The Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Dance Production is an annual award presented by the Society of London Theatre in recognition of achievements in commercial London theatre. The awards were established as the Society of West End Theatre Awards in 1976, and renamed in 1984 in honour of English actor and director Laurence Olivier.
| Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Dance Production | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Best New Dance Production |
| Location |  England |
| Presented by | Society of London Theatre |
| First awarded | 1983 |
| Currently held by | La Ruta (2024) |
| Website | officiallondontheatre |
This award was first presented in 1983, as Outstanding New Dance Production of the Year. After the 1985 presentation, the award was set aside from 1986 to 1992, returning in 1993 under its current name.
Winners and nominees
edit1980s
edit| Year | Production | Company |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | ||
| Requiem | The Royal Ballet | |
| Glass Pieces | New York City Ballet | |
| The Nightingale | Royal Opera | |
| Nijinsky the Fool | Lindsay Kemp | |
| 1984 | ||
| Giselle | Dance Theatre of Harlem | |
| Consort Lessons | The Royal Ballet | |
| Intimate Pages | Ballet Rambert | |
| Metamorphosis | Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet | |
| 1985 | ||
| Pictures | Merce Cunningham | |
| Romeo and Juliet | London Festival Ballet | |
| The Sons of Horus | The Royal Ballet | |
| The Wand of Youth | Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet |
1990s
edit2000s
edit2010s
edit2020s
edit| Year | Production | Company |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | ||
| Ingome | Mthuthuzeli November and Ballet Black | |
| La Fiesta | Israel Galván | |
| Mám | Michael Keegan-Dolan and Teaċ Daṁsa | |
| Vessel | Damien Jalet and Kohei Nawa | |
| 2021 | Not presented due to extended closing of theatre productions during COVID-19 pandemic[A] | |
| 2022[A] | ||
| Revisor | Crystal Pite and Jonathon Young / Kidd Pivot | |
| Draw From Within | Wim Vandekeybus - Rambert Dance Company | |
| Transverse Orientation | Dimitris Papaioannou | |
| 2023 | ||
| Traplord | Ivan Michael Blackstock | |
| Light of Passage | Crystal Pite for The Royal Ballet | |
| Pasionaria | La Veronal | |
| Triptych (The Missing Door, The Lost Room, and the Hidden Floor) | Peeping Tom | |
| 2024 | ||
| La Ruta | Gabriela Carrizo, part of Nederlands Dans Theater - NDT1 | |
| Broken Chord | Gregory Maqoma & Thuthuka Sibisi | |
| The Rite of Spring | Seeta Patel | |
| Time Spell | Michelle Dorrance, Jillian Meyers & Tiler Peck, part of Turn It Out with Tiler Peck & Friends | |
- ^ a b Due to late March 2020[1] to late July 2021[2] closing of London theatre productions during the COVID-19 pandemic in England, the 2022 awards recognise productions that launched anytime from February 2020 to February 2022[3]
References
edit- ^ Johnson, The Rt Hon Boris, MP (23 March 2020). Prime Minister's statement on coronavirus (COVID-19): 23 March 2020 [transcript] (Speech). Prime Minister's Televised Speech to the United Kingdom. www.gov.uk. London, UK. Archived from the original on 9 June 2020. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
From this evening I must give the British people a very simple instruction — you must stay at home.
{{cite speech}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ McPhee, Ryan (14 June 2021). "U.K. Postpones Reopening Roadmap; West End Theatres Will No Longer Reopen in Full in June". Playbill. Archived from the original on 14 June 2021. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
Step 4 of the roadmap will allow productions to play without capacity restrictions. June 21 was the goal; now, the government is eyeing July 19.
- ^ Thomas, Sophie (8 March 2022). "Everything you need to know about the Olivier Awards". londontheatre.co.uk. Archived from the original on 11 April 2022. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
Any new production that opened between 19 Feb. 2020 to 22 Feb. 2022 are eligible for categories in the 2022 Olivier Awards. With two years worth of shows set for honours in one year's ceremony, the 2022 Olivier Awards will prove tougher competition than before.
- London Theatre Guide (2008). "The Laurence Olivier Awards: Full List of Winners, 1976-2008" (.PDF). 1976-2008. The Society of London Theatre. p. 20. Retrieved 30 August 2008.