The shortlist of nominees for this year’s awards are:
Services to Dance
Jeff Busby
Lee Pemberton
Ashley de Prazer
Lucinda Sharp
Services to Dance Education
Shaaron Boughen
Sarah Calver
Adele Hyland
Janet Karin OAM
Outstanding Achievement in Youth or Community Dance
Annette Carmichael & Ausdance WA for
Future Landings
Shaun Parker & Company for The Yard
Steps Youth Dance Company for Compact
Dance
Stompin for I Love Cars
Outstanding Achievement in Choreography
Barry Moreland & Daryl Brandwood for
HELIX
Gideon Obarzanek for Connected [Chunky
Move]
Stephen Page for ID [Bangarra Dance
Theatre]
Natalie Weir for R&J [Expressions
Dance Company]
Outstanding Performance by a Company
Australian Dance Theatre for Be Your
Self
Bangarra Dance Theatre for Belong
Chunky Move & Victorian Opera for
Assembly
Sydney Dance Company for The Land of Yes
& and The Land of No
Outstanding Achievement in Independent
Dance
Lisa Griffiths & Craig Bary for Side
to One
Antony Hamilton Projects for Drift
Barry Moreland & Daryl Brandwood for
HELIX
Vicki Van Hout for Briwyant
Outstanding Performance by a Female
Dancer
Robyn Hendricks for After the Rain [The
Australian Ballet]
Elise May for R&J [Expressions Dance
Company]
Gabrielle Nankivell for I left my shoes
on warm concrete and stood in the rain
Rachel Rawlins for Madame Butterfly [The
Australian Ballet]
Outstanding Performance by a Male Dancer
Daryl Brandwood for HELIX
Richard Causer for Wilhelm's Scream [Expressions
Dance Company]
Patrick Thaiday for Belong [Bangarra
Dance Theatre]
Kimball Wong for Be Your Self
[Australian Dance Theatre]
Outstanding Achievement in Dance on Film
Sue Healey for Alma & Ena
Bryan Mason & Sophie Hyde for Life
in Movement
Garry Stewart for Collision Course
The Awards are being held for the first time in Perth this year. on Saturday September 1 at the Heath Ledger Theatre. The ceremony will include guest performances Daryl Brandwood’s acclaimed Helix, Danielle Micich’s Shiver, and an excerpt from Try Hard, performed by 30 dancers from STEPS Youth Dance Company. In addition, Ako Kondo and Chengwu Guo, from the Australian Ballet, will perform the Don Quixote pas de deux.
In addition, a dance festival has been organised around the event. See the Aug/Sep issue of Dance Australia for more details.