Life's an archive: while preparing for this month's season at the Joyce, Murray Louis is assembling the artifacts of his past. (Murray Louis and Nikolais Dance Company; Joyce Theater; New York City)

From: Dance Magazine | Date: October 1, 1998| Author: | Copyright information

Murray Louis is preparing a visual archive of his choreography and the works of his late partner Alwin Nikolais for the Univ of Ohio Vernon Alden Library. This project has revitalized him and given him new energy that was devastated by the death in Nikolais in 1993.

Murray Louis, dancer, choreographer--archivist? In a career that has touched many points in the artistic spectrum, Louis, at the age of seventy one, has taken on yet another project. He's channeling his energies into a huge task, in essence the preservation of his work and that of Alwin Nikolais, his mentor and lifelong ...

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