| 4th Annual Minnesota SAGE Awards (2008) |
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4th Annual Minnesota SAGE Awards at the Walker Art Center Wednesday, September 24, 2008 at 7:30 pm Emcee – Donald LaCourse Musical Guest – Orkestar Bez Ime Award created by: Kirk McCall Performances by: Southwest High Dancers; Justin Leaf; Ethnic Dance Theater Panel – Megan Mayer, Jennifer Ilse, Krista Langberg, Aneka McMullen, Sachiko Nishiuchi, Mary Jo Peloquin, Gretchen Pick, Chris Schlichting, Michelle Steinwald, Maria Gomez Tierney, Sarah Hauss, Caroline Palmer Awards to: DESIGN: Mary Ellen Childs – music score for Wreck Kenna Sarge – film in Technicolor Blues and The Foundation EDUCATOR: Erin Thompson PERFORMER: Jessica Cressey Stephanie Fellner Eddie Oroyan PERFORMANCE: Holiday House II – The BodyCartography Project Premium White Morsels – Mad King Thomas Ways to Be Hold – Stuart Pimsler Dance & Theater SPECIAL CITATION: Laurie Van Wieren PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD: Chitra Vairavan 2008 Nominees - This year we again decided to make the final nominees in each category public before the gala event. During the deliberations process each panel routinely distilled their decisions to a final few possible candidates, and it was thought that sharing the identities of this group is important for many reasons. The nominees were notified of their nomination and invited to attend the gala evening and be acknowledged for their work. 2008 NOMINEES PERFORMER (3 SAGE Awards given): Mary Ann Bradley Jessica Cressey Stephanie Fellner Eddie Oroyan Chitra Vairavan Laura Selle Virtucio Greg Waletski EDUCATOR (1 SAGE Award given): Judith Howard Becky Stanchfield Erin Thompson PERFORMANCE (3 SAGE Awards given): Brown Rocket – Eddie Oroyan Holiday House II – The BodyCartography Project La Brea – Anna Marie Shogren Pinhead Sings Hello Life – Justin Jones Premium White Morsels – Mad King Thomas Technicolor Blues – Leah Nelson Ways to Be Hold – Stuart Pimsler Dance & Theater DESIGN (2 SAGE Awards given): Tacoumba Aiken – set design for Technicolor Blues Mary Ellen Childs – music score for Wreck Paul Herwig – set design for Border Crossing Elliott Durko Lynch – sound scores for Love Thing, I’m So Glad I Beat You, and Jasper Johns Gray Kenna Sarge – film in Technicolor Blues and The Foundation SPECIAL CITATION (1 SAGE Award given): Jeff Bartlett Marge Maddux Laurie Van Wieren Zenon Dance Company
                 Photos by V. Paul Virtucio & Megan Mayer: 01. Stuart Pimsler and Design award recipient Mary Ellen Childs (VPV) 02. 2008 Sage panelist Chris Schlichting (VPV) 03. 2008 Sage panelists Sarah Hauss & Aneka McMullen (VPV) 04. Vickie Benson, Nancy Fushan, Laura Zimmerman (VPV) 05. 2008 Sage Award artist Kirk McCall (VPV) 06. Performance award recipients Mad King Thomas with panelist Krista Langberg (VPV) 07. Our Minnesota Dance Community (VPV) 08. Live Music by Orkestar Bez Ime (VPV) 09. 2008 Sage panelist Caroline Palmer (VPV) 10. Master of Ceremonies Donald LaCourse (MM) 11. 2007 Sage Award recipient Southwest High School Dance Program performs (VPV) 12. Performer award recipient Stephanie Fellner (VPV) 13. 2007 Sage Award recipient Justin Leaf performs (VPV) 14. Dance Educator award recipient Erin Thompson (VPV) 15. Panelist Aneka McMullen presents Design award to Kenna Sarge (VPV) 16. 2007 Sage Award recipient Ethnic Dance Theater performs (VPV) 17. Special Citation award recipient Laurie Van Wieren (VPV) 2008 Sage Awards Video Clip In order of appearance: Caroline Palmer - panelist and writer Southwest High dance program performs Colleen Callahan's work "Sokolow-esque, E. European" Donald LaCourse - master of ceremonies Jennifer Ilse - panelist and presenter Justin Leaf - performs 2007 award winning work "Broadway Bound...and Gagged' Ethnic Dance Theater performs 2007 award winning piece "Scarf Dance" Chris Schlichting - panelist and presenter Laurie Van Wieren - 2008 Special Citation award recipient |
