Nominees Announced for the 2017 Australian Dance Awards
Gala 24th September in Melbourne
A special congratulations to our DanceLife friends Marko Panzic, Lucy Doherty, Sarah Boulter, and Jack Chambers.
A long list of nominations have been announced by AusDance Australia in recognition of outstanding achievements in professional dance. A Selection Panel will announce a short list for each category in July, with winners announced at the 2017 Australian Dance Awards in Melbourne on Sunday 24 September.
Nominations in selected categories are listed here. For a full list of all nominations across all categories visit australiandanceawards.net.au
Outstanding Achievement in Youth Dance
- 2nd Toe Dance Collective for Alice Can Dance
- Ann Roberts School of Dance for Miss Roberts Dream
- Ballet Theatre of Queensland for Aladdin
- Catapult Dance, The Flipside Project for Pushing Boundaries
- Catapult Dance, The Flipside Project for In Search of the Lost Things
- Co3 Youth Ensemble for Our City, Our Stories
- DRILL for Destructive Feedback
- DRILL for Trash This Place
- Origins Dance Company for Fibonacci
- QL2 Dance for Connected
- Restless Dance Theatre & The Audreys for In The Balance
- Slide Dance for Secrets
- Stompin for Face Value: Convergence
- Tracks Dance Company for Milpirri (Kurdiji)
- Yellow Wheel for Quark
Outstanding Achievement in Choreography
- Rafael Bonachela for Anima [Sydney Dance Company]
- Brendan Bradshaw for Dracula [Melbourne City Ballet]
- Kristina Chan for A Faint Existence [Force Majeure]
- Craig Davidson for Ambiguous Content [West Australian Ballet]
- Lucy Guerin for The Dark Chorus [Lucy Guerin Inc]
- Lucas Jervies for Little Red Riding Hood [Queensland Ballet]
- Stephanie Lake for Double Blind [Stephanie Lake Company]
- Melanie Lane for Re-make [Chunky Move]
- Jack Lister for Rational/Animal [Queensland Ballet]
- Jo Lloyd for Mermermer [Chunky Move]
- Larissa McGowan for Mortal Condition
- Danielle Micich for Off The Record [Force Majeure]
- Kyle Page & Amber Haines for Rainbow Vomit [Dancenorth]
- Andre Santos for In Black [West Australian Ballet]
- Garry Stewart for Objekt [Australian Dance Theatre]
- Anouk van Dijk for Lucid [Chunky Move]
- Anouk van Dijk for Rule of Thirds [Chunky Move]
- Natalie Weir for We Who Are Left [Queensland Ballet]
Outstanding Performance by a Company
- The Australian Ballet for Nijinsky
- Australian Dance Theatre for Habitus
- Bangarra Dance Theatre for Our Land People Stories
- Chunky Move for Re-Make
- Chunky Move for Lucid
- Co3 for re:Loaded
- Dancenorth for Rainbow Vomit
- Dancenorth for If__Was__
- Expressions Dance Company for Black
- Force Majeure for Off The Record
- Lucy Guerin Inc for The Dark Chorus
- Queensland Ballet for Strictly Gershwin
- Queensland Ballet for A Midsummer Night’s dream
- Sydney Dance Company for Untamed
- West Australian Ballet for The Nutcracker
Outstanding Performance by a Female Dancer
- Natalie Allen for Decadance Perth 2016 [STRUT Dance]
- Michelle Barnet for When Time Stops [Expressions Dance Company]
- Juliet Burnett for Re-Make [Chunky Move]
- Juliette Barton for Lux Tenebris [Sydney Dance Company]
- Jana Castillo for Off The Record [Force Majeure]
- Kristina Chan for A Faint Existence [Force Majeure]
- Janessa Dufty for Lux Tenebris [Sydney Dance Company]
- Zoë Dunwoodie for Habitus [Australian Dance Theatre]
