2010

(2008-2009 Season)

The awardees were announced at a free, open-to-the-public ceremony at Koret Auditorium of the San Francisco Public Library on Tuesday, January 12, 2010.

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

MUSIC/SOUND/TEXT

  • Matt Lucas, Sandy Perez, Chris Walker, “Shango, King of Oyo”, Obakoso Drum and Dance Ensemble, 2009 San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival, Weekend 3

  • Katie Faulkner, “Terra Incognito”, Manuelito Biag with Alex Ketley, Kara Davis, 2009 WestWave Dance Festival

  • Lizbeth Hasse, Joe Orrach, “In My Corner”

  • Heather Gehr, Joyce Harris, Violet Henderson, Audrey Hudson, Jo Kreiter, Silvia Ledezma, Harvey Schwartz, Pamela Z, Kristi Tuemmler, “The Ballad of Polly Ann”, FlyAway Productions

  • Tatsu Aoki, Jonathan Chen, Dohee Lee, Jason Lewis, Francis Wong, “FLUX”

VISUAL DESIGN (Costumes/Lights/Sets)

  • Jack Carpenter, “Traveling Light”, Joe Goode Performance Group

  • Ely Aceves, Julia Adam, Michael Ansell, Jack Carpenter, Rebecca Crowell, Christine Darch, Thyra Hartshorn, David McCollum, Cindy Sarmiento, “The Little Prince”, Diablo Ballet

  • Patty-Ann Farrell, “Keep Her Safe, Please!”, Wan-Chao Chang Dance, 2009 San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival, Weekend 4

  • figureplant/David Fredrickson, Karl Gillick, “The Ballad of Polly Ann”, FlyAway Productions

  • Rachel Stone, “That Obscure Subject of Desire”, Paufve Dance

  • Patrick Toebe, “Which Light in the Sky is Us”, Company C Contemporary Ballet

PERFORMANCE – INDIVIDUAL

  • Ramon Moreno Acanda for entire season with Ballet San Jose

  • Laura Elaine Ellis, “Grace – 35th Anniversary Celebration”, Dimensions Dance Theater

  • José Francisco Barroso, “Shango, King of Oyo”, 2009 San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival, Weekend 3

  • Christy Funsch, “Three Rue Road”, Stephen Pelton Dance Theater

  • Sarah Van Patten for entire season with the San Francisco Ballet

PERFORMANCE – ENSEMBLE

  • Davit Karapetyan, Ivan Popov, Sarah Van Patten, Vanessa Zahorian, “Stravinsky Violin Concerto”, San Francisco Ballet

  • Nicolas Blanc, Tina LeBlanc, “Within the Golden Hour”, San Francisco Ballet

  • Tina LeBlanc, Pascal Molat, Sofiane Sylve, “Jewels – Rubies”, San Francisco Ballet

  • Daniel Santos, Vanessa Thiessen, “They’ve Lost Their Footing”, ODC/Dance

  • Juan Siddi, Carola Zertuche, “Encuentro”, Theatre Flamenco, 2009 San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival, Weekend 1

PERFORMANCE – COMPANY

  • Na Lei Hulu I Ka Wekiu, “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face”, 2009 San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival, Weekend 3

  • Ballet San Jose, “Dark Elegies”

  • Los Lupeños de San José, “Salón México”, 2009 San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival, Weekend 3

  •  Paufve Dance, “That Obscure Subject of Desire”

  • San Francisco Ballet, “Within the Golden Hour”

RESTAGING/REVIVAL/RECONSTRUCTION

  • Flemming Flindt, Vivi Flindt, Raymond Rodriguez, “The Toreador”, San Jose Ballet, by Flemming Flindt after Auguste Bournonville, Royal Theatre, Copenhagen, Denmark (1978)

  • Betsy Erickson, Susan Weber, “A Garden”, San Francisco Ballet, by Mark Morris, San Francisco Ballet (2001)

  • Laura Graham, “in the middle, somewhat elevated”, San Francisco Ballet, by William Forsythe, Paris Opera (1987)

  • Ramon Moreno Acanda, “Muñecos”, Pointe of Departure, by Alberto Mendes, Concours International de Ballet de Japon (1978)

  • Wendy Van Dyck, “Boink!”, Company C Contemporary Ballet, by Val Caniparoli, Lawrence Pech Company (2002)

CHOREOGRAPHY

  • Scott Wells, “What Men Want” performed by Scott Wells & Dancers

  • Susan Cashion, “Salón México” performed by Los Lupeños de San José, 2009 San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival, Weekend 3

  • Gregory Dawson, “Which Light in the Sky is Us” performed by Company C Contemporary Ballet

  • Stephen Pelton, “and a white light in the back of my mind to guide me” performed by Stephen Pelton Dance Theater

  • Yuri Zhukov, “Pioneer Plaques” performed by Zhukov Dance Theatre

SPECIAL AWARD Honorees

  • Dohee Lee, “FLUX”

  • Jo Kreiter, “The Ballad of Polly Ann”

SUSTAINED ACHIEVEMENT Honorees

  • Ashkenaz Music and Dance Center in Berkeley, founded by David Nadel in 1973 to serve the Bay Area’s interests in multi-cultural participatory music and dance

  • Marc Platt, distinguished Bay Area dancer who starred with Ballets Russes, on Broadway, and in Hollywood movies

  • Roy Bogas, Principal Solo Pianist for the San Francisco Ballet