Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Dance Production

The Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Dance Production is an annual award presented by The Society of London Theatre in recognition of achievements in commercial British theatre. The awards were established as the Society of West End Theatre Awards in 1976, and, renamed in 1984 in honour of English actor Lord Olivier.

Award winners

• 1993: Kenneth MacMillan’s The Judas Tree – The Royal Ballet
• 1994: Choreartium – Birmingham Royal Ballet
• 1995: Fearful Symmetries (ballet) – The Royal Ballet
• 1996: Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake – Adventures in Motion Pictures
• 1997: Cinderella – English National Ballet
• 1998: L’Allegro, Il Penseroso Ed Il Moderato – Mark Morris Dance Group, English National Opera and Dance Umbrella
• 1999: Enemy In the Figure – Ballett Frankfurt
• 2000: Symphony of Psalms – Nederlands Dans Theater 1
• 2001: Le Jardin Io Io Ito Ito – Compagnie Montalvo-Hervieu
• 2002: Hibiki – Sankai Juku’s Hibiki
• 2003: Polyphonia – Danses Concertantes and The Royal Ballet
• 2004: Broken Fall – George Piper Dances
• 2005: Swamp at Sadler’s Wells – Rambert Dance Company
• 2006: Push – Sylvie Guillem and Russell Maliphant
• 2007: Chroma – World premiere by The Royal Ballet, choreography by Wayne McGregor, music by the White Stripes with additional music and orchestrations by Joby Talbot.
• 2008: Jewels – Production premiere by The Royal Ballet, choreography by George Balanchine, music by Gabriel Fauré, Igor Stravinsky and Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, staging by Elyse Borne, Patricia Neary and Maria Calegari, conducted by Valeriy Ovsyanikov.
• 2009: Café Muller & The Rite Of Spring (double bill) - Pina Baush Tanztheatre Wuppertal at Sadler's Wells
• 2010: Goldberg - Staged by the Brandstrup/Rojo Project at the Linbury Studio Theatre. Choreography by Kim Brandstrup; principal cast included Tamara Rojo, Thomas Whitehead and Steven McRae, with artists of the Royal Ballet, plus Clara Barbera, Laura Caldow, Riccardo Meneghini and Tommy Franze.
• 2011: Babel (Words) - Sadler's Wells Theatre choreographed by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Damien Jalet

References

• London Theatre Guide (2008) (.PDF). The Laurence Olivier Awards: Dance - Best New Dance Production. 1976-2008. The Society of London Theatre. pp. pp 14. http://www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk/servlet/file/LOA_fullist.pdf?ITEM_ENT_ID=101095&ITEM_VERSION=1&COLLSPEC_ENT_ID=8. Retrieved 2008-08-30. 

External links

• The Laurence Olivier Awards official website