2008

(2006-2007 Season)

The winners were announced at a free, open-to-the-public ceremony at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Forum on Monday, April 28th, 2008.

The winners are shown in boldface type. The other nominees are also listed, in regular type.

MUSIC/SOUND/TEXT

  • Abbos Kosimov — Shodiana and

  • Under the Radar team with musical direction by Matthias Herrmann — Under the Radar

  • Imani’s Dream — Shout

  • Andrew Wass — Coping Mechanisms

  • Sean Dorsey, Ben Kessler (with Alex Kelly, Jeffrey Alfonsus Mooney) — Bullied

VISUAL DESIGN

  • Jo Kreiter, David Fredrickson & Stephen McCaffery/Figureplant, Sean Riley — Live Billboard Project, Flyaway Productions

  • Zhao Dynasties — Peony Performing Arts

  • Elaine Buckholtz, Lucy H G, paige starling sorvillo — thirty-seven isolated events, blindsight

  • Matthew Antaky, Eimaj Designs — Flood, Liss Fain Dance

  • Michael Bernard Loggins, Kim Epifano, Ron Reisner, Michael Stasiuk — Fears of Your Life, Kim Epifano’s Epiphany Productions & AXIS Dance Company

INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE

  • Ibrahima Diouf — JUSAT, Diamono Coura West African Dance Company

  • Alison Hurley — Full Evening, Savage Jazz Dance Company

  • Amara Tabor Smith — Give Your Hands to Struggle, in Urban Bush Women

  • Hearan Chung — Shin Kal Deh Shin Mu, Hearan Chung

  • Nol Simonse — Full Evening, Janice Garrett & Dancers

  • Tara Catherine Pandeya — Shodiana, Tara Catherine Pandeya

ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE

  • Danny Luong, Peter Luong — Lion Leaping Through the Plum Blossom Mountain to Reach the High Green, Leung’s White Crane Lion and Dragon Dance Association

  • Andrea Flores, Brandon Freeman, Anne Zivolich — Scissors/Paper/Rock, Brenda Way/ODC Dance Company

  • Brett Conway, John Michael Schert, Benjamin Wardell, Keelan Whitmore — The Hierarchical Migration of Birds and Mammals, Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet

  • Jennifer Bishop-Orsulak, Kara Davis, Julian DeLeon, Heidi Schweiker, Nol Simonse — 10 Studies on the Vicissitudes of Grief, Janice Garrett & Dancers

  • Kara Davis, Nol Simonse — Exit Wound

COMPANY PERFORMANCE

  • Jess Curtis/Gravity — Under the Radar

  • Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet — The Hierarchical Migration of Birds and Mammals

  • LIKHA-Pilipino Folk Ensemble — Kadayawan

  • Loco Bloco Drum & Dance Ensemble & Fogo Na Roupa Drum & Dance Ensemble — Bateria Bay-Lleza de San Francisco y Grupo los Locos por Samba

CHOREOGRAPHY

  • Under the Radar team with direction by Jess Curtis — Under the Radar

  • Janice Garrett — 10 Studies on the Vicissitudes of Grief

  • Margaret Jenkins (with Melanie Elms) — Waypoint

  • paige starling sorvillo — thirty-seven isolated events

  • Scott Wells — Gym Mystics & Wrestling with Affection

RESTAGING/REVIVAL/RECONSTRUCTION nominees

  • Misa Flamenca, Miguel Santos, Theatre Flamenco

  • 3 Epitaphs Patrick Corbin, Company C

  • Aunis, Jean-Claude Ciappara, San Francisco Ballet

  • Blue Suede Shoes, Dennis Nahat, Ballet San Jose

  • Sleeping Beauty, Helgi Tomasson, San Francisco Ballet

SPECIAL AWARDS Honorees

  • Gabriela Shiroma – Diaspora Negra

  • Chitresh Das – Kathak at the Crossroads

SUSTAINED ACHIEVEMENT Honorees

  • Miguel Santos – retired in 2007 after 20 years as Artistic Director of San Francisco’s Theatre Flamenco

  • Pam Hagen – co-founder of Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet in 1982

  • Pick School of Ballroom Dancing – teaching ballroom dancing to San Francisco since 1961