Here's all the exciting news you need to know, and my hearty congratulations to the winners and the nominees.
I hope to see you on October 18!
--Eva Yaa Asantewaa, InfiniteBody
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Three 2016 awards were presented at last evening's press conference at Gibney Dance: Agnes Varis Performing Arts Center:
Outstanding Emerging Choreographer Award: Joya Powell
"for her passionate choreographic engagement with issues of justice and race in our communities and our country; for connecting with the audience in ways that make it clear that these concerns belong to all of us—and action is required."
Outstanding Revival: Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder, choreographed by Donald McKayle
"for giving a classic modern dance new and powerful life, transforming the midcentury portrayal of an African American prison chain gang into a searingly resonant cry for our current times, performed with humanity, craft, and beauty by the Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, produced by Paul Taylor’s American Modern Dance as part of its 2016 season."
Juried Bessie Award: Pam Tanowitz
"for using form and structure as a vehicle for challenging audiences to think, to feel, to experience movement; for pursuing her uniquely poetic and theatrical vision with astounding rigor and focus."
The 2016 Bessie Nominations
Outstanding Production:
luciana achugar
An Epilogue for OTRO TEATRO: True Love
Gibney Dance: Agnes Varis Performing Arts Center
Souleymane Badolo
Yimbégré: Replanting roots in the name of freedom
BAM Fishman Space
Camille A. Brown
Black Girl: Linguistic Play
The Joyce Theater
Jack Ferver and Marc Swanson
Chambre
The New Museum co-presented by FIAF
Pat Graney
Girl Gods
Alexander Kasser Theater at Montclair State University
Maria Hassabi
PLASTIC
MoMA
Heather Kravas
dead, disappears
American Realness at Abrons Arts Center
Ralph Lemon
Scaffold Room
The Kitchen
Dada Masilo
Swan Lake
The Joyce Theater
Justin Peck
Heatscape
Miami City Ballet
David H. Koch Theater
Liz Santoro & Pierre Godard
For Claude Shannon
The Kitchen
Safi A. Thomas with H+ | The Hip-Hop Dance Conservatory
Sleeping Beauty
Flamboyán Theater
Outstanding Revival (* indicates award recipient):
get dancing
By Andy de Groat & Catherine Galasso
Danspace Project
Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder *
Choreographed by Donald McKayle
Performed by Dayton Contemporary Dance Company
Produced by Paul Taylor American Modern Dance
David H. Koch Theater
Outstanding Performer:
Ephrat Asherie
Sustained Achievement with Dorrance Dance, Doug Elkins, Bill Irwin, Gus Solomon jr., Rennie Harris, Cori Olinghouse, and many others
Nicolas Bruder
In Custodians of Beauty by Pavel Zuštiak
New York Live Arts
Omar Edwards
In FLY
New Victory Theater
Paul Hamilton
For his body of work including Ralph Lemon’s Scaffold Room and the work of Jane Comfort, Keeley Garfield, and others
Parisa Khobdeh
For her body of work with Paul Taylor Dance Company
Kazunori Kumagai
For his body of work including Live at the Blue Note Late Night Groove Series
Jennifer Lafferty
In Catacomb by Beth Gill
The Chocolate Factory
Molly Lieber
For her body of work with several artists including luciana achugar, Maria Hassabi, and Donna Uchizono
Aaron Mattocks
In Big Dance: Short Form by Big Dance Theater
The Kitchen
Gillian Murphy
Sustained Achievement with American Ballet Theatre
Aakash Odedra
In Rising
Skirball Center for the Performing Arts
Jamar Roberts
Sustained Achievement with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Outstanding Emerging Choreographer (* indicates award recipient):
John Heginbotham
Jillian Peña
Joya Powell *
Larissa Velez-Jackson
Outstanding Music Composition/Sound Design:
Admanda Kobilka
For Clap Hands by Jen Rosenblit
Invisible Dog Art Center / New York Live Arts
Jeremy Toussaint-Baptiste
For #negrophobia by Jaamil Olawale Kosoko | anonymous bodies
Gibney Dance: Agnes Varis Performing Arts Center
Dan Trueman, Sō Percussion, and Mobius Percussion
For There Might Be Others by Rebecca Lazier
New York Live Arts
Ustatshakirt Plus
For Dream'd in a Dream by Seán Curran
BAM Harvey Theater
Outstanding Visual Design:
Holly Batt
For the visual and set design of Girl Gods by Pat Graney
Alexander Kasser Theater at Montclair State University
Design Team: F. Randy deCelle, Ralph Lemon, Roderick Murray, Naoko Nagata, R. Eric Stone, Mike Taylor, and Philip White
For the visual design of Scaffold Room by Ralph Lemon
The Kitchen
DD Dorvillier and Thomas Dunn
For the lighting and visual design of Extra Shapes by DD Dorvillier
The Kitchen
Eamonn Farrell
For the new media scenography of Forgiveness by Emily Berry | B3W Performance Group
BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center
ABOUT THE BESSIES
Produced in partnership with Dance/NYC, the NY Dance and Performance Awards have saluted outstanding and groundbreaking creative work in the dance field in New York City for 32 years. Known as “The Bessies” in honor of revered dance teacher Bessie Schönberg, the awards were established in 1984 by David White at Dance Theater Workshop. They recognize exceptional work in choreography, performance, music composition, and visual design. Nominees are chosen by a 40-member selection committee comprised of artists, presenters, producers, and writers. All those working in the dance field are invited to join the NY Dance and Performance League, as members participate in annual discussions on the direction of the awards and nominate members to serve on the selection committee. www.bessies.org
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