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Alwin Nikolais

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Gender Male
Death30 years ago
Date of birth November 25,1910
Zodiac sign Sagittarius
Born Southington
Connecticut
United States
Date of died May 8,1993
DiedNew York
New York
United States
Awards Kennedy Center Honors
Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts, US & Canada
Current partner Murray Louis
BooksThe Nikolais/Louis Dance Technique
Education Bennington College
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Alwin Nikolais Life story


Alwin Nikolais was an American choreographer, dancer, composer, musician, teacher. He had created the Nikolais Dance Theatre, and was best known for his self-designed innovative costume, lighting and production design. Nikolais gave the world a new vision of dance and was named the "father of multi-media theater."

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