The nominees for the 2014 Australian Dance Awards (ADAs) have been revealed. The presentation of the ADAs will take place on November 9 at the Sydney Opera House, in a ceremony which will include guest performances as well as the presentation of awards.
The ADAs recognise and honour dance artists, educators and administrators and feature 11 categories of achievement.
The ADAs have been running in their current format since 1997. In recent years the Awards toured Australia, being held in Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Canberra. 2014 sees their return to where it began, the Sydney Opera House, produced by Ausdance NSW.
The nominees are:
SERVICES TO DANCE
Catherine Baldwin (CEO & Consultant)
Jeff Busby (Photographer)
Nicolette Fraillon (Music Director & Chief Conductor, The Australian Ballet)
Annie Greig (Artistic Director, Tasdance)
SERVICES TO DANCE EDUCATION
Janet Karin OAM (Kinetic Educator, The Australian Ballet School; President, IADMS)
Tanya Pearson OAM (Founder, Tanya Pearson Classical Coaching Academy)
Katrina Rank (Dance researcher, education specialist & community dance leader)
Diana Reyes (Spanish dance teacher and educator)
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN YOUTH OR COMMUNITY DANCE
Buzz Dance Theatre for Look the Other Way, WA
QL2 Dance for Hit the Floor Together, ACT
STEPS Youth Dance Company & STRUT Dance for Trois Generations, WA
Tracks Dance Company for Zombies in the Banyan Tree, NT
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN CHOREOGRAPHY
Rafael Bonachela for Emergence (Sydney Dance Company), NSW
Stephanie Lake for Aorta (Chunky Move), VIC
Leigh Warren for Not According to Plan (Leigh Warren Dance), SA
Natalie Weir for When Time Stops (Expressions Dance Company), QLD
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A COMPANY
The Australian Ballet, for Cinderella, VIC
Chunky Move for Aorta, VIC
Dancenorth & Opera Queensland for Abandon, QLD
Sydney Dance Company for De Novo, NSW
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN INDEPENDENT DANCE
Nat Cursio for Blizzard, VIC
Larissa McGowan for Skeleton, SA
Dalisa Pigram for Gudirr Gudirr, WA
Aimee Smith for Wintering, WA
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT BY A FEMALE DANCER
Deborah Brown for Brolga (Bangarra Dance Theatre), NSW
Kate Denborough for Flesh & Bone (KAGE), VIC
Leanne Stojmenov for Cinderella (The Australian Ballet), VIC
Rachael Walsh for Giselle [Queensland Ballet], QLD
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE DANCER
Waangenga Blanco for Blak (Bangarra Dance Theatre), NSW
Daniel Gaudiello for Cinderella (The Australian Ballet), VIC
James Pham for Aorta (Chunky Move), VIC
Jack Ziesing for When Time Stops (Expressions Dance Company), QLD
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN COMMERCIAL DANCE OR MUSICAL THEATRE
David Atkins Enterprises for Hot Shoe Shuffle
Timothy Brown for Salon
Rohan Browne for Singin’ in the Rain
Red Hot Rhythm for Rhythm Junkies
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN DANCE ON FILM/NEW MEDIA
The Australian Ballet for Behind Ballet, VIC
Rochelle Carmichael for Plucked, VIC
Sue Healey for On View, NSW
Karen Pearlman & Richard James Allen for ‘...the dancer from the dance' [Physical TV Company], NSW
The winners of the Lifetime Achievement and Hall of Fame will be announced shortly – stay tuned!
See our interview with Kimball Wong, the winner of the 2013 the Most Outstanding Performance by a Male Dancer) and 2014 nominee Leanne Stojmenov in the forthcoming Oct/Nov issue of Dance Australia.
For more information about the Australian Dance Awards, including booking info, head to www.australiandanceawards.net.au