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National Dance Awards 2009

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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

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De Valois Award for Outstanding Achievement

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Patron's Award

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Dance UK Industry Award

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  • Marie McCluskey, Artistic Director of Swindon Dance

Dancing Times Award for Best Male Dancer

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Richard Sherrington Award for Best Female Dancer

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Dance Europe Award for Outstanding Company

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  • Ballet Black - WINNER

Best Classical Choreography

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Best Modern Choreography

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PMB Presentations Award for Best Foreign Dance Company

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Outstanding Female Performance (Classical)

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Outstanding Male Performance (Classical)

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Outstanding Female Performance (Modern)

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  • Amy Hollingsworth, freelance artist - WINNER

Outstanding Male Performance (Modern)

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Special awards

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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

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  • Lucy Wood, of the Susan Robinson School of Dance

CDET Student of the Year Award

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References

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  1. ^ "DANCE".