Alwin Nikolais Dance Company
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The Alwin Nikolais Dance Company is a pioneering American modern dance troupe renowned for its innovative multimedia productions that integrate abstract movement with inventive lighting, costumes, and sound.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nikolais Dance Theatre | 2 |
| Alwin Nikolais Dance Company canonical | 1 |
| Nikolais/Louis Dance Lab | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9434245 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alwin Nikolais Dance Company Context triple: [Murray Louis, memberOf, Alwin Nikolais Dance Company]
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Martha Graham Dance Company
The Martha Graham Dance Company is a pioneering American modern dance troupe renowned for advancing Martha Graham’s revolutionary movement technique and emotionally expressive choreography.
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Judson Dance Theater
Judson Dance Theater was a pioneering 1960s collective of choreographers, dancers, and artists in New York City that radically redefined modern dance through experimental, interdisciplinary, and democratic approaches to movement.
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C.
Merce Cunningham Dance Company
Merce Cunningham Dance Company was an influential American modern dance troupe renowned for its innovative choreography, experimental use of music and chance procedures, and collaborations with leading contemporary artists.
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D.
Katherine Dunham Dance Company
The Katherine Dunham Dance Company was a pioneering American modern dance troupe renowned for integrating African and Caribbean dance forms with contemporary choreography and for advancing Black representation in the performing arts.
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E.
Ruth Page Civic Ballet
Ruth Page Civic Ballet is a Chicago-based ballet company and training institution founded by choreographer Ruth Page, known for its innovative productions and development of professional dancers.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alwin Nikolais Dance Company Target entity description: The Alwin Nikolais Dance Company is a pioneering American modern dance troupe renowned for its innovative multimedia productions that integrate abstract movement with inventive lighting, costumes, and sound.
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A.
Martha Graham Dance Company
The Martha Graham Dance Company is a pioneering American modern dance troupe renowned for advancing Martha Graham’s revolutionary movement technique and emotionally expressive choreography.
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B.
Judson Dance Theater
Judson Dance Theater was a pioneering 1960s collective of choreographers, dancers, and artists in New York City that radically redefined modern dance through experimental, interdisciplinary, and democratic approaches to movement.
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C.
Merce Cunningham Dance Company
Merce Cunningham Dance Company was an influential American modern dance troupe renowned for its innovative choreography, experimental use of music and chance procedures, and collaborations with leading contemporary artists.
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D.
Katherine Dunham Dance Company
The Katherine Dunham Dance Company was a pioneering American modern dance troupe renowned for integrating African and Caribbean dance forms with contemporary choreography and for advancing Black representation in the performing arts.
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E.
Ruth Page Civic Ballet
Ruth Page Civic Ballet is a Chicago-based ballet company and training institution founded by choreographer Ruth Page, known for its innovative productions and development of professional dancers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dance troupe
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modern dance company ⓘ performing arts organization ⓘ |
| artisticFocus |
abstraction rather than narrative
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depersonalization of the dancer’s body ⓘ exploration of space, time, and motion ⓘ |
| artisticStyle |
abstract movement
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use of electronic sound scores ⓘ use of inventive costumes ⓘ use of inventive lighting ⓘ |
| basedIn | New York City ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| field |
contemporary dance
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multimedia performance art ⓘ |
| founder | Alwin Nikolais ⓘ |
| genre | modern dance ⓘ |
| hasChoreographicApproach | integration of movement, light, sound, and costume into a single theatrical entity ⓘ |
| influenced |
contemporary multimedia dance
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postmodern choreographers ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Alwin Nikolais’s theories of decentralizing the dancer’s body ⓘ |
| language | nonverbal performance ⓘ |
| movement | postmodern dance ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Alwin Nikolais ⓘ |
| notableFor |
innovative multimedia productions
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integration of abstract movement with lighting, costumes, and sound ⓘ |
| performanceMedium |
multimedia environments
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stage ⓘ |
| uses |
lighting design as a primary choreographic element
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projection design ⓘ sound design as an integral component of choreography ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Alwin Nikolais Dance Company Description of subject: The Alwin Nikolais Dance Company is a pioneering American modern dance troupe renowned for its innovative multimedia productions that integrate abstract movement with inventive lighting, costumes, and sound.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Alwin Nikolais Dance Company
linked to: Alwin Nikolais Dance Company
linked to: Alwin Nikolais Dance Company