Telstra Ballet Dancer Awards

The Telstra Ballet Dancer Award has been made annually since 2003, in support of the aspirations of The Australian Ballet's elite young dancers. The winner receives a cash prize of $20,000. This is the biggest prize available specifically to a dancer in Australia.[1]

Nominees are selected by The Australian Ballet and previous award winners. They are judged on "the artistic quality of their work, the strength of a written submission, their personal development, and future potential."[1]

The awards are announced in early December in the Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sydney Opera House.

The 2010 announcement of both Award winners was made on the opening night of The Nutcracker on 3 December 2010. For the first time since the inauguration of the awards, the judging panel was unable to separate two dancers for the main award, and each received $20,000.[2]

The 2011 awards were announced on the opening night of Romeo & Juliet (choreography by Graeme Murphy) on 2 December.[3]

The 2012 Award winners were announced on the Sydney opening night of Stephen Baynes' Swan Lake on 30 November.[4]

The 2013 awards were announced on the opening night of Cinderella (choreography by Alexei Ratmansky) on 29 November.[5]

The 2014 awards were announced after a dress rehearsal of The Nutcracker on 27 November 2014.[6]

Telstra People's Choice Award

In addition, the Telstra People's Choice Award, with a cash prize of $5,000, is made to the most popular of the nominees in that year,[1] as determined by internet and SMS votes from the public.[7] Since 2010, competitors report on their activities via an individual Twitter account as part of the competition, and in 2013 competitors began using Instagram as a publicity tool.[8] Amber Scott was the first dancer to win both awards (in 2004) and Stephanie Williams the second (in 2009); Chengwu Guo the first male dancer to win both.[3] Amy Harris and Danielle Rowe have each won the People's Choice Award twice.

Recipients

Ballet Dancer Award

People's Choice Award

Nominees

The nominees for these awards were, until 2015, announced in the first three months of the year.

The 2015 nominees were announced on 10 July 2015 at the Australian Ballet Centre in Southbank.[19] Previous People's Choice winner Benedicte Bemet[20] joined Ako Kondo[21] in celebrating a second nomination, while Robyn Hendricks[22] was nominated for a fourth time. The first-time nominees joining them were Marcus Morelli,[23] Amanda McGuigan,[24] and Jasmin Durham.[25]

The 2014 nominees were announced on 7 March 2014 at a free performance at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl in Melbourne[26] and were Dimity Azoury, Imogen Chapman,[27] Ingrid Gow,[28] Cristiano Martino,[29] Rina Nemoto,[30] and Jade Wood.[31]

The 2013 nominees were announced on 13 February 2013[32] and were Benedicte Bemet,[33] Cameron Hunter,[34] Natasha Kusen,[35] Christopher Rodgers-Wilson,[36] Sharni Spencer,[37] and Valerie Tereshchenko.[38]

The 2012 nominees[39] were Dimity Azoury,[40] Calvin Hannaford,[41] Amy Harris, Ako Kondo,[42] Jarryd Madden[43] and Jake Mangakahia.[44]

The 2011 nominees were announced at a full meeting of The Australian Ballet's company and artistic staff on 15 February.[45][46] They were Brett Chynoweth,[47][48] Chengwu Guo, Rudy Hawkes,[49][50] Robyn Hendricks,[51] Luke Marchant[52] and Karen Nanasca.[53][54]

The 2010 nominees were Amy Harris, Ty King-Wall,[55] Miwako Kubota,[56] Natasha Kusen,[57] Dana Stephensen,[58] and Vivienne Wong.[59]

The 2009 nominees were Juliet Burnett[60] (left company in 2015), Robyn Hendricks[51] (current soloist), Andrew Killian[61] (current principal artist), Leanne Stojmenov,[62] Laura Tong (current soloist)[63] and Stephanie Williams (corps de ballet, American Ballet Theatre).

The 2008 nominees were Tzu-Chao Chou[64] (first soloist, Birmingham Royal Ballet), Amy Harris (current senior artist), Reiko Hombo[65] (retired senior artist), Kevin Jackson, Ty King-Wall[55] (current principal artist) and Andrew Wright[66] (current soloist).

