Madeleine Nichols - Curator, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
Madeleine Nichols is curator of the Dance Division, The New York Public Library
for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center, a position she has held since 1988.
She is also an attorney, and is active in professional organizations in both
the library and law fields. She presently serves on the Editorial Board of
the Society for Dance History Scholars, the board of directors of the National
Museum of Dance, and the National Advisory Board of the Atlantic Center for
the Arts. She has served as Chair of the Arts Section for the Association
of College and Research Libraries of the American Library Association, member
of the Dance Panel of the New York State Council on the Arts and member of
the National Leadership Group for the UCLA Dance/Media Project.
Ms. Nichols is a founding member of the Dance Heritage Coalition, dedicated
to the development and exchange of information and materials related to the
history, documentation, and preservation of dance. She has curated exhibitions
on Bronislava Nijinska, American Ballet Theatre, George Balanchine, and Isamu
Noguchi, among others.
