Alwin Nikolais and Murray Louis Papers

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Title: Crucible
Date: 5/17/85
Duration: 16 minutes
Venue: Nikolais/Louis Foundation for Dance studio, 33 East 18th Street, New York, NY
Choreography, Costume and Lighting Design and Direction by: Alwin Nikolais
Performed by: Alberto Del Saz, Susie Goldman, Timothy Harling, William Harren, Joy Hintz, Susan Kline, Christine Lamb, Lynn Lesniak, James Murphy, Raul Trujillo
Music by: Alwin Nikolais
Premiere: The American Dance Festival, Page Auditorium, Duke University, Chapel Hill, North Carolina on June 13, 1985. The work was commissioned by the American Dance Festival
Title: Persons and Structures
Date: 12/12/87
Duration: 10 minutes
Venue: Joyce Theater, 175 Eighth Avenue, New York City, NY
Choreography, Costume and Lighting Design and Direction by: Alwin Nikolais
Performed by: James Aarons, Paula Aarons, Alberto Del Saz, Susie Goldman, Timothy Harling, Susan Kline, Christine Lamb, Lynn Lesniak, James Murphy, Raul Trujillo
Music by: David Gregory
Premiere: City Center Theater, New York City, on February 17, 1984. Commissioned by the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center, with assistance from the Alice M. Ditson Fund
Title: Arc en Ciel
Date: 12/26/87
Duration: 15 minutes
Venue: Joyce Theater, 175 Eighth Avenue, New York City, NY
Choreography, Costume and Lighting Design by: Alwin Nikolais
Performed by: Christopher Strauss, Alberto Del Saz, Rob McWilliams, Edward Akio Taketa
Music by: Alwin Nikolais
Premiere: Paris Opera House, May 29, 1987. Commissioned by the Paris Opera House
Title: Intrados
Date: 11/1/89
Duration: 11 minutes
Venue: Joyce Theater, 175 Eighth Avenue, New York City, NY
Choreography, Costume and Lighting Design by: Alwin Nikolais
Performed by: Edward Akio Taketa, Christopher Stauss, Kay Anderson, Alberto Del Saz, Sylvie Francisci, Sara Hook, Carol Mead, Marcia Menefee Bain, James Murphy, Noel Reiss, Daniel Shapiro, Demetrios Tryforos
Music by: Alwin Nikolais
Premiere: Joyce Theater, 175 Eighth Avenue, New York City, NY. Intrados was made possible, in part, by grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York State Council on the Arts
Title: Temple
Date: 1/22/92
Duration: 10 minutes
Venue: Joyce Theater, 175 Eighth Avenue, New York City, NY
Choreography, Costume and Lighting Design by: Alwin Nikolais
Performed by:
Music by: Alwin Nikolais
Premiere: Teatro del la Zarzuela, Madrid, Spain, September 20, 1974. Temple, Opus #125 was created through a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation.
Title: Suite from Kaleidoscope: Discs, Pole, Clothes
Date: 7/22/93
Duration: 23 minutes
Venue: Joyce Theater, 175 Eighth Avenue, New York City, NY
Choreography, Costume and Lighting Design by: Alwin Nikolais
Performed by: Discs: Alberto Del Saz, Kay Andersen, Simona Bucci, Donna Marie Scro, Stephanie Scopelitis, Joelle Van Sickle, Karen Sfrit, Peter Kyle, Eric Dunlap, Clarence Brooks. Pole: Simona Bucci, Alberto Del Saz. Clothes: Alberto Del Saz, Kay Andersen, Simona Bucci, Donna Marie Scro, Stephanie Scopelitis, Joelle Van Sickle, Karen Sfrit, Peter Kyle, Eric Dunlap, Clarence Brooks
Music by: Alwin Nikolais.
Premiere: Henry Street Playhouse, New York City, May 25, 1956.
Note: Discs and Pole are from original production. Clothes is from a 1986 revival.
Title: Gallery: Opening, Masks, Sextet, Clowns, Dangle Dance, Finale
Date: 7/27/93
Duration: 31 minutes
Venue: Joyce Theater, 175 Eighth Avenue, New York City, NY
Choreography, Costume and Lighting Design by: Alwin Nikolais
Performed by: Opening: Alberto Del Saz, Kay Andersen, Simona Bucci, Donna Marie Scro, Stephanie Scopelitis, Joelle Van Sickle, Karen Sfrit, Peter Kyle, Eric Dunlap, Clarence Brooks. Masks: Stephanie Scopelitis, Donna Marie Scro. Sextet: Clarence Brooks, Simona Bucci, Eric Dunlap, Peter Kyle. Clowns: Kay Andersen, Alberto Del Saz. Dancle Dance: Alberto Del Saz, Kay Andersen, Simona Bucci, Donna Marie Scro, Stephanie Scopelitis, Joelle Van Sickle, Karen Sfrit, Peter Kyle, Eric Dunlap, Clarence Brooks. Finale: Alberto Del Saz, Kay Andersen, Simona Bucci, Donna Marie Scro, Stephanie Scopelitis, Joelle Van Sickle, Karen Sfrit, Peter Kyle, Eric Dunlap, Clarence Brooks
Music by: Alwin Nikolais
Premiere: Beacon Theatre, New York City, April 19, 1978