The 2007 nominees were Jane Casson, Daniel Gaudiello (current principal artist), Rudy Hawkes (current senior artist),[49] Robyn Hendricks (current soloist),[51] Luke Ingham[67] (principal artist, San Francisco Ballet), and Leanne Stojmenov.[62]

The 2006 nominees were Adam Bull,[68] Annabel Bronner Reid, Andrew Killian (current principal artist), Gina Brescianini (retired), Kevin Jackson (current principal artist), and Madeleine Eastoe.

The 2005 nominees were Marc Cassidy (retired), Gaylene Cummerfield (retired principal artist, Birmingham Royal Ballet), Lana Jones (current principal artist), Paul Knobloch, Danielle Rowe, and Leanne Stojmenov (current principal artist).

The 2004 nominees were Adam Bull (current principal artist), Jane Casson (retired), Craig Cathcart (company manager, Queensland Ballet), Miwako Kubota (current senior artist), Rachel Rawlins (retired principal artist), and Amber Scott (current principal artist).

The inaugural nominees, in 2003, were Olivia Bell (retired principal artist), Annabel Bronner Reid, Madeleine Eastoe (retired principal artist), Tim Harbour (retired, now choreographer), Matthew Lawrence (retired, former principal artist Queensland Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet, The Australian Ballet), and Danielle Rowe (Nederlands Dans Theater, former principal artist The Australian Ballet, Houston Ballet).

