National Dance Awards 2009

The National Dance Awards 2009, were organised by The Critics' Circle, and presented to recognise excellence in professional dance in the United Kingdom. The ceremony was held in the Paul Hamlyn Hall of the Royal Opera House, London, on 21 January 2010, with awards given for productions staged in the previous year.[1] The awards were sponsored by Yvonne Sherrington in memory of her husband Richard Sherrington, the founder sponsor of the Awards; HIT Entertainment; The Dancing Times; Dance Europe; Dance UK; Artsworld Presentations; The Council for Dance Education and Training and the website ballet.co.uk

Awards presented

De Valois Award for Outstanding Achievement

Patron's Award

Dance UK Industry Award

  • Marie McCluskey, Artistic Director of Swindon Dance

Dancing Times Award for Best Male Dancer

Richard Sherrington Award for Best Female Dancer

Dance Europe Award for Outstanding Company

  • Ballet Black - WINNER

Best Classical Choreography

Best Modern Choreography

PMB Presentations Award for Best Foreign Dance Company

  • Merce Cunningham Dance Company, United States of America - WINNER

Outstanding Female Performance (Classical)

  • Melissa Hamilton, of the Royal Ballet - WINNER

Outstanding Male Performance (Classical)

  • Sergei Polunin, of the Royal Ballet - WINNER

Outstanding Female Performance (Modern)

  • Amy Hollingsworth, freelance artist - WINNER

Outstanding Male Performance (Modern)

  • Robin Dingemans, a freelance artist
  • Dominic North, of New Adventures

Special awards

Two new awards for young people were given: the Angelina Ballerina Children’s Award sponsored by HIT Entertainment and the Council for Dance Education and Training award for student of the year at one of the CDETs accredited professional dance schools.

Angelina Ballerina Children's Award

  • Lucy Wood, of the Susan Robinson School of Dance

CDET Student of the Year Award

References

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