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Posted on November 3, 2014
Nominations for the 15th National Dance Awards have been announced. The dance section of the Critics’ Circle, a group of more than 50 dance writers and critics, votes on the awards.
The awards celebrate dance in the UK over the period September 1, 2013 to August 31, 2014. Announcing the nominations, Graham Watts, chairman of the dance section, said: “These shortlisted nominees come from a long-list of almost 400 dancers, choreographers and companies, and so the final shortlist already represents the elite of the last year.”
This year, a new Emerging Artist category was launched, with more than 40 artists nominated for this award. The final awards will also include the De Valois Award for Outstanding Achievement and the Dance UK Industry Award, given in memory of Jane Attenborough. There are no advance nominations for these two awards.
All winners will be announced at a ceremony on January 26, January 2015.
Nominations
DANCING TIMES AWARD FOR BEST MALE DANCER
Jonathan Goddard, Mark Bruce Company, New Movement Collective and HeadSpaceDance
Vadim Muntagirov, English National Ballet and The Royal Ballet
Steven McRae, The Royal Ballet
Edward Watson, The Royal Ballet
GRISHKO AWARD FOR BEST FEMALE DANCER
Alina Cojocaru, English National Ballet
Marianela Nuñez, The Royal Ballet
Natalia Osipova, The Royal Ballet
Diana Vishneva, Maryinsky Ballet
STEF STEFANOU AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING COMPANY
English National Ballet
Mark Morris Dance Group
Northern Ballet
Stuttgart Ballet
Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch
BEST INDEPENDENT COMPANY
Ballet Black
HeadSpaceDance
Mark Bruce Company
New Movement Collective
BEST CLASSICAL CHOREOGRAPHY
David Dawson, The Human Seasons for The Royal Ballet
Arthur Pita, A Dream Within A Midsummer Night’s Dream for Ballet Black
Liam Scarlett, No Man’s Land for English National Ballet
Christopher Wheeldon, The Winter’s Tale for The Royal Ballet
BEST MODERN CHOREOGRAPHY
Richard Alston, The Britten Bill – Hölderlin Fragments/Illuminations/Barbican Britten: Phaedra for Richard Alston Dance Company
Mark Bruce, Dracula for Mark Bruce Company
Akram Khan, Dust for English National Ballet
Arthur Pita, Facada in Solo for Two for Ardani Artists
Crystal Pite, The Tempest Replica for Kidd Pivot
EMERGING ARTIST AWARD
Francesca Hayward, dancer, The Royal Ballet
Drew McOnie, choreographer, The McOnie Company
Kevin Poeung, dancer, Northern Ballet
Marcelino Sambé, dancer, The Royal Ballet
Alexander Whitley, choreographer, Alexander Whitley Dance Company
OUTSTANDING FEMALE PERFORMANCE (CLASSICAL)
Alina Cojocaru as Medora in Le Corsaire for English National Ballet
Francesca HAYWARD in Rhapsody for The Royal Ballet
Natalia Osipova in the title role of Giselle for The Royal Ballet
Kristina Shapran as Terpsichore in Apollo for the Maryinsky Ballet
OUTSTANDING MALE PERFORMANCE (CLASSICAL)
Yonah Acosta as Conrad in Le Corsaire for English National Ballet
Alexander Jones as Petruchio in The Taming of the Shrew for Stuttgart Ballet
Vadim Muntagirov as Conrad in Le Corsaire for English National Ballet
Xander Parish in the title role of Apollo for the Maryinsky Ballet
OUTSTANDING FEMALE PERFORMANCE (MODERN)
Fang-Yi Sheu in PresentPast and Two x Two at Sadler’s Wells
Wendy Houstoun in Pact with Pointlessness
Carys Staton in Still Current for Russell Maliphant Company
Clemmie Sveass in If Play is Play for HeadSpaceDance
OUTSTANDING MALE PERFORMANCE (MODERN)
Miguel Altunaga in Rooster for Rambert
Jonathan Goddard in the title role of Dracula for Mark Bruce Company
Akram Khan in Dust for English National Ballet
Liam Riddick in Illuminations for Richard Alston Dance Company