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Hall of Fame: Keith Bain OAM
Keith spent his early years doing Scottish and ballroom dancing in Wauchope, NSW and after graduating…
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Lifetime Achievement Award: Robina Beard OAM
Robina has excelled in many different roles throughout her life as a dancer, performer, director,…
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Award for Services to Dance: Ruth Osborne
For her superlative teaching and wide-ranging services to dance for over four decades; for an outstanding…
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Services to Dance Education: Valda Craig
For her passionate advocacy for the inclusion of dance in the curriculum; for her inspiring work in…
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Outstanding Achievement in Youth or Community Dance: QL2 Dance
For the joy and vitality of the many young performers, and for the deep understanding of personal…
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Outstanding Achievement in Choreography: Rafael Bonachela
For a delicate combination of skill and vision to create an exquisitely crafted, beautifully balanced…
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Outstanding Performance by a Company: Expressions Dance Company
For the dancers’ beauty and technical excellence in telling a powerful emotional story with great…
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Outstanding Achievement in Independent Dance: Narelle Benjamin
For a well-realised, multi-layered and sophisticated piece; for her ingenious use of design elements…
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Outstanding Performance by a Female Dancer: Amy Hollingsworth
For her incredible technique, outstanding articulation, clever variation of dynamics and powerful…
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Outstanding Performance by a Male Dancer: Daniel Gaudiello
For a dashing, elegant and mature portrayal of Franz; for his youthful joie de vivre, beautiful technique,…
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Outstanding Performance in a Stage Musical: Alinta Chidzey
For her sassy and charismatic portrayal of Anita; for great singing, nimble and skilful dancing, great…
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Lifetime Achievement Award: Bill Akers AM
Bill has made an outstanding contribution to theatre and dance over the last sixty years, not only…
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Award for Services to Dance: Stephen Page
For making Indigenous dance such a vital part of our culture by telling the stories of his people…
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Services to Dance Education: Maggi Phillips
Maggi is a great teacher, an assiduous researcher and a much-loved mentor for many graduate students…
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Outstanding Achievement in Youth or Community Dance: Restless Dance Theatre
A beautifully designed, unusual and captivating piece, Bedroom Dancing uses the individual…
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Outstanding Achievement in Choreography: Meryl Tankard & Paul White
Meryl and Paul have created articulate and intricate choreography and presented it with a beautifully…
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Outstanding Performance by a Company: Bangarra Dance Theatre
The Bangarra dancers have wonderful integrity, intense dramatic power and perform together with great…
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Outstanding Achievement in Independent Dance: Sue Peacock
Questions Without Notice is at once comic, tragic and thought-provoking. Sue uses an innovative…
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Outstanding Performance by a Female Dancer: Lana Jones
With simultaneous strength and fragility, outstanding technique and wonderful charisma, Lana takes…
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Outstanding Performance by a Male Dancer: Paul White
Paul is a powerful, mesmerising and sensitive performer. This epic solo demonstrates his outstanding…
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Outstanding Performance in a Stage Musical: Caroline O’Connor
This Australian icon seems to shine brighter as she gets older. Caroline’s singing and dancing are…
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Lifetime Achievement Award: Lucette Aldous
One of our best-loved and most renowned ballerinas, Lucette has had an exceptional career spanning…
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Award for Services to Dance: Lee Christofis
Lee has shared his love of dance and his extraordinary insight with a wide audience over many decades.…
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Services to Dance Education: Jeff Meiners
Jeff is an inspired advocate, mentor and teacher. He brings vision and expertise to the sector through…
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Outstanding Achievement in Youth or Community Dance: Tracks
Struck is a perfect composition to captivate the entire community with powerful and poignant…
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Outstanding Achievement in Independent Dance: Tanja Liedtke
The extraordinarily complex and detailed choreography of construct is performed with great wit, clarity…
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Outstanding Performance by a Company: Force Majeure
The Age I’m In is a provocative and captivating theatrical experience, incorporating a…
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Outstanding Achievement in Choreography: Tanja Liedkte
With her fresh, original vocabulary and unique style of expression, Tanja has made a captivating choreography…
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Outstanding Performance by a Female Dancer: Kristina Chan
Kristina is a dancer of great precision, intuition and exceptional physical virtuosity. Her riveting…
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Outstanding Performance by a Male Dancer: Reed Luplau
Reed is an outstanding technician and in this piece we can also clearly see his versatility, confidence,…
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Outstanding Performance in a Stage Musical: Performers in Billy Elliot the Musical
Nick Twiney, Rarmian Newton, Rhys Kosakowski, Lochlan Denholm, Joshua Waiss Gates, Dayton Tavares,…
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Outstanding Achievement in Dance on Film: Chris Scherer
For incorporating visually stunning imagery, refined body movement, sharp camera work, an original…
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Lifetime Achievement Award: Paul Hammond OAM
Paul has given fifteen years of dedicated service to The Australian Ballet as an archivist, has served…
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Award for Services to Dance: Dally Messenger and Karen van Ulzen
