The Swiss Dance Awards are a distinction created in 2012 by the

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, as a measure to encourage the dance world. Since 2013 the Federal Dance Jury, the prizes are awarded every two years in collaboration with the Federal Office of Culture (FOC).

History

This Award was created as a Federal support to dance, it was introduced as part of the Federal law of encouragement to culture. It pursues and furthers the objectives of the Swiss Dance and Choreography prize (2002–2011). The wiss Confederationhaving taken up the prize as recognition and support in its objectives. The first ceremony of this award took place in the Theatre l'Equilibre in

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in 2013.

Principals

The Swiss Grand Award for Dance pays tribute to an artistic career and is the top prize of 40,000 francs awarded by the Federal Dance Jury. An equal amount is assigned to the Special Dance Award as a recompense for an exceptional contribution in the fields of mediation, documentation or cultural policy. As part of the "Current Dance Creation" competition the jury allocates four Swiss Dance Awards each of 25,000 francs. The June Johnson Prize is given in collaboration with the Stanley Thomas Johnson Foundation and rewards the upcoming dance generation. An Award of 25,000 francs is endowed to Outstanding Female and Male Dancers for their performing role.

Dance Awards Laureates

''Swiss Grand Award for Dance''

2019: La Ribot 2017: Noemi Lapzeson 2015: Gilles Jobin 2013: Martin Schläpfer

''Swiss Dance Awards''

2019: * Flow - Compagnie Linga & Keda * Hate me, tender - Teresa Vittucci * Speechless Voices - Compagnie Greffe/Cindy Van Acker * Vicky setzt Segel - Company Mafalda/Teresa Rotemberg 2017: * Creature-József Trefeli & Gábor Varga * iFeel3-*MELK Prod./Marco Berrettini * inaudible-ZOO/Thomas Hauert * Le Récital des Posture-Yasmine Hugonnet 2015: * Souffle - DA MOTUS! / Brigitte Meuwly and Antonio Bühler * Requiem - Tanzcompagnie Konzert Theater Bern / Nanine Linning * bits C 128Hz - miR Compagnie / Béatrice Goetz * Orthopädie or to be - Kilian Haselbeck/Meret Schlegel 2013: * Sideways Rain - Alias Cie / Guilherme Botelho * From B to B - Thomas Hauert/ZOO et Àngels Margarit/Cia Mudances * Disabled Theater - Theater HORA / Jérôme Bel * Diffraction - Cie Greffe / Cindy Van Acker

''June Johnson Dance Price''

2019: Unplush / Marion Zurbach 2017: Hyperion – Higher States Part 2 - Antibodies/Kiriakos Hadjiioannou 2015: Requiem for a piece of meat - 3art3 company, Daniel Hellmann 2013: Dark Side Of The Moon - Asphalt Piloten, Anna Anderegg

''Special Dance Award''

2019: Dominique Martinoli 2017: AIEP Avventure in Elicottero Prodotti 2015: Claude Ratzé/ADC Genf 2013: Théâtre Sévelin 36

''Outstanding feminine and masculine dancers''

2019
Marie-Caroline Hominal
/ Edouard Hue. 2017: Marthe Krummenacher / Tamara Bacci. 2015:

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Ioannis Mandafounis
2013: Yen Han / Foofwa d’Imobilité.

References

{{Reflist Awards established in 2012 Dance awards Dance in Switzerland Contemporary dance