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Winners of the UK 2023 National Dance Awards

ByGramilano Reading Time: 3 minutes
21 - Scottish Ballet dancers in world premiere of Coppélia. Credit Andy Ross - crop
Scottish Ballet dancers in world premiere of Coppélia. Credit Andy Ross

The 2023 National Dance Awards winners were announced today at a ceremony at The Coronet Theatre in Notting Hill Gate, which is the first time that the event has been held at this atmospheric venue.

The awards were voted upon by the 60 dance critics who are members of the UK’s Critics’ Circle and are for performances seen during 2022.

The winners came from a list of 70 nominations covering every dance genre and the nominees came from nearly 400 recommendations from the dance critics.

Speaking after the Awards Ceremony, the NDA Chair, OBE said,

This was a fantastic year for Scotland and Spain, as took home a record three awards and two superb artists from Spain, Israel Galván and Paco Peña also won. Paco is over 80 and it was a very good year for mature artists, since there were four performance-based nominees in the awards in their 60s, proving that you are never too old to dance.

Musa Motha, a dancer with Rambert, who has been performing so well in the latest edition of Britain’s Got Talent won the Emerging Artist Award. The judges were completely split in the choice of winner in the Outstanding Creative Contribution category and so a joint award was made to the designer, , and the guitarist, Paco Peña.

The winners are:

DANCING TIMES AWARD FOR BEST MALE DANCER

(English National Ballet)

BEST FEMALE DANCER

(The )

Laura Morera in Cinderella photo by Ansrej Uspenski ROH
Laura Morera in Cinderella photo by Ansrej Uspenski ROH
Jeffrey Cirio in Tamara Rojo's Raymonda, English National Ballet, photo by Johan Persson
Jeffrey Cirio in Tamara Rojo’s Raymonda, English National Ballet, photo by Johan Persson

STEF STEFANOU AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING COMPANY

Scottish Ballet

BEST MID-SCALE COMPANY

Lost Dog

BEST INDEPENDENT COMPANY

Alleyne Dance

BEST CLASSICAL CHOREOGRAPHY

Jessica Wright and Morgann Runacre-Temple (Jess and Morgs) for Coppélia (Scottish Ballet)

15 - Soloist Bruno Micchiardi and Scottish Ballet dancers in world premiere of Coppélia. Credit Andy Ross
Soloist Bruno Micchiardi and Scottish Ballet dancers in the world premiere of Coppélia. Credit Andy Ross

BEST MODERN CHOREOGRAPHY

Ben Duke for Ruination (Lost Dog)

EMERGING ARTIST AWARD

Musa Motha (Dancer, Rambert)

OUTSTANDING FEMALE MODERN PERFORMANCE

Zeleidy Crespo in 100% Cuban (Acosta Danza)

OUTSTANDING MALE MODERN PERFORMANCE

Israel Galván in La Consagración de la Primavera (Compañia Israel Galván)

OUTSTANDING FEMALE CLASSICAL PERFORMANCE

Constance Devernay-Laurence as Swanilda in Coppélia    (Scottish Ballet)

OUTSTANDING MALE CLASSICAL PERFORMANCE

as Pedro in Like Water for Chocolate (The Royal Ballet)

OUTSTANDING CREATIVE CONTRIBUTION

Bob Crowley (Designer, for Like Water for Chocolate)

Paco Peña (Director and Guitarist for Solera)                      

THE DE VALOIS AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION

Jonzi D

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Graham Spicer, aka 'Gramilano', is a writer, director and photographer based in Milan. He was a regular columnist for Opera Now magazine and wrote for the BBC until transferring to Italy. His articles have appeared in various publications from Woman's Weekly to Gay Times, and he wrote the Danza in Italia column for Dancing Times magazine. Graham was the historical advisor on Codice Carla, the 2023 documentary on Italian ballerina Carla Fracci.

Graham also works as a dance photographer, and his photos have appeared in many books, theatre programmes, and magazines, including Dancing Times, Dance Spirit and Ballet2000, as well as all the major Italian newspapers.

He is a member of the Dance Section of The Critics’ Circle.

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