Dally and Karen have made their mark on the Australian dance sector through one of the world’s best…
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Services to Dance Education: Helen Cameron
Dedicated to raising the standards of dance education throughout Australia, Helen is responsible for…
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Outstanding Achievement in Choreography: Garry Stewart
Garry Stewart’s choreography in Honour Bound depicts current, social and political issues…
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Outstanding Performance by a Company: Lucy Guerin Inc
Lucy’s production is a moving but unsentimental embodiment of the frustrations, exhilarations and…
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Outstanding Achievement in Independent Dance: Shaun Parker
This is a beautifully integrated ensemble piece, combining dance and live music to create a unique…
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Outstanding Performance by a Female Dancer: Lucinda Dunn
Lucinda’s dancing is brilliantly assured across the genres and she sparkles with wilfulness and…
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Outstanding Performance by a Male Dancer: Paul White
With these brilliant and charismatic performances, Paul has established himself as one of our most…
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Outstanding Performance in a Stage Musical: Hugh Jackman
Hugh’s portrayal of Peter Allen is dazzling, energetic and polished. His charisma, musicality and…
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Outstanding Achievement in Dance on Film: Sue Healey
Will Time Tell is not only superbly choreographed and directed, but beautifully filmed and…
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Lifetime Achievement Award: Graeme Murphy AM and Janet Vernon AM
For over 30 years, Graeme and Janet have had an incomparable career creating and performing innovative…
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Award for Services to Dance: Hilary Crampton
Hilary has been engaged with local and international dance practice as a writer, teacher, administrator…
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Services to Dance Education: Buzz Dance Theatre
Buzz has been igniting creative energy in children, young people and their communities for 21 years.…
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Outstanding Achievement in Choreography: Tanja Liedtke
Twelfth Floor is a mature, imaginative and confronting piece, displaying vision and inventiveness…
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Outstanding Performance by a Company: Australian Dance Theatre
Devolution is virtuosic, adventurous, risky and inventive. The dancers do a stunning job…
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Outstanding Achievement in Independent Dance: Clare Dyson
A performance of rare and complex choreographic logic and aesthetic, Churchill’s Black Dog…
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Outstanding Performance by a Female Dancer: Kristina Chan
Kristina’s powerful performance in Twelfth Floor is a mature and exquisitely measured one.…
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Outstanding Performance by a Male Dancer: Byron Perry
Byron is an outstanding performer capable of communicating deep emotions and complex ideas through…
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Outstanding Achievement in Dance on Film: Sam James and Julie-Anne Long
Nun’s Night Out is a brilliant collaboration between filmmaker, choreographer and an ensemble…
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Lifetime Achievement Award: Kathryn Lowe
Kathryn was a dynamic and influential advocate for Australian dance for many years, especially in…
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Hall of Fame: Ross Stretton
Ross began his dance training as a tap dancer in Canberra before taking up ballet at the age of seventeen.…
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Hall of Fame: Colin Peasley OAM
Colin is the longest serving member of The Australian Ballet, joining it at its foundation in 1962…
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Hall of Fame: John Lanchbery OAM
John was one of the world’s leading conductors and possibly the most prolific arranger of music…
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Outstanding Performance by a Female Dancer: Margrete Helgeby
Margrete is a dancer of exceptional technical skill, versatility and maturity. She gave a polished…
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Outstanding Performance in a Stage Musical: Josef Brown
Josef looks like he was made for this role. Not only is he a technically brilliant dancer, he is an…
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Outstanding Performance by a Male Dancer: Dein Perry
Dein has got it all—charm, strength, stamina, exuberance, sex appeal, rhythm and a brilliant tapping…
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Outstanding Performance by a Company: Force Majeure
The powerhouse dancers are pushed to their limits of emotional expression, athleticism and speed in…
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Outstanding Achievement in Independent Dance: Julie-Anne Long and Sam James
This was a unique, remarkable and entertaining collaboration amongst some outstanding artists of various…
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Services to Dance Education: Jenny Kinder
Jenny was the founding director of Australia’s first dance-in-education company, Tasdance. Over…
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Outstanding Achievement in Choreography: Graeme Murphy
Grand is a clever, unusual and compelling collaboration between musician and choreographer…
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Outstanding Achievement in Choreography: Wendy Houstoun, Narelle Benjamin, Brian Carbee, Julie-Anne Long, Michael Whaites
The choreography for In the Dark combines language and movement in a way that is direct, meaningful…
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Outstanding Achievement in Dance on Film: Gina Czarnecki and Garry Stewart
Gina and Garry combine bodies, choreography and film to make a poetic, moving digital sculpture “……
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Award for Services to Dance: Mark Gordon
As Director of the Australian Choreographic Centre, Mark has been instrumental in facilitating numerous…
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Lifetime Achievement Award: Julie Dyson AM
As the National Director of the Australian Dance Council—Ausdance Inc. since the Australia Council…
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Services to Dance Education: Michelle Saunders
Through her work with Buzz Dance Theatre, Steps Youth Dance Company and as Director of Ausdance WA,…
