American visitors lead the way in the National Dance Awards 2023
The visits of Tiler Peck and Friends and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater garner both two awards, with the De Valois lifetime award going to Ian Webb.
The visits of Tiler Peck and Friends and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater garner both two awards, with the De Valois lifetime award going to Ian Webb.
In what is the best year yet for diversity, the nominations are spread across a record 29 separate companies
Classical ballet dominates even more than usual, although this is likely a consequence of the unique circumstances of the year.
The Royal Ballet tops the list with a total of 17 nominations, followed by English National Ballet and New Adventures (7 apiece)
Würtz is the first contemporary dancer to win Best Female Dancer. Elsewhere, Cathy Marston’s The Cellist picked up three prizes
Drawn from a remarkable 456 artists and companies suggested
Wins too for Akram Khan, Crystal Pite, Cloud Gate Dance Theatre, Ballet Black and The Royal Ballet
Celebrating dance in the UK in 2016-17
The 43 individuals nominated originate from 21 countries
All the winners from the 2016 National Dance Awards
The nominations for the 17th National Dance Awards (covering the period September 2015-August 2016) are out. Organised by the Dance Section of the Critics Circle, the body of professional dance critics in the UK, they again celebrate the vigour and diversity of Britain’s thriving dance culture. Having said that, ballet featured particularly strongly this year … Read more