The Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Award is an honour presented annually by the Royal Academy of Dance, to people who have made a significant contribution to the ballet and dance industry. The award was instituted by Dame Adeline Genee in 1953, to mark the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II and her appointment as Royal Patron of the Academy. The first winner of the award was Dame Ninette de Valois, founder of the Royal Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet and Royal Ballet School. The award has since been presented to a number of notable people, and is recognised as the highest honour awarded by the Academy.
Winners The award was shared in 1963, 1966 and 2009, and in 2014 was awarded to a ballet company, rather than an individual. The full list of winners is:available at the RAD website.
1954 - Ninette de Valois 1955 - Tamara Karsavina 1956 - Marie Rambert 1957 - Anton Dolin 1958 - Phyllis Bedells 1959 - Frederick Ashton 1960 - Robert Helpmann 1961 - Ursula Moreton 1962 - Cyril Beaumont 1963 - Phillip J. S. Richardson (posthumously) 1963 - Alicia Markova 1964 - Kathleen Gordon 1965 - Peggy van Praagh 1966 - Serge Grigorieff 1966 - Lubov Tchernicheva 1967 - Lydia Sokolova 1968 - Stanislas Idzikowski 1969 - John Hart 1970 - John Gilpin 1971 - Louise Browne 1972 - Ruth French 1973 - Norman Morrice 1974 - Brian Shaw 1975 - Robin Howard 1976 - Pamela May 1977 - Winifred Edwards 1978 - Kenneth MacMillan 1979 - Arnold Haskell 1980 - Glen Tetley 1981 - Michael Somes 1982 - Merle Park 1983 - Rudolf Nureyev 1984 - Leslie Edwards 1985 - Antony Tudor 1986 - Rudolf Benesh 1986 - Joan Benesh 1987 - Peter Darrell 1988 - John Lanchbery 1989 - Mary Clarke 1990 - Peter Wright 1991 - Ivor Forbes Guest 1992 - Clement Crisp 1993 - Julia Farron 1994 - Anthony Dowell 1995 - Beryl Grey 1996 - Irina Baronova 1998 - Anya Linden, Lady Sainsbury 1999 - Maina Gielgud 2000 - Gillian Lynne 2003 - Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (posthumously) 2005 - John Tooley 2007 - Alexander Grant 2009 - Victor Hochhauser 2009 - Lilian Hochhauser 2010 - Rachel Cameron 2011 - Monica Mason 2012 - Antoinette Sibley 2014 - The Royal Ballet 2016 - Matthew Bourne 2018 - Carlos Acosta 2019 - Karen Kain 2021 - David McAllister 2022 - Mikhail Baryshnikov
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