CHOREOGRAPHER-CREATORS:
Noemi Lafrance for Descent, RoseAnne Spradlin for under/ world, DD Dorvillier for Dressed for Floating, Vicky Shick and Barbara Kilpatrick for Undoing, Penny Arcade for performance work, Yasuko Yokoshi for Shuffle, Sarah Michelson for Shadowmann, Parts 1 & 2, and Amy Sue Rosen and Derek Bernstein for a body of work culminating in Break/Broke.
PERFORMERS:
Scott Heron, Robert Swinston, Diedre Nyota Dawkins, Christine Dakin, Germaul Yusef Barnes, and Walter Dundervill, Athena Malloy, and Tasha Taylor.
LIGHTING AND VISUAL DESIGN:
Holger Förterer for Angelin Preljocaj’s Helikopter, John Collins for Elevator Repair Service’s Room Tone, and Ridge Theater’s Laurie Olinder, Bill Morrison, Howard Thies, and Fred Tietz for Jennie Richee.
INSTALLATION:
Marina Abramovic for sustained achievement
COMPOSER-SOUND DESIGNERS:
Craig Harris for Brown Butterfly, Brooks Williams for Descent, and David Kean for Dressed for Floating.
SPECIAL CITATIONS:
Sally Banes for sustained achievement in dance writing and Sylvia Waters for sustained achievement as the director of Ailey II.
TIME OUT NEW YORK AUDIENCE AWARD:
Troika Ranch (Mark Coniglio and Dawn Stoppiello).
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