Correction to Critics' Survey
In the 2011 Critics Survey, in the Feb/Mar 2012 issue of Dance Australia, Adelaide critic Alan Brissenden’s nominations became scrambled in the lay-out process.
Here is the correct version of his nominations:
Highlight of the year
The Australian Ballet’s revival of
Wheeldon’s After the Rain
Most significant dance event
The premiere of Closer Productions’ film
about Tanja Liedtke, Life in Movement, and its subsequent awards.
Most interesting Australian group or
artist
Restless Dance Theatre (Adelaide)
Most interesting overseas group or
artist
Paco Peña and his flamenco company
Most outstanding choreography
Jiri Kylián’s Dream Time (1983), revived
by Leigh Warren and Dancers
Best new work
Breathe, choreography Gina Rings, music
William Barton, for Leigh Warren and Dancers at Womadelaide.
Most outstanding dancer
Rachel Rawlins and Robert Curran in
Madam Butterfly (Australian Ballet);
Lisa Griffiths and Adam Synott in Dream
Time (Leigh Warren and Dancers)
Dancer to watch
Ade Suharto (independent artist, Adelaide, in her own In
Lieu for the OzAsia Festival);
Chengwu Goh (Australian Ballet);
Tara Soh (Australian Dance Theatre).
Lowlight
Leigh Warren and Dancers’ inexplicable
loss of Australia Council Key Organization funding, when the company is in a
sound state, had an exceptionally good 2011 and invitations overseas and
interstate for 2012.
