New Year Honours for 2021

[Jan McNulty]

I'm just glancing through the full list and so far have only found:

 

OBE:  

Dr Stuart Gary Hopps, choreographer.  For services to dance

Robert Lockyar-Nibbs (Bob Lockyer).  For services to dance and broadcasting

 

MBE:

David Andrew Hamilton, founder Phoenix Dance Theatre.  For services to dance

Andrew John Hurst, CE OneDance UK.  For services to dance, particularly during the Covid-19 response

Greta Mendez.  For services to dance

Chitra Sundaram.  For services to the South Asian dance sector

Sharon Watson DL, CEO & Principal Northern School of Contemporary Dance & ex-AD Phoenix.  For services to dance

 

BEM:

Aakash Odedra, founder Aakash Odedra Company.  For services to dance and to the community in Leicester

 

Full list:  https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/948421/New_Year_Honours_List_2021.pdf

 

 

Congratulations to all the awardees.

 

(Please let me know if I've missed anyone out).

[alison]

That's quite a lot of "onlys", Jan    Congratulations to all the awardees - and to any family members on here too.  I'm particularly pleased to see Bob Lockyer getting something.

[Naomi M]

Pietra Mello Pittman (former Royal Ballet) has awarded MBE  (Co-founder, Sisters Grimm.)

For services to International Trade and to the Creative Industry.

Also on her Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/p/CJdwuabA8du/ 

[capybara]

I’ve looked up Sisters Grimm and it’s a series of books by Michael Buckley. ?????

[Jan McNulty]

Sisters Grimm:  https://sisters-grimm.co.uk/about/

[capybara]

13 minutes ago, Jan McNulty said:

Sisters Grimm:  https://sisters-grimm.co.uk/about/

Thank you. I googled without using the essential hyphen! I have to admit that I’ve never heard of them and that none of their ventures has crossed my radar. Sounds interesting, though, and they now appear to be based in Dubai.

Another amazing example of what dancers achieve in their second careers.