Services to Dance
- Ben Cobham
- Nicolette Fraillon AM
- Jennifer Irwin
- Philip Piggin
Services to Dance Education
- Sally Chance
- Lesley Graham
- Katrina Rank
- Kim Walker
Outstanding Achievement in Community Dance
- Sprung Integrated Dance Company Encounters
- Country Arts SA & Larissa McGowan DanceXtend Jungle Gym
- Liz Lea & Collaborators Great Sport!
- Tracks Dance Company Landed
Outstanding Achievement in Youth Dance
- Catapult Dance, The Flipside Project In Search of the Lost Things
- QL2 Dance Connected
- Slide Dance Secrets
- Tracks Dance Company Milpirri (Kurdiji)
Outstanding Achievement in Choreography
- Lucy Guerin The Dark Chorus (Lucy Guerin Inc)
- Kyle Page & Amber Haines Rainbow Vomit (Dancenorth)
- Anouk van Dijk Rule of Thirds (Chunky Move)
- Natalie Weir We Who Are Left (Queensland Ballet)
Outstanding Performance by a Company
- The Australian Ballet Nijinsky
- Bangarra Dance Theatre Our Land People Stories
- Queensland Ballet Strictly Gershwin
- Sydney Dance Company Untamed
Outstanding Achievement in Independent Dance
- Australian Dance Artists Seven Impossible Pieces for Four Dancers
- Praxis Dark Matter
- Dance Makers Collective DADS
- Liesel Zink The Stance
Outstanding Performance by a Female Dancer
- Natalie Allen Decadance Perth 2016 (STRUT Dance)
- Amber Haines Syncing Feeling (Dancenorth)
- Ako Kondo Coppélia (The Australian Ballet)
- Clare Morehen Lest We Forget (Queensland Ballet)
Outstanding Performance by a Male Dancer
- Richard Causer Black (Expressions Dance Company)
- Benjamin Hancock The Dark Chorus (Lucy Guerin Inc)
- Kevin Jackson Nijinsky (The Australian Ballet)
- James Vu Anh Pham Rule of Thirds (Chunky Move)
Outstanding Achievement in Dance on Film or New Media
- Juliet Burnett, Nicholas Robert Thayer & Gabrielle Adamidis Letting Blood
- Lucy Doherty Mandala (One Dance Collective)
- Sally Wicks & Dan Crestani Empathy is the Devil (Sumi Productions)
- The Samaya Wives The Knowledge Between Us
Outstanding Achievement in Commercial Dance, Musicals or Physical Theatre
- The Dream Dance Company The Secret Society
- Jack Chambers Singin’ in the Rain (TEG Dainty, Lunchbox Theatrical Productions, David Atkins Enterprises & Michael Cassel Group)
- Company 2 Scotch & Soda
- Sarah Boutler Dance Academy (ABC TV)