Alwin Nikolais: a Celebration Tour.(Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company) From: Dance Magazine | Date: February 1, 2004| Author: Looseleaf, Victoria | COPYRIGHT 2004 Dance Magazine, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

RIRIE-WOODBURY DANCE COMPANY LUCKMAN THEATRE, CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY OCTOBER 18, 2003

QUIRKY electronic sounds, phantasmagorical colors, and twittery, well-oiled unison moves are but a few signature elements in an Alwin Nikolais dance work. Oh, yes: There's also a bit of old-fashioned smoke and mirrors tattooed on the late master's style. Well, mirrors, anyway, as Nikolais, who died in 1993 at age 83, offered heavy doses of terpsichorean legerdemain in a career that...

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