2007
Winners
ISADORA DUNCAN DANCE AWARDS
2007 WINNERS (for the 2005-2006 SEASON)
 The
winners were announced at a free, open-to-the-public ceremony at Yerba
Buena Center for the Arts, Theater on Monday, April 23, 2007.
The winners are shown in BOLDFACE CAPS. The other nominees are
also listed, in regular type.
Definitions of Categories
COMPANY PERFORMANCE
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San Francisco Ballet — Artifact Suite, William Forsythe
Los Lupeños de San Jose — La Chilena of Mexico
San Francisco Ballet — Glass Pieces, Jerome Robbins
Zooz Dance Company — Passages, 2006 San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival
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ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
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Pandit Chitresh Das and Jason Samuels Smith — India Jazz Suites
Ramón Ramos Alayo, Luissander Planas and Royland Lobato
— Los Guedes, Afro-Cuban Ensemble, 2006 Cuba Caribe Festival
Chris Black and Ken James — The Adventures of Cunning and Guile,
Chris Black/POTRZEBIE & Ken James
Katita Waldo and Ruben Martin — Glass Pieces, San Francisco Ballet
Vanessa Zahorian and Gonzalo Garcia — Rubies, San Francisco Ballet
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INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE
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Robert Moses — Doscongio, Robert Moses' Kin
Fanny Ara — Soleá por Bulerías, in Una Noche
en Andalucia
Robert Henry Johnson — Letters to Jesus, Robert Henry Johnson Dance Company
Kegan Marling — Home, Scott Wells & Dancers
Leslie Seiters — oxa, Leslie Seiters' little known dance company
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MUSIC/SCORE/TEXT
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Sean Dorsey, Ben Kessler — Creative, Fresh Meat Productions
Ken Goldberg, Randall Packer and Gregory Kuhn— Ballet Mori, San Francisco Ballet
Pandit Chitresh Das, Marcus Shelby Trio — India Jazz Suites
Marc Bamuthi Joseph — Narrator/Writer, 2006 San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival
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VISUAL DESIGN
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Clyde Sheets, lighting/set design; Lynne Grant and James Meyers, costume design; Scott Horton,
table design and construction; Dilon Paul, video; Austin Forbord, original video; Deborah Slater, director
— Hotel of Memories, Deborah Slater Dance Theater
Claudia Esslinger, costume — oxa, Leslie Seiters' little known dance company
Alexander V. Nichols, visual design — A slipping Glimpse, Margaret Jenkins Dance Company
Ishan Vernallis with III, video design; Sean Riley, scenic and lighting design; Leslie Linnebur,
set/costume collaborator; Erika Chong Shuch, director — Orbit, Erika Shuch Performance Project
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CHOREOGRAPHY
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Chris Black and Ken James — The Adventures of Cunning and Guile,
Chris Black/POTRZEBIE & Ken James
Naomi Bragin and Jose Francisco Barroso — The House of Two Spirits,
DREAM Dance Company
Sean Dorsey — Creative, Fresh Meat Productions
Paco Gomes — The Red Scarf, Paco Gomes & Dancers
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RESTAGING/REVIVAL/RECONSTRUCTION nominees
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Anna Halprin, revival — Dressing and Undressing and A Paper Dance,
excerpts from Parades and Changes, Anna Halprin and Group
Jean-Pierre Frohlich, restaging — Afternoon of a Faun, San Francisco Ballet
Dennis Nahat, revival — Romeo and Juliet, Ballet San Jose
Howard Sayette, revival — Billy the Kid, Oakland Ballet
Howard Sayette, revival — Les Noces, Oakland Ballet
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SUSTAINED ACHIEVEMENT Honorees
| Dance Program, City College of San Francisco - 70 years of dance instruction & performances |
| Remy Charlip - 20 years as choreographer, teacher and mentor |
| Helgi Tomasson - 20 years as Artistic Director, San Francisco Ballet |
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SPECIAL AWARDS Honorees
| Dayna Goldfine and Dan Geller - Ballets Russes (film) |
| Karina Epperlein - Phoenix Dance (film) |
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