For Immediate Release
March 27, 2012

Isadora Duncan Dance Awards Committee

Contact Person: Raquel Lopez
Telephone Number: 510-530-5609
Email Address: press@izzies.org
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ISADORA DUNCAN DANCE AWARDS COMMITTEE ANNOUNCES WINNERS FOR 2010-2011 VIEWING YEAR

San Francisco, California, March 27, 2012 – The Isadora Duncan Dance Awards Committee announced the 2010-2011 performance season award winners at an awards ceremony on Monday, March 26, 2012 at ODC Theater in San Francisco, California.  The following is a list of Award Winners by category.

Outstanding Achievement in Choreography

Alex Ketley, Kara Davis, Katie Faulkner, Manuelito Biag, for Terra Incognita, Revisited, performed by the Dancers of Terra Incognita, Revisited for the West Wave Festival at Z Space.

Outstanding Achievement in Performance – Individual

Sofiane Sylve, for Symphony in C, “2nd Movement,” choreography by George Balanchine, performed by the San Francisco Ballet at the Stern Grove Festival

Outstanding Achievement in Performance – Ensemble

Katie Faulkner and Brandon “Private” Freeman for Until We Know For Sure, choreography by Katie Faulkner, performed at The A.W.A.R.D. Show at ODC Theater

Outstanding Achievement in Performance – Company

The Dancers of Terra Incognita, Revisited, performed for the West Wave Festival at Z Space

Outstanding Achievement in Visual Design

Axel Morgenthaler, Lighting Design; Robert Rosenrosser, Set and Costume Design; Coleen Quen, Costume Design, for Sheherazade, choreography by Alonzo King, performed by Alonzo King LINES Ballet, at the Novellus Theater, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

Christopher Haas, Set Design, Triangle of the Squinches, for Sheherazade, choreography by Alonzo King, performed by Alonzo King LINES Ballet, at the Novellus Theater, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

Enrico Labayen, Costumes and Visual Design, for En-Gulfed, choreography by Enrico Labayen, performed by Labayen Dance/SF at Dance Mission Theater

Outstanding Achievement in Music / Sound / Text

Zakir Hussain, Music for Sheherazade, choreography by Alonzo King, performed by Alonzo King LINES Ballet, at the Novellus Theater, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

Outstanding Achievement in Restaging / Revival / Reconstruction

Antoine Vereecken, for his restaging of Chroma by Wayne McGregor (2006), performed by the San Francisco Ballet at the War Memorial Opera House

Special Award Honorees

Lorena Feijoo, Maria Kochetkova, Yuan Yuan Tan, Sarah Van Patten, & Vanessa Zahorian – “The Many Faces of Giselle” -  for 5 stellar interpretations of the title role in the quintessential romantic ballet Giselle, performed by the San Francisco Ballet at the War Memorial Opera House

Nina Menendez and The Bay Area Flamenco Partnership – for the 2010 Festival Flamenco Gitano which presented two multi-generational families of flamenco artists from the Spanish gypsy community of Andalucia.

Patty-Ann Farrell – for her lighting designs for the 33^rd San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival at the Novellus Theater, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

Sustained Achievement Honorees

Deborah DuBowy and Words on Dance – for 18 years of presenting celebrated dance artists with the opportunity to speak about their careers and share their passion for dance with the larger dance community

Cathleen McCarthy and Joan Lazarus and West Wave Dance – for 20 years of presenting groundbreaking dance in the San Francisco Bay Area

Dr. James Garrick and The Center for Sports Medicine at Saint Francis Memorial Hospital – for the Saint Francis Dance Medicine practice, created to meet the unique needs of stage performers

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