6th Annual Minnesota SAGE Awards (2010)

6th Annual Minnesota SAGE Awards at the Southern Theater

Tuesday, September 14, 2010 at 7:30 pm

Emcee – Mary Ellen Childs

Musical Guest – 6th and Vine

Award created by: Amy Rice

Performances by: Jane Shockley; Vanessa Voskuil; Wild Goose Chase Cloggers, RDM and DeLaSouljah Steppers

Panel – Joan Bren, Penny Freeh, Chris Holman, Yumi Inomata, Hannah Kramer, Paula Mann, Debra McGhee, Becky Olson, Gary Peterson, Derek Phillips, Cathy Wright

Awards to:

Outstanding Performance:

Anyendo Hwendo “Rainbow Spirit” – Francis Kofi and Hayor Bibimma

Earth performed at O’Shaughnessy Auditorium - Uri Sands

Ihrah: Sacred Water – Ranee Ramaswamy and Aparna Ramaswamy

Outstanding Performer:
Rachel Barnes – Femme de la Swashbuckle Box, Ode to Dolly, Dougieland, Blue Channel Rivulets and INwards

Brian Evans - Just One More, In Between-Between Places, Love Triangle (from The Jury), Abandon Me, A Word With You Dear, Tales from the Book of Longing

Penelope Freeh - We’ll Survive if We Don’t Protect Ourselves, Tributes, The Ballet Works Project, Ode to Dolly, Moving Works

Outstanding Ensemble: New award for 2010

Zenon Dance Company for performances in Fall concert, Spring concert and the opera The Pearl Fishers

Outstanding Design:

Set design for The Jury – Paul Herwig

Concept & production design for Ode to Dolly- Deborah Jinza Thayer (Mathew Smith- music, Lisa Axell/Laura Adams - costumes, Jeff Bartlett- lighting, Deirdre Murnane – puppetry, Brian Axell – set)

Outstanding Dance Educator:

Becky Stanchfield

Special Citation:

Patrick Scully

2010 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 would be important for many reasons. The nominees were notified of their nomination and invited to attend the gala evening and be acknowledged for their work.

2010 NOMINEES LIST

Outstanding Dance Educator:

Karla Grotting

Mary Harding

Judith Howard

Becky Stanchfield

Special Citation:

Susanna di Palma

Patrick Scully

Linda Shapiro

Outstanding Performance:

Anyendo Hwendo “Rainbow Spirit” – Francis Kofi and Hayor Bibimma

Bolero - Joanie Smith

Earth performed at O’Shaughnessy Auditorium - Uri Sands

Ihrah: Sacred Water – Ranee Ramaswamy and Aparna Ramaswamy

Security - Angharad Davies and Alex Grant

-ER+A - Kenna Sarge

Outstanding Ensemble: New award for 2010

Cast of Heaven by Morgan Thorson

Cast of Women & Men by Shapiro & Smith Dance

Zenon Dance Company for performances in Fall concert, Spring concert and opera Orpheus and Eurydice

Outstanding Design:

Production Design for Half Life - Body Cartography

Set design for The Jury – Paul Herwig

Concept & production design for Ode to Dolly- Deborah Jinza Thayer (Mathew Smith- music, Lisa Axell/Laura Adams - costumes, Jeff Bartlett- lighting, Deirdre Murnane – puppetry, Brian Axell – set)

Film and Direction for SubVert - Andrew Welken, Maryann Bradley and Shawn McConneloug

Outstanding Performer:

Brian Evans - Just One More, In Between-Between Places, Love Triangle (from The Jury), Abandon Me, A Word With You Dear, Tales from the Book of Longing

Jin Ming & Galen Treuer – Arrangements

Mary Ann Bradley & Greg Waletski – Here, Now That You’re Gone

Penelope Freeh - We’ll Survive if We Don’t Protect Ourselves, Tributes, The Ballet Works Project, Ode to Dolly, Moving Works

Rachel Barnes – Femme de la Swashbuckle Box, Ode to Dolly, Dougieland