The Swiss Dance Awards are a former set of awards presented biennially, since 2021 merged with the Swiss Theatre Awards as the Swiss Performing Arts Awards.
History The Swiss Dance Awards were created as a federal support to dance, introduced as part of the Federal law of encouragement to culture. "Kulturförderungsgesetz" on www.bak.admin.ch They were created in 2012 by the Swiss Confederation, as a measure to encourage the dance world. Since 2013 the Federal Dance Jury, "Federal Dance Jury on www.tanzpreis.ch the prizes are awarded every two years in collaboration with the Federal Office of Culture (FOC).
It pursued and furthered the objectives of the Swiss Dance and Choreography prize (2002–2011). Schweizer Tanz- un Choreographie-Preis on www.tanzpreis.ch 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 Theatre l'Equilibre in Fribourg in 2013. The awards were presented biennially by the Federal Office of Culture (FOC) from 2013 to 2019. In 2021, they were merged with the Swiss Theatre Awards, as the Swiss Performing Arts Awards, and are presented annually at a joint ceremony.
Categories The Swiss Grand Award for Dance 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 each of 25,000 francs. The June Johnson Prize 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 for their performing role.
Dance Awards Laureates
Swiss Grand Award for Dance 2019: La Ribot 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
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