- Amber Haines for Spectra [Dancenorth]
- Amy Harris for Nijinsky [The Australian Ballet]
- Sarah Hepburn for The Nutcracker [West Australian Ballet]
- Lina Kim for Cinderella [Queensland Ballet]
- Ako Kondo for Coppélia [The Australian Ballet]
- Stephanie Lake for The Dark Chorus [Lucy Guerin Inc]
- Lauren Langlois for Lucid [Chunky Move]
- Talitha Lee Maslin for The Cry [Co3]
- Elise May for When Time Stops [Expressions Dance Company]
- Larissa McGowan for Mortal Condition
- Ashley McLellan for If___ was ___ [Dancenorth]
- Pepa Molina for Bush Bailando [Pepa Molina Dance Company]
- Clare Morehen for Lest We Forget [Queensland Ballet]
- Meg Parry for Romeo and Juliet [West Australian Ballet]
- Yanela Pinera for Strictly Gershwin [Queensland Ballet]
- Tara Jade Samaya for Rule of Thirds [Chunky Move]
- Taree Sansbury for [Mis]conceive [Thomas ES Kelly]
- Jesse Scales for Untamed [Sydney Dance Company]
- Lilian Steiner for The Dark Chorus [Lucy Guerin Inc]
- Leanne Stojmenov for Nijinsky [The Australian Ballet]
- Rachael Walsh for Strictly Gershwin [Queensland Ballet]
- Brooke Widdison-Jacobs for Radio & Juliet [West Australian Ballet]
Outstanding Performance by a Male Dancer
- Joshua Arkey for La Choreografia [Danza Del Arte]
- Vito Bernasconi for Lest We Forget – Tico Tico [Queensland Ballet]
- Thomas Bradley for Mortal Condition [Larissa McGowan]
- Richard Causer for Black [Expressions Dance Company]
- Benjamin Chapman for When Time Stops [Expressions Dance Company]
- Richard Cilli for Lux Tenebris [Sydney Dance Company]
- Nelson Earl for Lux Tenebris [Sydney Dance Company]
- Chengwu Guo for Vitesse [The Australian Ballet]
- Benjamin Hancock for The Dark Chorus [Lucy Guerin Inc]
- Mitchell Harvey for The Cry [Co3]
- Rudy Hawkes for Little Atlas [The Australian Ballet]
- Alexander Idasak for The Nutcracker [Queensland Ballet]
- Kevin Jackson for Nijinsky [The Australian Ballet]
- Kris Kerr for Strictly Gershwin [Queensland Ballet]
- Bernhard Knauer for Wildebeest [Sydney Dance Company]
- Matthew Lehmann for The Nutcracker [West Australian Ballet]
- Gakuro Matsui for The Nutcracker [West Australian Ballet]
- Josh Mu for Spectra [Dancenorth]
- James Vu Anh Pham for Rule of Thirds [Chunky Move]
- Matte Roffe for Habitus [Australian Dance Theatre]
- Andre Santos for The Nutcracker [West Australian Ballet]
- Andre Santos for Romeo and Juliet [Western Australian Ballet]
- Russell Thorpe for re:Loaded 2016 [Co3]
- Joel Woellner for A Midsummer Night’s Dream [Queensland Ballet]
- Shane Wuerthner for Strictly Gershwin [Queensland Ballet]
- Jack Ziesing for Decadance Perth 2016 [STRUT Dance]
Outstanding Achievement in Dance on Film or New Media
- Stephen Agisilaou for New York City [Vertical Shadows Dance Company]
- Richard James Allen for Spotlight [The Physical TV Company]
- Juliet Burnett for Letting Blood
- Lucy Doherty for Mandala [One Dance Collective]
- Jonathan Homsey for Shujin
- Tara & Pippa Samaya for The Samaya Wives
- Sally Wicks & Dan Crestani for Empathy is the Devil [Sumi Productions]
Outstanding Achievement in Commercial Dance, Musicals or Physical Theatre
- Marko Panzic for The Secret Society [The Dream Dance Company]
- Jack Chambers for Singin’ in the Rain Stage Entertainment and Chichester Festival
- Christopher Horsey for Swing on This
- Company 2 for Scotch & Soda
- Sarah Boutler for Dance Academy ABC TV
