| Code | DS/UK/P286 |
| Dates | 1910-1993 |
| Person Name | Nikolais; Alwin (1910-1993) |
| Surname | Nikolais |
| Forenames | Alwin |
| Activity | US dancer, choreographer, composer, designer, teacher, and director. In 1948 appointed director of New York's Henry Street Playhouse; formed the Nikolais Dance Theater, first touring Europe in 1965; in 1978 invited by the French government to form the Centre National de Danse Contemporaine at Angers; in 1989 Nikolais Dance Theater merged to form Murray Louis and Nikolais Dance; awarded the US National Medal of Arts in 1987 |
| Gender | Male |
| Dates and Places | b 25 november 1910, Southington, Connecticut |
| Source | Craine, D and Mackrell, J. Oxford Dictionary of Dance. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000 |