As choreographer Alwin Nikolais traveled through life, debris and ideas stuck to him like a dancing bear drenched in honey. He would pick off the best fragments and shape them into what he called total dance theater. He would roar musically, creating his own funky, jazzy electronic music scores.
….The Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company will present a multimedia dance concert of Nikolais’ works at 8 p.m. Friday in the Wisconsin Union Theater.
….It is also a celebration of the pioneering UW-Madison dance program’s 80th anniversary. The UW’s connection to Nikolais has several important threads.