Blackbare in the Basement / Jordan Demetrius Lloyd, photo credit: Whitney Brown
mourning after mornings / Vanessa Anspaugh, photo credit: Maria Baranova-Suzuki
Outstanding Choreographer/Creator:
Vanessa Anspaugh
mourning after mornings
New York Live Arts
LaTasha Barnes
LaTasha Barnes presents The Jazz Continuum
The Joyce Theater
Sidra Bell
REP: Introspection
Gibney
Jessica Chen
NüWa (女媧)
Arts on Site
Dormeshia
Dormeshia Tap Collective: Rhythm Is Life
The Joyce Theater
Rennie Harris
Lifted
The Joyce Theater
Deborah Hay
Horse, the solos
The Joyce Theater
Benjamin Akio Kimitch
Tiger Hands
The Shed
Jordan Demetrius Lloyd
Blackbare in the Basement
Danspace Project
Shamel Pitts
BLACK HOLE – Trilogy And Triathlon
New York Live Arts
Lia Rodrigues
Encantado
Brooklyn Academy of Music
Omari Wiles
New York Is Burning
Works & Process at the Guggenheim
Outstanding Revival:
Pina Bausch & Tanztheater Wuppertal
Água (1995/2023)
Brooklyn Academy of Music
Camille A. Brown & Dancers
Mr. TOL E. RAncE (2012/2022)
The Joyce Theater
Garth Fagan & Garth Fagan Dance
Prelude (1981/2022)
The Joyce Theater
Twyla Tharp
In the Upper Room (1986/2022)
New York City Center
Outstanding Sound Design / Music Composition
Roman Bestion, Fouad Boussouf, and Marion Castor
Näss
By Fouad Boussouf
The Joyce Theater
Graham Reynolds
Horse, the solos
By Deborah Hay
Cullberg
The Joyce Theater
Evil Tracy The International Showoff and DJ Razor Ramon
Rome & Jewels
By Rennie Harris
The Joyce Theater
Charles Turner and Sean Mason
LaTasha Barnes presents The Jazz Continuum
By LaTasha Barnes
The Joyce Theater
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Outstanding “Breakout” Choreographer:
Bryan and Shaina Baira of BAIRA
Symara Johnson
Soles of Duende: Amanda Castro, Brinda Guha, Arielle Rosales
marion spencer
Outstanding Performer:
Billy Barry
Hora
By Ohad Naharin
The Joyce Theater
j. bouey
A Message from Mx. Black Copper
By j. bouey
Movement Research at the Judson Church
Amanda Castro
Ayodele Casel: Chasing Magic
By Ayodele Casel
The Joyce Theater
Joyce Edwards
Grace, The Equality of Night and Day, and Open Door
By Ronald K. Brown
The Joyce Theater
Timothy Edwards
Mr. TOL E. RAncE
By Camille A. Brown
The Joyce Theater
Rachel Harris
Mr. Withers
By David Parsons
The Joyce Theater
Niall Jones
C O M P R E S S I O N
By Niall Jones
Performance Space New York
Albert Silindokuhle Ibokwe Khoza
And so you see… our honourable blue sky and ever enduring sun… can only be consumed slice by slice…
By Robyn Orlin
New York Live Arts and FIAF’s Crossing the Line Festival
Maleek Washington
Mr. TOL E. RAncE
By Camille A. Brown
The Joyce Theater
Ensemble: Anand Bolder, Louise Dahl, Freddy Houndekindo, Eliott Marmouset, Adam Schütt, Johanna Tengan, Vincent Van Der Plas
Horse, the solos
By Deborah Hay
Cullberg
The Joyce Theater
Ensemble: bree breeden, Wendell Gray II, José Lapaz Rodriguez, Jordan Demetrius Lloyd, Mia Martelli, Mykel Marai Nairne, Owen Prum, Kennedy Thomas
Blackbare in the Basement
By Jordan Demetrius Lloyd
Danspace Project
Ensemble: Marielys Burgos-Meléndez, Rafael V. Cañals Pérez, Christopher “Unpezverde” Núñez
The Circle or Prophetic Dream
By Christopher “Unpezverde” Núñez
Danspace Project
Outstanding Visual Design:
Isabela Dos Santos (Animation)
Mr. TOL E. RAncE
By Camille A. Brown
The Joyce Theater
Sarai Frazier (Lighting)
all things under dog, where two things are always true
By Monica Mirabile
Performance Space New York
Zane Pihlström (Costume and Stage Design)
Company XIV: Seven Sins
By Company XIV
Théâtre XIV
Tina Tzoka and Loukas Bakas (Set Design), Stephanos Droussiotis (Lighting Design), Nektarios Dionysatos (Props) Dimitris Korres (Mechanical Inventions)
Transverse Orientation
By Dimitris Papaioannou
Brooklyn Academy of Music