bangorballetboy Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 Nominations can be found here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 Looking at the nominees for Best Male Dancer, I get a strange feeling of déjà vu Lovely to see Francesca Hayward already getting nominated up there among some greats. Congratulations to all the nominees: from what I've seen of them, they all seem to have considerable merits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 Congratulations to all the nominees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackdove Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 Yes congratulations to all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aileen Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 (edited) What period do these awards cover? The 2013/2014 season, which varies from company to company? Sorry. I've just seen the answer to my own question! Edited November 3, 2014 by aileen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 Interesting that this year's line up includes two nominations each for: Alina Cojocaru (Best Female Dancer and Outstanding Female Performance (Classical)) Natalia Osipova (Best Female Dancer and Outstanding Female Performance (Classical)) Francesca Hayward (Outstanding Female Performance (Classical) and Emerging Artist) Jonathan Goddard (Best Male Dancer and Outstanding Male Performance (Modern)) Vadim Muntagirov (Best Male Dancer and Outstanding Male Performance (Classical)) Akram Khan (Best Modern Choreography and Outstanding Male Performance (Modern)) Hope I haven't missed anyone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 I did miss someone: Arthur Pita for both Best Classical Choreography and Best Modern Choreography. Seven double nominations has to be unusual, doesn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sim Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 Gosh, I wouldn't like to have to choose between all these wonderful nominees!! I am delighted that two of the three 'Lest We Forget' ballets from ENB are involved. I saw this programme months ago, and I am still thinking about it, especially as we get ever nearer to 11th November. I am seeing Jonathan Goddard in Dracula in a couple of weeks so am very much looking forward to that. Many congrats to all the nominees, and good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 Northern Ballet Press Release: Award nominations continue for Northern Ballet Northern Ballet is proud to have received a nomination for Outstanding Company at the 2014 National Dance Awards with additional recognition for dancer Kevin Poeung, who has been nominated for the Emerging Artist Award. The awards celebrate achievements in dance in the UK from September 2013 to August 2014. The winners will be announced at a ceremony in London on 26 January 2015 and are chosen after a vote by more than 50 dance writers and critics from theCritics’ Circle.The Leeds-based Company has been nominated for the Stef Stefanou Award for Outstanding Company at the 2014 National Dance Awards along with leading International companies English National Ballet, Mark Morris Dance Group, Stuttgart Ballet and Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch. In September 2014 Northern Ballet won the Best European Company award at the Taglioni European Ballet Awards.Coryphée dancer Kevin Poeung has been nominated for the Emerging Artist Award alongside Francesca Hayward (The Royal Ballet), Drew McOnie (choreographer, The McOnie Company), Marcelino Sambé (The Royal Ballet) and Alexander Whitley (choreographer, Alexander Whitley Dance Company). Poeung, who joined Northern Ballet from English National Ballet School in 2012, has performed various soloist roles with Northern Ballet, creating the Young Prince in Cinderella and most recently taking on the role of Renfield in Dracula where he ‘tore himself to shreds in his manic portrayal of insanity with a physical and dramatic talent promising much for the future’ (Sunday Express). Northern Ballet’s Artistic Director David Nixon OBE said: “I am thrilled that the Company and Kevin have been recognised with these nominations. Between September 2013 and August 2014 we held the world première of our new Cinderella, performed A Midsummer Night’s Dream in China and sold out the Royal Opera House’s Linbury Studio Theatre on our inaugural visit in May 2014. In addition to Cinderella, we performed A Midsummer Night’s Dream, A Christmas Carol,Cleopatra and two children’s ballets, Ugly Duckling and Three Little Pigs, in 36 theatres across the UK totalling 240 performances. Northern Ballet is committed to creating and touring innovative productions throughout the UK and reaching as many people as possible with world-class ballet.Kevin Poeung is a very unique dancer and I am not surprised that his extraordinary talent is being honoured by a nomination for Emerging Artist. He is an incredibly gifted, versatile dancer and a humble young man and I look forward to continuing to nurture his outstanding talent.”Northern Ballet specialises in creating and touring full-length narrative ballets and will hold the UK première of Jean-Christophe Maillot’s Romeo and Juliet in February 2015 followed by the world première of 1984, an adaptation of the George Orwell novel by Jonathan Watkins, in autumn 2015. For detailed information on Northern Ballet’s extensive national tour, visit northernballet.com. -ENDS- Notes to EditorsVoted Best Company at the 2014 Taglioni European Ballet Awards, Northern Ballet is one of the UK’s five large ballet companies. Based in Leeds it performs throughout the UK as well as overseas. Northern Ballet’s productions mix classical dance and theatre, embracing popular culture and taking inspiration from literature, opera, or giving a unique interpretation of popular classical ballets. Northern Ballet is the busiest touring ballet company in the UK and is typically on the road for around 32 weeks of the year. The Company of 46 dancers tours a combination of full-length new work and established repertoire to cities throughout the UK and is the only large scale ballet company to do so. The Company tours widely with its ballets for children, the first two of which were adapted for TV by CBeebies, and also performs a Mixed Programme annually showcasing the versatility of the its dancers. Visit northernballet.com for more information on the Company and tour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankH Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 Forgive this question from a newcomer, only recently taking up a serious interest in ballet. The last post refers to "UK's five large ballet companies." I believe that four of these are the RB, BRB, ENB, and Northern Ballet. What is the fifth? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aileen Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 Scottish Ballet, I assume. Btw, if you are a newcomer you may be interested to know that the company is bringing its successful Streetcar back to Sadler's Wells in the Spring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankH Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 Thanks for the information, aileen. During the RB section of World Ballet Day, Kristen McNally had mentioned the four I listed in my last post as the main ballet companies in the UK. As she clearly wasn't reading from a script, it was probably just a slip of the mind to not mention the Scottish Ballet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted November 7, 2014 Share Posted November 7, 2014 Btw, if you are a newcomer you may be interested to know that the company is bringing its successful Streetcar back to Sadler's Wells in the Spring. That's good to know. I'd be happy to have another look at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melody Posted November 7, 2014 Share Posted November 7, 2014 (edited) Erm, Diana Vishneva, Mariinksy Ballet? Best female dancer in the national awards? Did we annexe Russia sometime in the last year or two? Edited November 7, 2014 by Melody 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 It's for performances in the UK between last September and this August, I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emma-cann Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Congratulations to all nominated - but it's shame there's no mention of BRB. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Agreed Emma! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPD444 Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Natalia Osipova has just won the outstanding female performance (classical) award for Giselle. Francesca Hayward is the Emerging Artist winner Best Classical Choreography winner is Christopher Wheeldon for Winters Tale. Great day for the RB so far. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPD444 Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Grishko Award For Best Female Dancer Winner is Natalia Osipova. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Thank you for this, SPD. We look forward to hearing the rest of the results. I'll merge it with the rest of the NDA thread once you've finished Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPD444 Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 (edited) English National Ballet is the Outstanding Company. Carlos Ascosta De Valois Award For Outstanding Achievement Winner: Awards now finished. Edited January 26, 2015 by SPD444 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Wall Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 (edited) English National Ballet is the Outstanding Company. Oh, I am SO glad ENB has got this. They - the entire Company as masterminded by Rojo - so richly deserve it for their wonderful output in 2014. It was rich indeed. Edited January 26, 2015 by Bruce Wall 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 The official Press Release detailing the winners: MONDAY, 26TH JANUARY 2015 The 15th National Dance Awards The Place, London: 26th January 2015 New records were set at the Critics’ Circle National Dance Awards for 2014, which took place today in London at a ceremony hosted by Arlene Phillips CBE. The choreographer and dancer, Akram Khan MBE, became the first person to win a sixth NDA, picking up this year’s award for Best Modern Choreography for Dust, his work for English National Ballet that was part of their Lest We Forget commemoration of the centenary of the outbreak of WW1 and was subsequently featured at Glastonbury. This was Khan’s third choreographic award to add to three awards as a performer. Christopher Wheeldon became the first person to win five awards in the same category, winning the Best Classical Choreography Award for The Winter’s Tale for The Royal Ballet. He had previously won for work in 2001, 2004, 2008 and 2013. Natalia Osipova and Jonathan Goddard became the first dancers to pick up two awards at the same ceremony. Osipova won in the category of Outstanding Female Performance (Classical) for her performance in the title role as Giselle for The Royal Ballet; and Goddard won the Outstanding Male Performance (Modern) for his portrayal as Dracula for Mark Bruce Company (which won the award for Best Independent Company). Both Osipova and Goddard went on to be named as the Best Dancers of 2014. This was Goddard’s second naming as The Dancing Times Best Male Dancer (he had previously won in 2007) and it was a record-breaking fourth time as Grishko Best Female Dancer for Osipova (following her awards in 2007, 2010 and 2013). The Outstanding Company of 2014 was English National Ballet and the award was received by the company’s artistic director and principal ballerina, Tamara Rojo. The De Valois Award for Outstanding Achievement was presented by Darcey Bussell CBE to Carlos Acosta CBE in recognition of his outstanding career as a dancer and as a producer of new work. The Dance Section of the Critics’ Circle introduced a new award for 2014 to recognise Emerging Artists and this was won by the Royal Ballet soloist, Francesca Hayward, who has impressed and delighted critics over the past year in a number of new roles, notably in her performances of the Ashton repertoire. The Outstanding Male Performance (Classical) was won by Xander Parish, a dancer from Hull who left The Royal Ballet in 2010 to join the Mariinsky Ballet of St Petersburg. He won the award for his performances of George Balanchine’s Apollo during the Mariinsky’s season at the Royal Opera House in August 2014. The Outstanding Female Performance (Modern) went to Wendy Houstoun, a performer now in her 50s, for her extraordinary one-woman show, Pact with Pointlessness, inspired by the death of choreographer, Nigel Charnock. And the Dance UK Industry Award, determined by a separate panel of judges chosen by Dance