The Baalbeck International Festival (مهرجانات بعلبك الدولية) is a cultural event in Lebanon.

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Barbara Ann Teer

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Beverly Schmidt Blossom

Beverly Schmidt Blossom (August 28, 1926 – November 1, 2014) was an American modern dancer, choreographer and teacher.

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Bill Smith (jewelry designer)

Bill Smith (born 1936) is an American fashion and jewelry designer who was the first black recipient of a Coty Award for his designs.

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Brigitte Lefèvre

Brigitte Lefèvre (born 15 November 1944) is a French ballet dancer, choreographer and teacher.

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Capezio

Capezio is the trade name of Capezio Ballet Makers Inc., a manufacturer of dance shoes, apparel and accessories.

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CBS Workshop

CBS Workshop, aka CBS Repertoire Workshop is an hour-long dramatic television anthology series that was produced by and aired on CBS mid-day on Sundays in 1960.

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Chrystelle Trump Bond

Chrystelle Lee Trump Bond is an American dancer, choreographer, dance historian, and author.

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Composers Recordings, Inc.

Composers Recordings, Inc. (CRI) was an American record label dedicated to the recording of contemporary classical music by American composers.

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Day at Night

Day at Night was a public television interview program airing from 1973-1974, hosted by James Day, former president of both KQED and WNET.

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Fall for Dance Festival

Fall for Dance is an annual dance festival presented by New York City Center in New York City.

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Festival Internacional Cervantino

-The Festival Internacional Cervantino (FIC), popularly known as El Cervantino, takes place each fall in the city of Guanajuato, located in central Mexico.

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Hanya Holm

Hanya Holm (born March 3, 1893, Worms, Germany – died November 3, 1992, New York City) is known as one of the "Big Four" founders of American modern dance.

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Harry Partch

Harry Partch (June 24, 1901 – September 3, 1974) was an American composer, music theorist, and creator of musical instruments.

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Hartford Conservatory

The Hartford Conservatory was a performing arts school in Hartford, Connecticut, that operated from 1890 to 2011.

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Henning Rübsam

Henning Rübsam is a choreographer and dancer based in New York City.

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Jan Van Dyke

Jan Van Dyke (15 April 1941 – 3 July 2015) was an American dancer, choreographer, dance educator and scholar who was a pioneer of modern and contemporary dance.

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Janis Brenner

Janis Brenner is an award-winning dancer/choreographer/singer/teacher and is artistic director of Janis Brenner & Dancers in New York City.

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Karen Jamieson

Karen Jamieson (born July 10, 1946) is a dancer, choreographer and dance teacher in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

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Kennedy Center Honors

The Kennedy Center Honors is an annual honor given to those in the performing arts for their lifetime of contributions to American culture (although recipients do not need to be U.S. citizens).

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Kevin Dreyer

Kevin Dreyer is an American lighting designer of dance, theatre, opera and film, Associate Professor of Theatre at the University of Notre Dame and resident Lighting Designer for the Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival.

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Late Night Line-Up

Late Night Line-Up was a pioneering British television discussion programme broadcast on BBC2 between 1964 and 1972.

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Linda Crist

Linda Ann Crist (1944 - 8 March 2005) was a noted labanotationist, documenting, writing, and teaching labanotation.

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List of avant-garde artists

Avant-garde is French for "vanguard".

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List of burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery

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List of California Institute of the Arts people

Lists of notable alumni, faculty, and visiting artists of the California Institute of the Arts.

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List of choreographers

Robert Sher-Machherndl This is a list of choreographers.

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List of National Museum of Dance Hall of Fame inductees

Below is the list of the inductees into the Hall of Fame of the National Museum of Dance (United States).

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List of recipients of the National Medal of Arts

The National Medal of Arts is an award and title created by the United States Congress in 1984, for the purpose of honoring artists and patrons of the arts.

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Margaret Dragu

Margaret Dragu (born 1953) is a Canadian dancer, writer, performance artist and feminist.

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Marilyn Wood

Marilyn Wood is an American choreographer, intermedia artist, and dancer.

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Mary Wigman

Mary Wigman (born Karoline Sophie Marie Wiegmann; 13 November 1886 – 18 September 1973) was a German dancer, choreographer, notable as the pioneer of expressionist dance, dance therapy, and movement training without pointe shoes.

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Mira Trailović

Mira Trailović (Serbian Cyrillic: Мира Траиловић; née Milićević; 22 January 1924 – 7 August 1989) was a Serbian dramaturg and one of the most distinguished theatre directors in the history of Serbian and Yugoslav theatre.

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Mitchell Rose

Mitchell Rose is an American director of short films known for comedic work and dance film.

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Modern dance

Modern dance is a broad genre of western concert or theatrical dance, primarily arising out of Germany and the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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Moog modular synthesizer

A Moog modular synthesizer is a monophonic analog modular synthesizer developed by the American electronic instrument pioneer Dr.

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Moog synthesizer

Moog synthesizer (pronounced; often anglicized to, though Robert Moog preferred the former) may refer to any number of analog synthesizers designed by Robert Moog or manufactured by Moog Music, and is commonly used as a generic term for older-generation analog music synthesizers.

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Murray Louis

Murray Louis (November 4, 1926 – February 1, 2016) was an American modern dancer and choreographer.

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National Museum of Dance and Hall of Fame

The National Museum of Dance and Hall of Fame, in the Saratoga Spa State Park, Saratoga Springs, New York, was established in 1986.

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Nicole (given name)

Nicole is a feminine given name and a surname.

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Noumenon (disambiguation)

Noumenon, plur.

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Postmodern dance

Postmodern dance is a 20th century concert dance form.

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Puppeteer

A puppeteer is a person who manipulates an inanimate object that might be shaped like a human, animal or mythical creature, or another object to create the illusion that the puppet is "alive".

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Raoul Trujillo

Raoul Maximiano Trujillo de Chauvelon (born May 8, 1955) is an American actor, dancer, and choreographer.

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Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company

The Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company is an American contemporary dance company based in Salt Lake City, Utah.

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Roy Campbell-Moore

Roy Campbell-Moore is a Scottish artist, dancer and choreographer.

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Sally Gross (choreographer)

Sarah "Sally" Gross (née Freiberg; August 3, 1933 – July 20, 2015) was an American postmodernist dancer.

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Samuel H. Scripps

Samuel H. Scripps (October 30, 1927 – February 16, 2007) was a patron of the arts, and played a significant role in gaining support and recognition for theatre and dance companies throughout America in the second half of the twentieth century.

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Sonia Destri Lie

Sonia Destri Lie, often known simply as Sonia Destri, is a Brazilian dancer and choreographer.

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Southington, Connecticut

Southington is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States.

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Steve Cuozzo

Steven D. Cuozzo (born January 17, 1950) is an American writer and newspaper editor who writes as a restaurant critic, real estate columnist, and op-ed contributor at the New York Post, a daily newspaper primarily distributed in New York City and its surrounding area.

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Synthesizer

A synthesizer (often abbreviated as synth, also spelled synthesiser) is an electronic musical instrument that generates electric signals that are converted to sound through instrument amplifiers and loudspeakers or headphones.

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The Company (film)

The Company is a 2003 drama film directed by Robert Altman and starring Neve Campbell, who co-wrote and co-produced the film.

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1993

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alwin_Nikolais

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