Nominees Announced for Sage Awards

Minnesota's dance community will gather Tuesday, September 14, 2010, for an evening of award-winning performances and celebration to honor outstanding achievements in dance for 2009/10. The 6th annual SAGE Awards for Dance will recognize artists whose work represents a variety of forms and styles, transcends expectations and reflects our times. Mary Ellen Childs, a past SAGE recipient, will host this year's gala event at the Southern Theater.

During the evening-length gala, 10 SAGE Award honorees will be announced in six categories: Outstanding Performance, Outstanding Performer, Outstanding Dance Educator, Outstanding Design, Outstanding Ensemble (new award) and Special Citation. The honorees are decided by an anonymous peer panel representing a broad cross-section of the dance community. The members of this panel attended hundreds of performances throughout the 2009/10 season.
 
Performances by past recipients of SAGE Awards will include Jane Shockley, Wild Goose Chase Cloggers and Vanessa Voskuil. Music will be provided by Eric Mayson and friends. All recipients of 2010 SAGE Awards will receive a commissioned work by Twin Cities visual artist Amy Rice.
 
The SAGE Awards are supported generously by The McKnight Foundation, Dancing Fair, Red Stag Supperclub, Surly Beer and the Twin Cities dance community. 
 
Outstanding Dance Educator (1 honoree)
Awarded to a dance educator/teacher for commitment and accomplishment in the field of dance education. This award can include efforts from past seasons or over a career.
 
              Karla Grotting
              Mary Harding
              Judith Howard
              Beck Stanchfield
Special Citation (1 honoree)
Awarded completely at the panel's discretion to anyone with a strong connection to the field of dance in Minnesota, and may include past efforts or work from past seasons.
 
              Susanna di Palma
              Patrick Scully
              Linda Shapiro 
 
Outstanding Performance (3 honorees)Awarded for the performance of a show, a work or a piece of choreography at which an audience was present. Interdisciplinary work can be considered. The award will be given to the creator or creators of the performance.
 
Francis Kofi and Hayor Bibimma for Anyendo Hwendo "Rainbow Spirit"
Joanie Smith for Bolero
Uri Sands for Earth
Ranee Ramaswamy and Aparna Ramaswamy for Ihrah: Sacred Water
Angharad Davies and Alex Grant for Security
Kenna Sarge for -ER+A
 
Outstanding Ensemble: new award for 2010 (1 honoree)Awarded to a performance ensemble or a group, without limit to the number of performers. An audience must be present.
 
Cast of Heaven by Morgan Thorson
Cast of Women & Men by Shapiro & Smith Dance
Zenon Dance Company for performances in Fall Concert, Spring Concert and the opera
 Orpheus and Eurydice
 
Outstanding Design (2 honorees)Awarded to an artist or group of artists who work in the areas of costume design, lighting design, music composition and sound design, set design or installation works, or film and video.
                       
Body Cartography ­- Production design for Half Life
Mary Ann Bradley, Andrew Welken and Shawn McConneloug - Film and direction for
            SubVert
Paul Herwig - Set design for The Jury
Deborah Jinza Thayer (Mathew Smith, music; Lisa Axell/Laura Adams, costumes; Jeff
            Bartlett, lighting; Deirdre Murnane, puppetry; Brian Axell, set) - Concept and
            production design for Ode to Dolly
 
Outstanding Performer (3 honorees)Awarded to a single dancer or dancers in an ensemble or a group, without limit to the number of performers. An audience must be present.
 
Rachel Barnes - Femme de la Swashbuckle Box; Ode to Dolly; Dougieland
Mary Ann Bradley & Greg Waletski - Here, Now That You're Gone
Brian Evans - Just One More; In Between-Between Places; Love Triangle (from The
            Jury); Abandon Me; A Word With You Dear; Tales from the Book of Longing
Penelope Freeh - We'll Survive if We Don't Protect Ourselves; Tributes; Ballet Works
            Project; Ode to Dolly: The Sheep; Inter Alia; Moving Works
Jin-Ming Lai & Galen Treuer - Arrangements
 
Minnesota SAGE Awards for Dance: Event informationDate/time: September 14, 2010
Tue. at 7:30pm, reception to follow
Tickets: $12
Southern Theater box office: 612.340.1725
1420 Washington Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN  55454
www.southerntheater.org
SAGE Awards website: www.sageawards.org

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