London, UK. 19.02.2018. The Critics’ Circle National Dance Awards 2017 took place at the Barbican & presented by Dane Hurst and Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, 19 Feb 2018. Photo - © Foteini Christofilopoulou.
Emerging Artist Award (Sponsored by L & M Trust)
Harry Alexander – dancer, Michael Clark Company/Julie Cunningham & Company
Vincenzo Lamagna – composer, Akram Khan’s Giselle, English National Ballet
Dickson Mbi – dancer, Boy Blue Entertainment/Russell Maliphant Company
Botis Seva – choreography for Far From the Norm and Scottish Dance Theatre
Francesca Velicu – first artist, English National Ballet
Dansez Award for Best Independent Company
Avant Garde Dance
Ballet Cymru
HeadSpaceDance
Rosie Kay Dance Company
Vincent Dance Theatre
The One Dance UK Industry Award, given in memory of Jane Attenborough
Mary Brennan
Outstanding Male Performance (Modern) (Sponsored by The Critics’ Circle)
Christopher Akrill in Stepmother/Stepfather for Arthur Pita & HeadSpaceDance
Mithkal Alzghair in Displacement
Karl Fagerlund Brekke in Stepmother/Stepfather for Arthur Pita & HeadSpaceDance
Robert Fairchild as Jerry Mulligan in An American in Paris
Dickson Mbi in Blak Whyte Gray for Boy Blue Entertainment
Best Classical Choreography (Sponsored by The Ballet Association)
Akram Khan – Akram Khan’s Giselle for English National Ballet
Crystal Pite – Emergence for Scottish Ballet
Crystal Pite – Flight Pattern for The Royal Ballet
Liam Scarlett – Symphonic Dances for The Royal Ballet
Kenneth Tindall – Casanova for Northern Ballet
Dance Europe Award for Outstanding Male Performance (Classical)
Israel Galván in FLA.CO.MEN for Cĩa Israel Galván
Christopher Harrison in MC 14/22 (Ceci est mon corps) for Scottish Ballet
Brandon Lawrence in Wink for Birmingham Royal Ballet
Marcelino Sambé as Colas in La Fille mal gardée for The Royal Ballet
James Streeter as Albrecht in Akram Khan’s Giselle for English National Ballet
Best Modern Choreogra