The 18th National Dance Awards Announcement of Nominations - National?

The Dance Section of the Critics’ Circle is pleased to announce the nominations for the 18th National Dance Awards, which are as follows: 
 

DANCING TIMES AWARD FOR BEST MALE DANCER 
Miguel Altunaga (Rambert)
Isaac Hernández (English National Ballet)
Xander Parish (Mariinsky Ballet)
Liam Riddick (Richard Alston Dance Company)
Marcelino Sambé (The Royal Ballet)
 

GRISHKO AWARD FOR BEST FEMALE DANCER 
Francesca Hayward (The Royal Ballet)
Sophie Martin (Scottish Ballet)
Yasmine Naghdi (The Royal Ballet)
Zenaida Yanowsky (The Royal Ballet)
Eva Yerbabuena (Cĩa Eva Yerbabuena)
 

STEF STEFANOU AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING COMPANY
42ND Street  
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater  
English National Ballet   
Northern Ballet 
Scottish Ballet 
 

BEST INDEPENDENT COMPANY  
Avant Garde Dance 
Ballet Cymru 
HeadSpaceDance     
Rosie Kay Dance Company 
Vincent Dance Theatre   
 

BEST CLASSICAL CHOREOGRAPHY
[Sponsored by The Ballet Association]
Akram Khan for ‘Akram Khan’s Giselle’ (English National Ballet)
Crystal Pite for ‘Emergence’ (Scottish Ballet)
Crystal Pite for ‘Flight Pattern’ (The Royal Ballet)
Liam Scarlett for ‘Symphonic Dances’ (The Royal Ballet)
Kenneth Tindall for ‘Casanova’ (Northern Ballet)
 

BEST MODERN CHOREOGRAPHY
[Sponsored by Northern Ballet]
Michael Asante & Kenrick Sandy for ‘Blak Whyte Gray’ (Boy Blue Entertainment)
Matthew Bourne for ‘The Red Shoes’ (New Adventures)
Michael Clark for ‘To a simple, rock ‘n’ roll…song.’ (Michael Clark Company)
Michael Keegan-Dolan for ‘Swan Lake/Loch na hEala’ (Teaċ Damsa)
Arthur Pita for ‘Stepmother/Stepfather’ (Arthur Pita & HeadSpaceDance)
 

EMERGING ARTIST AWARD 
[Sponsored by The L&M Trust]  
Harry Alexander (Dancer, Michael Clark Company/ Julie Cunningham & Company)
Vincenzo Lamagna (Composer, ‘Akram Khan’s Giselle’ – English National Ballet)
Dickson Mbi (Dancer, Boy Blue Entertainment/ Russell Maliphant Company)
Botis Seva (Choreography for Far From the Norm and Scottish Dance Theatre)
Francesca Velicu  (First Artist, English National Ballet)
 

OUTSTANDING FEMALE PERFORMANCE (MODERN)
[Sponsored by DWFM Beckman]
Antonia Grove in ‘Virgin Territory’ (Vincent Dance Theatre)
Shelley Eva Haden in ‘MK Ultra’ (Rosie Kay Dance Theatre)
Ashley Shaw as Vicky Page in ‘The Red Shoes’ (New Adventures)
Clemmie Sveaas in ‘Stepmother/Stepfather’ (Arthur Pita & HeadSpaceDance)
Francesca Velicu in ‘The Rite of Spring’ (English National Ballet)
 

OUTSTANDING MALE PERFORMANCE (MODERN)
Mithkal Alzghair in ‘Displacement’ (Mithkal Alzghair)
Christopher Akrill in ‘Stepmother/Stepfather’ (Arthur Pita & HeadSpaceDance)
Karl Fagerlund Brekke in ‘Stepmother/Stepfather’ (Arthur Pita & HeadSpaceDance)
Robert Fairchild as Jerry Mulligan in ‘An American in Paris’
Dickson Mbi in ‘Blak Whyte Gray’ (Boy Blue Entertainment)
 

OUTSTANDING FEMALE PERFORMANCE (CLASSICAL) 
[Sponsored by Lee McLernon]
Alina Cojocaru as Giselle in ‘Akram Khan’s Giselle’ (English National Ballet)
Bethany Kingsley-Garner in ‘Emergence’ (Scottish Ballet)
Kristen McNally in ‘Flight Pattern’ (The Royal Ballet)
Aditi Mangaldas in ‘Inter_rupted’ (Aditi Mangaldas Dance Company)
Eva Yerbabuena in ‘Aperiencias’ (Cĩa Eva Yerbabuena)
 

DANCE EUROPE AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING MALE PERFORMANCE (CLASSICAL)
Israel Galván in ‘FLA.CO.MEN’ (Cĩa Israel Galván)
Christopher Harrison in ‘MC 14/22 (Ceci est mon corps)’ (Scottish Ballet)
Brandon Lawrence in ‘Wink’ (Birmingham Royal Ballet)
Marcelino Sambé as Colas in ‘La Fille mal gardée’’ (The Royal Ballet)
James Streeter as Albrecht in ‘Akram Khan’s Giselle’ (English National Ballet)
 

The winners will be announced at a lunchtime ceremony to be held in Central London on Monday, 19th February 2018.

The event will also play host to the De Valois Award for Outstanding Achievement and the One Dance UK Industry Award, given in memory of Jane Attenborough, for both of which there are no prior nominations.