NAME: Nolfi, Edward J.

BIRTH DATE/LOCATION:
not known

DEATH DATE/LOCATION:
9 August 1992

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    IDENTIFICATION AND BIO:
    After graduating from Rutgers University, Edward J. Nolfi worked as a Broadway dancer, appearing in Cabaret, Zorba, Applause, and Woman of the Year. According to a paid obituary in the New York Times he had been a choreographer for regional theaters, but details of Nolfi’s choreographic career remain unknown. Nolfi died of AIDS-related causes.

    KEY CONTACT PERSON(S)/EXECUTOR OF ESTATE:
    An obituary indicates that Nolfi was survived by his parents, Adam and Martha of Bergenfield, New Jersey, and a sister, Debbie Wallum. The survivors are not trackable via Internet search engines.

    HUMAN REPOSITORIES OF THE WORK
    (name and contact info, relationship to the artist and the work, assessment):
    None identified.

    VIDEO DOCUMENTATION
    (location, format, condition, assessment):
    None identified.

    PHOTOGRAPHIC DOCUMENTATION
    (location, format, condition, assessment):
    None identified.

    MOVEMENT NOTATION
    (location, type [including notes taken by dancers], assessment):
    None identified.

    PRODUCTION MATERIALS
    (scores, sound recordings, set/costume designs):
    None identified.

    ORAL HISTORY:
    None identified.

    PERSONAL PAPERS
    (location of newspaper clippings, printed programs, press releases, notes, files, diaries; assessment):
    Nolfi is referenced in the "Bells Are Ringing" clippings file at the Dance Collection of the New York Public Library, call number MGZR.

    IMMEDIATE NEEDS
    (archival assistance? storage? other?):
    Search for executor and survivors.

    OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION:
    There are no choreographic entries for Nolfi in the Dance Collection of the New York Public Library.

    PARTIAL LIST OF OVERVIEW OF WORKS
    (title, premiere date, music, production notes, performers):
    Not available.

    BIBLIOGRAPHY:

    • New York Times. 1992. "Obituary: Edward J. Nolfi" [paid obituary] (10 August).
         		 
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