Swiss Dance Awards

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The Swiss Dance Awards[1] are a distinction created in 2012 by the Swiss Confederation, as a measure to encourage the dance world. Since 2013 the Federal Dance Jury,[2] the prizes are awarded every two years in collaboration with the Federal Office of Culture (FOC).[3]

History[]

This Award was created as a Federal support to dance, it was introduced as part of the Federal law of encouragement to culture.[4]

It pursues and furthers the objectives of the Swiss Dance and Choreography prize (2002–2011).[5] The [Swiss Confederation] having taken up the prize as recognition and support in its objectives.

The first ceremony of this award took place in the in Fribourg in 2013.

Principals[]

The Swiss Grand Award for Dance[6] pays tribute to an artistic career and is the top prize of 40,000 francs awarded by the Federal Dance Jury. An equal amount is assigned to the Special Dance Award as a recompense for an exceptional contribution in the fields of mediation, documentation or cultural policy. As part of the "Current Dance Creation" competition the jury allocates four Swiss Dance Awards[7] each of 25,000 francs. The June Johnson Prize[8] is given in collaboration with the Stanley Thomas Johnson Foundation and rewards the upcoming dance generation. An Award of 25,000 francs is endowed to Outstanding Female and Male Dancers[9] for their performing role.

Dance Awards Laureates[]

Swiss Grand Award for Dance   []

2019: La Ribot[10]

2017: Noemi Lapzeson

2015: Gilles Jobin

2013: Martin Schläpfer

Swiss Dance Awards[]

2019:

  • Flow - Compagnie Linga & Keda
  • Hate me, tender - Teresa Vittucci
  • Speechless Voices - Compagnie Greffe/Cindy Van Acker
  • Vicky setzt Segel - Company Mafalda/Teresa Rotemberg

2017:

  • Creature-József Trefeli & Gábor Varga
  • iFeel3-*MELK Prod./Marco Berrettini
  • inaudible-ZOO/Thomas Hauert
  • Le Récital des Posture-Yasmine Hugonnet

2015:

  • Souffle - DA MOTUS! / Brigitte Meuwly and Antonio Bühler
  • Requiem - Tanzcompagnie Konzert Theater Bern / Nanine Linning
  • bits C 128Hz - miR Compagnie / Béatrice Goetz
  • Orthopädie or to be - Kilian Haselbeck/Meret Schlegel

2013:

  • Sideways Rain - Alias Cie / Guilherme Botelho
  • From B to B - Thomas Hauert/ZOO et Àngels Margarit/Cia Mudances
  • Disabled Theater - Theater HORA / Jérôme Bel
  • Diffraction - Cie Greffe / Cindy Van Acker

June Johnson Dance Price[]

2019: Unplush / Marion Zurbach

2017: Hyperion – Higher States Part 2 - Antibodies/Kiriakos Hadjiioannou

2015: Requiem for a piece of meat - 3art3 company, Daniel Hellmann

2013: Dark Side Of The Moon - Asphalt Piloten, Anna Anderegg

Special Dance Award[]

2019: Dominique Martinoli

2017: AIEP Avventure in Elicottero Prodotti

2015: Claude Ratzé/ADC Genf

2013: Théâtre Sévelin 36

Outstanding feminine and masculine dancers[]

2019: Marie-Caroline Hominal / Edouard Hue.

2017: Marthe Krummenacher / Tamara Bacci.

2015: Simone Aughterlony / Ioannis Mandafounis.

2013: Yen Han / Foofwa d’Imobilité.

References[]

  1. ^ Culture, © Federal Office of. "Dance". www.schweizerkulturpreise.ch. Retrieved 2020-03-01.
  2. ^ [1] "Federal Dance Jury on www.tanzpreis.ch
  3. ^ FOC, Federal Office of Culture. "Federal Office of Culture". www.bak.admin.ch. Retrieved 2020-03-02.
  4. ^ [2] "Kulturförderungsgesetz" on www.bak.admin.ch
  5. ^ [3] Schweizer Tanz- un Choreographie-Preis on www.tanzpreis.ch
  6. ^ Culture, © Federal Office of. "La Ribot". www.schweizerkulturpreise.ch. Retrieved 2020-03-01.
  7. ^ Culture, © Federal Office of. "Swiss Dance Awards 2019". www.schweizerkulturpreise.ch. Retrieved 2020-03-01.
  8. ^ "June Johnson Dance Prize". www.johnsonstiftung.ch. Retrieved 2020-03-01.
  9. ^ Helvetia, Pro. "Swiss Dance Awards 2019". Retrieved 2020-03-02.
  10. ^ "La Ribot". www.laribot.com. Retrieved 2020-03-02.
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