Celebrating the Versatility of Dance

Unveiling the Nominees for the #NDA24

The National Dance Awards (NDAs) are an annual celebration of dance excellence in the UK. When I saw the nominees about the remarkable diversity across the dance sector which were picked out by the Dance Section of the Critics‘ Circle. It’s impressive how many companies represent different genres like Flamenco, South Asian dance, musical theatre, ballet and contemporary dance. I want to share this list to give you an insight of the present dance scene.

A total of 311 companies, choreographers, performers, and other creative artists have been nominated. Have a look!

DANCING TIMES AWARD FOR BEST MALE DANCER

William Bracewell
Paris Fitzpatrick
Francesco Gabriele Frola
Brandon Lawrence
Vadim Muntagirov

BEST FEMALE DANCER

Sara Baras
Jemima Brown
Fumi Kaneko
Tiler Peck
Aishwarya Raut

STEF STEFANOU AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING COMPANY

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Birmingham Royal Ballet
Nederlands Dans Theater
New Adventures
The Royal Ballet

BEST MID-SCALE COMPANY

Acosta Danza
Ballet BLack
Ockham’s Razor
Scottish Dance Theatre
ZooNation: The Kate Prince Company

BEST INDEPENDENT COMPANY

Drew McOnie Company
Pett I Clausen-Knight
Russell Maliphant Dance Company
Seeta Patel Dance
Tiler Peck & Friends

BEST CLASSICAL CHOREOGRAPHY

Sara Baras for Alma for Compañia Sara Baras/The Flamenco Festival
David Dawson for Four Last Songs for English National Ballet
William Forsythe for The Barre Project for Tiler Peck & Friends
Wayne McGregor for Untitled, 2023 for The Royal Ballet
Seeta Patel for The Rite of Spring for Seeta Patel Dance

BEST MODERN CHOREOGRAPHY

 Kyle Abrahams for Are you in Your Feelings? for Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
 Drew McOnie for Nutcracker for Drew McOnie Company
 Kristen McNally for The Limit at The Royal Opera House
 Crystal Pite and Simon McBurney for Figures in Extinction (1.0) for Nederlands Dans Theater
Pam Tanowitz for Song of Songs for Pam Tanowitz Dance

EMERGING ARTIST AWARD

Nicole-Lily Baisden, musical theatre artist
Jordan James Bridge, dancer and choreographer
Eric Pinto Cata, artist, Birmingham Royal Ballet
Joshua Junker, choreographer, The Royal Ballet
Sae Maeda, soloist, The Royal Ballet

OUTSTANDING FEMALE MODERN PERFORMANCE

Cordelia Braithwaite as Juliet in Romeo + Juliet for New Adventures
Jemima Brown in Surge for Tom Dale Company
Aditi Mangaldas in Forbidden for Aditi Mangaldas Dance Company
Dada Masilo as the Chosen One in The Sacrifice for Dance Consortium
Constance Stamatiou in Cry for Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

OUTSTANDING MALE MODERN PERFORMANCE

Harry Alexander in how did we get here? for Julie Cunningham & Company
Paris Fitzpatrick as Romeo in Romeo + Juliet for New Adventures
Yannick Lebrun in Dancing Spirit for Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Liam Mower as Edward Scissorhands for New Adventures
Charlie Stemp as Bobby Child in Crazy for You

OUTSTANDING FEMALE CLASSICAL PERFORMANCE

Sara Baras in Alma for Compañía Sara Baras in the Flamenco Festival
Isabela Coracy as Nina Simone in NINA: By Whatever Means for Ballet Black
Mercedes de Cordoba in Si, Quiero in the Flamenco Festival
Fumi Kaneko as Princess Aurora in The Sleeping Beauty for The Royal Ballet
Tiler Peck in Turn it Out for Tiler Peck and Friends

OUTSTANDING MALE CLASSICAL PERFORMANCE

Gareth Haw in Four Last Songs for English National Ballet
Ryoichi Hirano as Espada in Don Quixote for The Royal Ballet
Brandon Lawrence in Liebestod for Birmingham Royal Ballet
Sooraj Subramaniam in The Rite of Spring for Seeta Patel Dance
Joseph Taylor as Gatsby in The Great Gatsby for Northern Ballet

OUTSTANDING CREATIVE CONTRIBUTION

Carlos Acosta for the concept of Black Sabbath – The Ballet for Birmingham Royal Ballet
Cormac Begley, musician/concertina player in MÁM for Teaċ Damsa
Ravi Deepres, visual artist for UniVerse: A Dark Crystal Odyssey for Studio Wayne McGregor
Cassie Kinoshi, composer for Nutcracker for Drew McOnie Company & England on Fire for the Balletboyz
Kate Shipway, pianist at The Royal Opera House

The winners will be announced on Monday 3 June. Good luck to all these amazing, talented artists.

Image Header: Facebook National Dance Awards, June 5, 2023
And that’s a wrap – The Royal Ballet and Scottish Ballet take home 3 awards each and Lost Dog and Spanish artists claim a pair of awards in #NDA23