Nikolais Dance Theater Touring Itinerary 2009–2010
Alwin Nikolais Centennial, celebrating 100 years of Nikolais (1910–2010)
Performed by the Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company
1–18 December: Staging of a Nikolais program on Introdans Arnhem, The Netherlands
11–16 & 23–30 January: Staging of Crucible and Tensile Involvement on students at Muhlenberg University and DeSales University in Center Valley and Allentown, PA
30 January: Showing of several films of Nikolais as part of Dance on Camera Festival at the Lincoln Center in NYC, curator Joanna Ney, including Nik & Murray and the World of Alwin Nikolais
3 February: DeSales and Muhlenberg University dance students performing with the Company for the public performance, and a master class, lecture and Q & A, Zoellener Arts Center, Bethlehem, PA
26–28 February: Premiere of a Nikolais program by Introdans with additional domestic and international touring, Arnhem, The Netherlands
2 March: Public performance, student matinee, lecture and Q & A, Vilar Performing Arts Center, Beaver Creek, CO
15–20 March: One week residency at Tulane University in preparation for the staging of a Nikolais work on the University students to be perform with the Ririe Woodbury Dance Company in November , New Orleans, LA
23 & 24 March: Southern Utah University (SUU) dance students performing with the Company for the public performance; SUU dancers working with the Company during company residencies in K-12 public schools; master classes, lectures and Q & A, Cedar City Music Arts, Cedar City, UT
31 March–5 April: Performance of Pond by Second Ave Dance Company at Tisch School of the Arts, NYC
28 April: Teacher’s Workshop taught by Alberto del Saz or former Nikolais company member, Joyce Theatre, NYC
1 & 2 May: Public performances include ballets created while Nikolais was the artistic director of the Henry Street Playhouse; master classes, lectures and Q & A., Abrons Arts Center/Henry Street Settlement, New York, NY
4–9 May: Public performances, one young audience performance, Joyce Theatre, NYC
Summer Nikolais workshop in France with Joan, Tito, and the Company
7–19 June: Summer Intensive at Marymount Manhattan College taught by Alberto del Saz, Peter Kyle, Kim Gibilisco and Phyllis Lamhut, NYC
21 June–9 July: Three-week Summer Intensive at The Boston Conservatory, Boston, MA
26–30 July: Staging of Pond in the Chambers Dance Company at University of Washington in Seatlle, WA
1–17 September: Staging of Gallery at The University of North Carolina School of the Arts, Winston-Salem, NC
20 September–5 November: Staging of a full evening of Nikolais works at the Boston Conservatory, Boston, MA
3–6 November: Performance of Nikolais Program at the Boston Conservatory, Boston, MA
October 2010–January 2011: Nikolais Exhibit at the Lincoln Center Library for the Arts, NY
One week in November 2010: New Orleans Ballet Association (NOBA), New Orleans, LA, commissions a new Nikolais acquisition for the Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company which will then be premiered in New Orleans. Residency will include public performance, including Tulane University dance students, orally history lecture, master classes, lectures, Q & A and advanced public lectures by Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities directed by Barbara Haley and the Nikolais/Louis Foundation for Dance
Additional performances in the U.S. and Western Europe to be determined
France and Italy: Public performances, festivals, master classes and lectures
15–16 April 2011: “Sharing the Legacy” — Students from around the country are invited to perform at Hunter College for the Nikolais Centennial, NYC. Nikolais ballets will be mounted on dance students from the following Universities:
- University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
- Shenadoah University
- Boston Conservatory
- New York University
- DeSales University, PA
- Muhlengberg University, PA
- University of NC School of the Arts
- Southern Utah University, UT
- University of Washington in Seattle, WA
- Tulane University, LA
- Marymount Manhattan College, NY
- Ohio University, Athens, OH
