ISADORA DUNCAN DANCE AWARDS COMMITTEE ANNOUNCES 2008-2009 AWARDEES

    San Francisco, CA - The Isadora Duncan Dance Awards Committee recognized talent and announced the awardees for its 2008-2009 viewing cycle at the Isadora Duncan Dance Awards Ceremony, held January 12, 2010, at the Koret Auditorium of the San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco, CA.

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    ISADORA DUNCAN DANCE AWARDS COMMITTEE ANNOUNCES 2008-2009 AWARDEES

    THE ISADORA DUNCAN DANCE AWARDS COMMITTEE seeks to honor local dance artists and promote their visibility, primarily by acknowledging outstanding achievements within a twelve-month period of performances, running September 1 through August 31. The "Izzies" awards, created in 1984, are designed to celebrate the unique richness, diversity and excellence of Bay Area dance.

    The Isadora Duncan Dance Awards Committee (The Izzies) operates as a non-profit volunteer association, currently under the fiscal sponsorship of the Shawl-Anderson Dance Center in Berkeley, CA. The Izzies Committee members are choreographers, dancers, teachers, critics, writers, and arts administrators who serve one- or three-year terms.

    An Open Invitation to the Bay Area Dance Community

    We invite and encourage all dance artists to keep us informed of their upcoming dance performances. We strive to view dance performances of all genres and Bay Area geographic regions and to do this, we keep our collective ear open for who is doing what. You can help us by sending notices of your performances to press at izzies.org or via our contact form.

    Works that are eligible for consideration are those performed for the public and do not include student recital work. Both professional and amateur work is considered. For specific categories and eligibility definitions, visit the Category Definitions page and tell others about our website www.izzies.org.

Press

SFGate: Izzie awards honor local dance, dancers

Scott Wells, Laura Elaine Ellis and Ramon Moreno Acanda were among those honored Tuesday night at the 24th Isadora Duncan Dance Awards (the Izzies) at the San Francisco Public Library’s Koret Auditorium.[...]

SFGate: Izzie dance awards honor ballerina, aerialist

The 23rd annual Isadora Duncan Dance Awards drew a robust crowd to the Brava Theater on Monday, where a wildly diverse slate of nominees attested to the vitality of Bay Area dance.[...]

AsianWeek recognizes Izzie Award winners

SAN FRANCISCO — Danny and Peter Luong received the 22nd annual Isadora Duncan Dance Awards April 28 in the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Forum at the 2007 San Francisco Ethnic Dance [...]

The Izzies

Celebrating 20 Years of the Isadora Duncan Dance Awards

Celebrating 20 Years of the Isadora Duncan Dance Awards
A Brief History written by Christine Eibel
The Bay Area Dance Coalition, our regional dance service organization from the mid-1970’s to the mid-1990’s, established the Isadora Duncan Dance Awards – the Izzies – in 1986. The board at that time was comprised of over twenty representatives from the [...]

Celebrating Bay Area Dance

The Isadora Duncan Dance Awards recently honored Bay Area dance artists at the Bay Area Dance Awards.

The winners were announced at a free, open-to-the-public ceremony at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Forum on Monday, April 28th, 2008.