News: One Dance UK Awards - The Winners
The winners of the first ever dance sector-wide awards were announced on Saturday 24 November at the One Dance UK Awards ceremony at Leeds Beckett university.
One Dance UK hosted shortlisted nominees, sponsors, supporters and leading lights from the dance sector for an evening of celebration – a moment where the entire sector came together to applaud the talented professionals and practitioners working in dance today.
The winners of the 23 categories are as follows:
Dance Personality of the Year Award
Susan Calman
Best use of Dance by a Brand Award
Reed – Love Mondays
Jane Attenborough Award
Sponsored by Gordon & Co
Jacky Lansley
Dance of the African Diaspora Lifetime Achievement Award
Supported by Derrick Anderson
Maxine Brown
People’s Choice Award
Dance Action Zone Leeds
Lifetime Achievement in Dance Education and Learning Award
Sponsored by Harlequin
Marion Gough
Outstanding Dance Programming Award
Sponsored by ISTD
Serendipity – LDIF
Research in Dance – Impact Award
Sponsored by Northern School of Contemporary Dance
Professor Matthew Wyon – Dance Science at University of Wolverhampton
Dance Healthcare Team Award
Sponsored by Fusion Sport Europe Ltd
London Contemporary Dance School
Dance Healthcare Practitioner Award
Supported by the Laws family
Karolin Krell – Osteopath and Physiotherapist
Dance Science Award
Sponsored by Birmingham Royal Ballet
Professor Matthew Wyon – Dance Science at University of Wolverhampton
Inspirational Community Dance Practitioner Award
Sponsored by Leeds City College
Rachel Liggitt – Shropshire
Dance Advocacy Award
Sponsored by Northern School of Contemporary Dance
Caroline Bowditch – Advocate and agent for change for access for disabled people in dance
Leeds Dance Partnership Award
Sponsored by Leeds Dance Partnership
Ian Rodley – Dance Action Zone Leeds
Outstanding Primary Dance Teaching Award
Sponsored by Dancewear Central
Lucy Seymour – Tannery Drift First School
Outstanding Secondary Dance Teaching Award
Geoff Lake – LeAF Studio School Bournemouth
Rising Star Award for Dance Teaching
Shaun Dillon – Suffolk
Dance Writing Award
Judith Mackrell
Innovation in Dance Award
Step Change Studios
Dance on Screen – Impact Award
Candoco Dance Company
Most Supportive Senior Leader or Governor Award
David Stewart – Oak Field School, Nottingham
Inspirational Lecturer at College, University or Conservatoire
Rosemary Brandt – Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance
Inspirational Work in Education (organisations)
YDance
The One Dance UK Awards 2019 categories will be announced in early 2019.
