Modeleine M. Nichols.Not all the stars of dance can be found onstage. Modeleine M. Nichols' star shone over the Dance Division of the New York Public Library New York Public Library, free library supported by private endowments and gifts and by the city and state of New York. It is the one of largest libraries in the world. for the Performing Arts for 25 years. From 1969-1977 Nichols headed the Jerome Robbins Noun 1. Jerome Robbins - United States choreographer who brought human emotion to classical ballet and spirited reality to Broadway musicals (1918-1998) Robbins Film Archive, and from 1988-2005 she served as the dance division's curator. Nichols, who raises merino sheep Merino sheep (mərē`nō), breed intermediate in body size having fine wool, developed in Spain. These sheep are noted for their hardiness and their herding instincts and have been used as parents of several other breeds, notably the at her home outside New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , shepherded the expansion of the library's holdings, acquiring the collections of Nureyev, Kirstein, and Robbins. Whether attending to her flock, her catalogues-which became digital under her guidance--or to the library's staff and visitors, said dance historian Lynn Garafola, "Madeleine maintained harmony."--Rachel Straus |
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