Leigh Warren & Dancers
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Leigh Warren & Dancers is a contemporary dance company based in the South Australian capital of Adelaide. Formed in 1993 by Leigh Warren (formerly of the Australian Dance Theatre), the company has toured internationally and won several awards.
A number of dancers from the company performed in "The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky" (2001).
[edit] Awards
2005 - Adelaide Critics' Circle
- Innovation Award - Leigh Warren and Gina Rings for Petroglyphs - Signs of Life
2004 - Adelaide Critics' Circle
- Individual Award - Leigh Warren for Einstein on the Beach (Parts 3 & 4)
2003 - Green Room Award
- Best Dance Ensemble - for Akhnaten
2002 - Adelaide Critics' Circle
- Commendation for Akhnaten
2001 - Green Room Awards
- Best Female Performer - Rachel Jenson for Quick Brown Fox
- Best Male Performer - Peter Furness for Quick Brown Fox
- Best Ensemble - Quick Brown Fox
2000 - The Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards
- Group Award Winner
1999 - Australian Dance Awards
- Outstanding Performance by a Dance Company - for Masterpieces of the 20thC
- Best Choreography - Leigh Warren for Shimmer
- Outstanding Performance by an Individual Dance Artist - Delia Silvan for Silent Cries
1997 - Inaugural Adelaide Critics' Circle Award
- Best Performance by a Group - LWD for Quiver
