horton awards winners

2007 HORTON AWARD WINNERS

Outstanding Achievement in Performance - Company
Lux Aeterna Dance Company, Underwater and Beached

Outstanding Achievement in Performance - Male
Patrick Damon Rago, MANIFOLD (Palindrome Performance Group)

Outstanding Achievement in Performance - Female
Holly Johnston, experiment one (Ledges and Bones Dance Project)

Outstanding Achievement in Performance - Small Ensemble
Andrea Brache & William Lu, Push (Backhausdance)

Outstanding Achievement in Choreography - Long Form
Keith Johnson, Girl Falling Towards The Sky (Keith Johnson/Dancers)

Outstanding Achievement in Choreography - Short Form
(Tie) Jennifer Backhaus, Push Regina Klenjoski, The Museum Project - Triptych #2

Outstanding Production of a Festival or Series
Jamie Nichols, Celebrate Dance 2007

Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design
Monica Favand Campagna, Poisoning the Well (TRIP Dance Theatre)

Outstanding Achievement in Music for Dance
Charlie Campagna, Poisoning the Well (TRIP Dance Theatre)

Outstanding Achievement in Set Design
Rogelio Lopez Garcia, Girl Falling Towards The Sky (Keith Johnson/Dancers)

Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Design
Eileen Cooley and Monique L'Heureux, Celebrate Dance 2007

Revival, Reconstruction, Restaging
Keith Glassman, Slip Knot (Keith Glassman Dance & Performance)

Special Awards

The Lester Horton Award for Service to Our Dance Community
Meg Wolfe

The Lester Horton Lifetime Achievement Award
Grover Dale

The Lester Horton Furthering the Visibility of Dance Award
Tim Agler

The Lester Horton Dance Innovator Award
Rosanna Gamson

2006 HORTON AWARD WINNERS

Outstanding Achievement in Performance - Company
Djanbazian Dance Company, Anna Djanbazian, Artistic Director, for Rumi: Path to Enlightenment

Outstanding Achievement in Performance - Male
Carlos Rodriguez, La Hora de Salir, Oni Dance

Outstanding Achievement in Performance - Female
Jean Michelle Sayeg, Té Verde 'Danza Brasileira', Francisco Martinez Dancetheatre

Outstanding Achievement in Performance - Small Ensemble
Andrea Brache, Andrew Cook, and William Lu, eXit, Backhausdance

Outstanding Achievement in Choreography - Long Form
Francisco Martinez, Té Verde, Francisco Martinez Dancetheatre

Outstanding Achievement in Choreography - Short Form
Jennifer Backhaus, Love and Other Impossibilities, Backhausdance

Outstanding Production of a Festival or Series
Jamie Nichols, Celebrate Dance 2006

Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design
Elias Roldan, Arriba Jalisco: A Gritos Y A Sombreazos, Grandeza Mexicana Folk Ballet Company

Outstanding Achievement in Music for Dance
Ron Bartlett, Charlie Campagna, & Moira Smiley Synergy, TRIP Dance Theatre & Regina Klenjoski Dance Co.

Outstanding Achievement in Set Design
Brock Cilley, The Cage, Marie de la Palme, Choreographer

Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Design
Monique L'Heureux, La Jupe, Backhausdance

Revival, Reconstruction, Restaging
Jennifer Backhaus, Disintegration (2001), Backhausdance

2005 HORTON AWARD WINNERS

Outstanding Achievement in Performance - Company
Rhapsody in Taps Banderillas, Linda Sohl-Ellison, Artistic Director, Stroke of the Oarsmen

Outstanding Achievement in Performance - Male
John Pennington, Reflections on Kreutzberg, Pennington Dance Group

Outstanding Achievement in Performance - Female
Maria Gillespie, Bandits, Oni Dance

Outstanding Achievement in Performance - Small Ensemble
Sarandon Cassidy and Rogelio Lopez, G Orpheus and Eurydice, PTERO Dance Theatre

Outstanding Achievement in Choreography - Long Form
Linda Sohl-Ellison, Stroke of the Oarsmen, Rhapsody in Taps

Outstanding Achievement in Choreography - Short Form
John Pennington, Out Of, Pennington Dance Group

Outstanding Production of a Festival or Series
Celebration of Dance, Jill Sanzo, Ballet of the Foothills

Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design
Monica Favand, Where the Body Ends, PTERO Dance Theater

Outstanding Achievement in Music for Dance
Paul Des Marais, Reflections on Kreutzberg, Pennington Dance Group

Outstanding Achievement in Set Design
Newell Taylor Reynolds, Spaces Between, Pennington Dance Group

Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Design
Andrew N. Milhan, On the Brink of Time, Pennington Dance Group, Spaces Between, Reflections on Kreutzberg, Crossing

Revival, Reconstruction, Restaging
John Pennington and Emma Lew Thomas, Reflections on Kreutzberg (1936-48), Pennington Dance Group; Diana MacNeil and John Pennington, Spaces Between (1974), Pennington Dance Group