via vgermuse:"2010 is the centennial celebration of the birth of choreographer, composer and visionary, Alwin Nikolais. See this New York Times article for more info on that.
Nikolais purchased the first Moog modular synth according to the book Analog Days by Trevor Pinch and Frank Trocco [link to book on Amazon]. In that book they quote Bob Moog saying, 'Alwin Nikolais, the choreographer who does his own scores…shows up (at AES in 1964) and then I heard the words, that I later realized were the magic words: ‘I’ll take one of this, two of this, and that one…’ We took two or three orders at that show.' Nikoloais, with the aid of a Guggenheim Fellowsip, purchased what would become the first ever commercially made Moog synthesizer.
Nikolais’ electronic music is quite amazing for, as I understand it, a sort of home grown, garage band studio of the mid 1960’s onward.
You can also see and hear Nikolais’ work at the Nikolais Louis Foundation for Dance.
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vgermuse"
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YouTube via ValeBjork
"Choreography by Alwin Nikolais
Music, sets, costumes and lighting by Alwin Nikolais
The Joffrey Ballet of Chicago
From "The company" by Robert Altman"
You can find Alwin Nikolais' Electronic Dance Music on Amazon here.
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