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Telstra People's Choice Award". Telstra. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
  2. 1 2 3 Hook, Chris (6 December 2010). "Telstra Ballet Dancer Award". Daily Telegraph (Sydney). Retrieved 19 February 2011.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "The winner takes it all!" (Press release). Ballet News. Retrieved 2 December 2011.
  4. 1 2 3 Angear, Cheryl. "Amy Harris crowned 2012 Telstra Ballet Dancer". Ballet News. Retrieved 19 December 2012.
  5. 1 2 3 Blake, Elissa. "Lord of the dance: Christopher Rodgers-Wilson takes out Telstra Ballet Dancer Award". The Age. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
  6. 1 2 3 Verghis, Sharon (28 November 2014). "Australian Ballet’s jumping sensation Dimity Azoury takes the prize". The Australian (News Limited). Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  7. ↑ "Win at the Telstra Young Ballet Dancer of the Year Award". State of the Arts. 4 February 2003. Archived from the original on 20 June 2005. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
  8. ↑ "Telstra Ballet in the Stadium". Penrith Panthers. 29 April 2010. Retrieved 6 March 2011. In a first for The Australian Ballet, dancers of the company are now using Twitter with all six TBDA nominees signed up and Tweeting regularly.
  9. ↑ Chengwu Guo at The Australian Ballet.
  10. 1 2 Jones, Deborah (5 December 2009). "Rising star Stephanie Williams scoops ballet awards". The Australian (Sydney). Retrieved 22 February 2011.
  11. 1 2 Dunn, Emily (27 November 2008). "Dream comes true for one-time Pinocchio". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 22 February 2011.
  12. ↑ Lawson, Valerie (28 November 2007). "Leaping star lost his fear of tights". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 22 February 2011.
  13. 1 2 Roberts, Jo (29 November 2006). "Brescianini wins ballet's highest accolade". The Age (Melbourne). Retrieved 22 February 2011.
  14. 1 2 Roberts, Jo (30 November 2005). "Lana Jones back in the awards spotlight". The Age (Melbourne). Retrieved 22 February 2011.
  15. 1 2 "Amber Scott wins Telstra Young Dancer of the Year Award". State of the Arts. 12 November 2004. Archived from the original on 27 February 2005. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
  16. 1 2 Roberts, Jo (25 November 2003). "Pas de deux, then a solo for Matthew". The Age (Melbourne). Retrieved 6 March 2011.
  17. ↑ Rayner, Meg (8 December 2010). "Ararat ballerina wins people's choice award". The Courier (Ballarat, Victoria). Retrieved 26 February 2011. Includes picture of the award ceremony.
  18. ↑ Henschke, Ian (30 November 2007). "Beer Drinking Ballet Dancer". Stateline South Australia (broadcast transcript). ABC. Retrieved 22 February 2011.
  19. ↑ Cuthbertson, Debbie. "Victorians lead 2015 Telstra Ballet Dancer Award nominations". The Age. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  20. ↑ "Benedicte Bemet". The Australian Ballet. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  21. ↑ "Ako Kondo". The Australian Ballet. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  22. ↑ "Robyn Hendricks". The Australian Ballet. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  23. ↑ "Marcus Morelli". The Australian Ballet. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  24. ↑ "Amanda McGuigan". The Australian Ballet. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  25. ↑ "Jasmin Durham". The Australian Ballet. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  26. ↑ "Telstra Ballet Dancer Award nominees". The Australian Ballet. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  27. ↑ "Imogen Chapman". The Australian Ballet. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  28. ↑ "Ingrid Gow". The Australian Ballet. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  29. ↑ "Cristiano Martino". The Australian Ballet. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  30. ↑ "Rina Nemoto". The Australian Ballet. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  31. ↑ "Jade Wood". The Australian Ballet. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  32. ↑ "Australian Ballet: 2013 TBDA nominations announced". The Australian Ballet. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
  33. ↑ "Benedicte Bemet". The Australian Ballet. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
  34. ↑ "Cameron Hunter". The Australian Ballet. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
  35. ↑ "Natasha Kusen". The Australian Ballet. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
  36. ↑ "Christopher Rodgers-Wilson". The Australian Ballet. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
  37. ↑ "Sharni Spencer". The Australian Ballet. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
  38. ↑ "Valerie Tereshchenko". The Australian Ballet. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
  39. ↑ "2012 Telstra Ballet Dancer Award nominations announced". Australian Stage. 6 February 2012. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
  40. ↑ Dimity Azoury at The Australian Ballet.
  41. ↑ Calvin Hannaford at The Australian Ballet.
  42. ↑ Ako Kondo at The Australian Ballet.
  43. ↑ Jarryd Madden at The Australian Ballet.
  44. ↑ Jake Mangakahia at The Australian Ballet.
  45. ↑ "Australian Ballet's 2011 Telstra Ballet Dancer Award Nominees Announced". Broadwayworld. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
  46. ↑ "2011 Telstra Ballet Dancer Award". The Australian Ballet. Archived from the original on 28 February 2011. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
  47. ↑ Brett Chynoweth at The Australian Ballet.
  48. ↑ Teather, Stuart (28 February 2010). "Brett Chynoweth: Prospects rising in leaps and bounds". Monash Weekly (Monash, Victoria). Retrieved 7 March 2011.
  49. 1 2 Rudy Hawkes at The Australian Ballet.
  50. ↑ "Lead role challenges Ipswich dancer". Queensland Times (Ipswich, Queensland). 17 February 2011. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
  51. 1 2 3 Robyn Hendricks at The Australian Ballet.
  52. ↑ Luke Marchant at The Australian Ballet.
  53. ↑ Karen Nanasca at The Australian Ballet.
  54. ↑ "Telstra Nomination for Karen". Mount Eden, New Zealand: Mount Eden Ballet Academy. 16 February 2011. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
  55. 1 2 Ty King-Wall at The Australian Ballet.
  56. ↑ Miwako Kubota at The Australian Ballet.
  57. ↑ Natasha Kusen at The Australian Ballet.
  58. ↑ Dana Stephensen at The Australian Ballet.
  59. ↑ Vivienne Wong at The Australian Ballet.
  60. ↑ Juliet Burnett at The Australian Ballet.
  61. ↑ Andrew Killian at The Australian Ballet.
  62. 1 2 Leanne Stojmenov at The Australian Ballet.
  63. ↑ Laura Tong at The Australian Ballet.
  64. ↑ Tzu-Chao Chou at Birmingham Royal Ballet.
  65. ↑ Reiko Hombo at The Australian Ballet.
  66. ↑ Andrew Wright at The Australian Ballet.
  67. ↑ "Principals: San Francisco Ballet". San Francisco Ballet. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  68. ↑ Adam Bull at The Australian Ballet.

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