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Outstanding Achievement in Choreography: Frances Rings
Frances has made remarkable and mesmerising choreography about the life of an extraordinary man. Unaipon…
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Outstanding Performance by a Company: Australian Dance Theatre
Held is a brilliant collaboration between choreographer and photographer Lois Greenfield. The dancers…
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Outstanding Achievement in Independent Dance: Kate Denborough
Nowhere Man is an exquisite, imaginative and original production, filled with wonderful imagery…
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Outstanding Performance by a Female Dancer: Larissa McGowan
A great asset to the company, Larissa has a strong, athletic and flexible body that seems able to…
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Outstanding Performance by a Male Dancer: Patrick Thaiday
With quiet intensity, great physical strength and a loose-limbed easiness, Patrick is an outstanding…
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Outstanding Performance by a Male Dancer: Paul Zivkovich
Paul is not only an exceptional dancer of great athletic prowess, but he also has great artistry and…
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Outstanding Achievement in Dance on Film: Cordelia Beresford and Narelle Benjamin
Filmmaker/director, Cordelia and dancer/choreographer, Narelle collaborate to present dark psychological…
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Outstanding Performance in a Stage Musical: Chloe Dallimore
Chloe is sensational. She lights up the stage with her beauty and grace, surprises the audience with…
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Lifetime Achievement Award: Cheryl Stock
Cheryl is a passionate and dedicated dancer, choreographer, teacher and mentor. As the Artistic Director…
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Award for Services to Dance: Michelle Potter
Michelle has been a leader in the field of dance writing and criticism for many years. She has contributed…
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Services to Dance Education: Keith Bain OAM
Keith has spent most of his life teaching—first in primary schools then at Bodenweiser Dance Centre…
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Outstanding Achievement in Choreography: Graeme Murphy AM
Murphy’s fresh, dramatic and humourous take on this story is dynamic, entertaining and innovative.…
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Outstanding Performance by a Company: Sydney Dance Company
With Petronio’s challenging and new style of choreography, the Sydney Dance Company performers are…
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Outstanding Achievement in Independent Dance: Helen Herbertson and Ben Cobham
An extraordinary collaboration between two fascinating artists, Morphia Series is an all-encompassing…
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Outstanding Performance by a Female Dancer: Simone Goldsmith
Simone lights up the stage and seems to almost defy gravity. Her characterisation, the true drive…
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Outstanding Performance by a Male Dancer: Bradley Chatfield
Bradley is consummate performer and a powerfully theatrical dancer. He has a commanding presence,…
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Outstanding Achievement in Dance on Film: Sue Healey
As part of a series titled Niche, devoted to exploring choreographed bodies in a variety of spaces,…
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Outstanding Performance in a Stage Musical: Joshua Horner
Joshua is the star of the show. His performance is exhilarating—technically and theatrically polished…
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Hall of Fame: Garth Welch AM
Garth studied dance initially with Phyllis Danaher and began his stage career with the J.C. Williamson…
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Lifetime Achievement Award: Meryl Tankard
Meryl has earned International acclaim as a choreographer of great invention and emotional impact.…
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Award for Services to Dance: Ian McRae AO
Ian has served the dance and performing arts sector as an administrator, manager and cultural leader.…
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Services to Dance Education: Nanette Hassall
As founder and Artistic Director of Dance Works and then Head of Dance at Western Australian Academy…
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Outstanding Achievement in Choreography: Garry Stewart
Garry pushes the boundaries of dance with this darkly disturbing picture of a world full of inhumanity.…
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Outstanding Performance by a Company: Australian Dance Theatre
This is an inspiring and fascinating piece of work. The dancers work brilliantly with all the other…
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Outstanding Performance by a Female Dancer: Ros Hervey
Ros is powerful and theatrical performer with great intensity, integrity and maturity. Her intelligence…
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Outstanding Performance by a Male Dancer: Dean Walsh
Dean brings great artistry and maturity to his performance in this piece. He is a truly stunning dancer…
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Outstanding Performance in a Stage Musical: Todd McKenney
Todd is at the top of his form as he dances and sings his way through almost every scene. A master…
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Hall of Fame: Gertrud Bodenwieser
Gertrud Bodenwieser, dancer, teacher and choreographer, was born in Vienna and trained in classical…
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Lifetime Achievement Award: Shirley McKechnie OAM
Shirley’s influence as a pioneer and teacher of contemporary dance in Australia spreads far and…
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Award for Services to Dance: Lucette Aldous
Lucette was an internationally acclaimed ballerina with the Ballet Rambert, The Royal Ballet and The…
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Services to Dance Education: Margaret Markham
When Margaret re-established the Ann McDonald College of Dancing, as a community based, not-for-profit…
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Outstanding Achievement in Choreography: Graeme Murphy AM
Tivoli is Graeme’s homage to the era of variety theatre and this piece bombards the senses…
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Outstanding Performance by a Company: The Australian Ballet and Sydney Dance Company
Australia’s two leading dance companies relish in the variety of dance styles that this piece…