2002 Awards

16th ANNUAL ISADORA DUNCAN DANCE AWARDS COMMITTEE ANNOUNCES
2000-2001 SEASON WINNERS (photos)

San Francisco ----The Isadora Duncan Dance Awards Committee announced the "Izzie" awards winners for the 2000-2001 performance season. Awards were bestowed in ten categories to Bay Area dancers, choreographers, their collaborators and composers, as well as to others who contribute to the advancement of the dance community.  2002 marked the 16th year that the Committee has recognized the excellence and diversity of Bay Area dance.

The winners were announced at the "Izzie" awards ceremony (photos) Tuesday, April 30 at the War Memorial Building’s elegant Green Room, located at 401 Van Ness Ave.  The event, co-hosted by the San Francisco Performing Arts Library and Museum and funded in part by the Zellerbach Family Fund, began with a reception at 6 p.m., followed by the awards ceremony at 7:30 pm. This celebration of achievement in Bay Area dance was free to the community.

The Isadora Dance Awards Committee seeks to honor local dance artists and promote their visibility, primarily by acknowledging outstanding achievements within a twelve-month period of performances, running September 1 through August 31.  The “Izzie” awards, formed as part of Dance Bay Area in 1984 with honors first given in 1985, are designed to celebrate the unique richness, diversity and excellence of Bay Area dance.  In 1994, the Isadora Duncan Dance Awards Committee reincorporated as a volunteer association under the auspices of the San Francisco Performing Arts Library and Museum.  Its members are dancers, teachers, critics, writers and arts administrators who serve three-year terms.

2000-2001 Winners