Winners of The 18th National Dance Awards

Published: 19 February 2018
Reporter: Vera Liber

National Dance Awards Winners Credit: Elliott Frank

The winners of The Critics’ Circle National Dance Awards 2017 were announced at a ceremony at London’s Barbican Centre on 19 February 2018 hosted by award-winning choreographer Annabelle Lopez Ochoa and Rambert dancer and choreographer Dane Hurst.

The winners were:

  • De Valois Award for Outstanding Achievement: Lez Brotherston

  • Dancing Times Award for Best Male Dancer: Liam Riddick

  • Grishko Award for Best Female Dancer: Zenaida Yanowsky

  • Stef Stefanou Award for Outstanding Company: 42nd Street

  • Best Independent Company: Headspacedance

  • Best Classical Choreography: Akram Khan for Akram Khan’s Giselle

  • Best Modern Choreography: Michael Keegan-Dolan for Swan Lake/Loch na hEala

  • Emerging Artist Award: Harry Alexander

  • Outstanding Female Performance (Classical): Alina Cojocaru as Giselle in Akram Khan’s Giselle

  • Dance Europe Award for Outstanding Male Performance (Classical): Marcelino Sambé as Colas in La Fille mal gardée

  • Outstanding Female Performance (Modern): Ashley Shaw as Vicky Page in The Red Shoes

  • Outstanding Male Performance (Modern): Robert Fairchild as Jerry Mulligan in An American in Paris

  • Jane Attenborough One Dance UK Industry Award: Mary Brennan

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