UK, went to parliamentarian Frank Doran MP, who steps down at the forthcoming General Election, for his many years’ service as Secretary to the All Party Parliamentary Group for Dance. With the exception of the Dance UK award, the National Dance Awards are decided by the 60 members of the Dance Section of the Critics’ Circle after an extensive round of nominations and voting. To be eligible, performances had to be given in the UK between 1st September 2013 and 31st August 2014. The full list of winners is given below: CRITICS’ CIRCLE NATIONAL DANCE AWARDS WINNERS 2014 OUTSTANDING MALE PERFORMANCE (MODERN) Jonathan Goddard in the title role as Dracula for Mark Bruce Company OUTSTANDING FEMALE PERFORMANCE (CLASSICAL) Natalia Osipova in the title role as Giselle for The Royal Ballet BEST MODERN CHOREOGRAPHY Akram Khan for Dust by English National Ballet OUTSTANDING MALE PERFORMANCE (CLASSICAL) Xander Parish in the title role as Apollo for the Mariinsky Ballet OUTSTANDING FEMALE PERFORMANCE (MODERN) Wendy Houstoun for Pact with Pointlessness BEST CLASSICAL CHOREOGRAPHY Christopher Wheeldon for The Winter’s Tale by The Royal Ballet JANE ATTENBOROUGH DANCE UK INDUSTRY AWARD Frank Doran MP, Secretary of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Dance GRISHKO AWARD FOR EMERGING ARTIST Francesca Hayward BEST INDEPENDENT COMPANY Mark Bruce Company STEF STEFANOU AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING COMPANY English National Ballet THE DANCING TIMES AWARD FOR BEST MALE DANCER Jonathan Goddard GRISHKO AWARD FOR BEST FEMALE DANCER Natalia Osipova DE VALOIS AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT Carlos Acosta CBE Speaking at the event, Arlene Phillips CBE said: “I am thrilled to be invited to present the National Dance Awards for 2014. Dance, dancers and choreography were outstanding in every category and I would like to congratulate all nominees and the winners”. The Chairman of the Awards committee, Graham Watts OBE, said: ‘These awards are a celebration of brilliance amongst the rich diversity of dance forms we enjoy in the UK, both from home-based companies and the many touring ensembles from overseas, several of whom have been recognised in this year’s nominations. The 383 recommendations from British dance critics for companies, choreographers and performers seen in 2014 easily represented a new record, which must say something about the ever-increasing spread of excellence in dance.’ The dance section of the Critics’ Circle is delighted and honoured to thank the 2014 National Dance Awards Sponsors: Grishko, Dancing Times, Stef Stefanou, The Critics’ Circle, The Ballet Association, Lee McLernon, The Office of Architectural Culture and Dance UK for the Jane Attenborough Dance UK Industry Award. Dance UK announced that Sprizzato will sponsor the Industry Award in 2015. The next National Dance Awards are scheduled to be held in London on 25th January 2016. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Just for the record, should the Dancing Times page ever vanish, these were the nominations: 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Congratulations to all the winners. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Congratulations are due to all the winners, in what I think must have been a set of very difficult decisions, given the quality of the nominations. But perhaps particular congratulations should be given to the Mark Bruce Company for running away with 3 of the awards! It's good to see one of the small companies holding its own. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zxDaveM Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Oh, I am SO glad ENB has got this. They - the entire Company as masterminded by Rojo - so richly deserve it for their wonderful output in 2014. It was rich indeed. I don't think you're anywhere near as happy as Tamara Rojo was! She was genuinely thrilled to win. And I was glad Dust won for them and Akram Khan too - just seeing the wee clips gave me goosebumps 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Press Release from ENB: English National Ballet’s success at The Critics’ Circle National Dance Awards 2014 We are delighted to announce that English National Ballet and Akram Khan as a collaborating choreographer have won a total of two awards across two categories at the prestigious National Dance Awards 2014. Tamara Rojo, Artistic Director of English National Ballet, says; “I am absolutely thrilled with our success at this year’s National Dance Awards. It is core to my artistic vision for English National Ballet to continue to honour the classics, and create the classics of the future with productions such as Lest We Forget. Receiving these awards means so much to the entire Company, and is a testament to how hard working everyone at English National Ballet is.” English National Ballet won in the following categories: OUTSTANDING COMPANY English National Ballet BEST MODERN CHOREOGRAPHY Akram Khan’s Dust for English National Ballet 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Q Fan Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Very pleased for ENB and Francesca Hayward. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zxDaveM Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 I was at the NDA today, taking a few pics of the events. Here are a few photos: Award winners© Dave Morgan. Courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr De Valois Award winner - Carlos Acosta© Dave Morgan. Courtesy of DanceTabs / FlickrSee more...Set from DanceTabs: National Dance Awards for 2014 Courtesy of DanceTabs / Flickr 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Macmillan Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Perhaps I'm not alone in noting that one of our number was one of the Award sponsors this year? Lee, well done - you certainly put in the hours in your devotion to the art. As, I believe, does your wife. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sim Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Lee has sponsored an award for a few years now, and good on him for doing so! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sim Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Lovely to see Carlos with two of his great partners on either side of him! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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