The SAGE Awards for Dance were presented Tuesday night at the Southern Theater.
Our story Friday listed the nominees. And now, the winners:
Outstanding Dance Educator
Becky Stanchfield
Special Citation
Patrick Scully
Outstanding Performance
Francis Kofi and Hayor Bibimma for Anyendo Hwendo “Rainbow Spirit”
Ranee Ramaswamy and Aparna Ramaswamy for “Ihrah: Sacred Water”
Uri Sands for “Earth”
Outstanding Ensemble:
Zenon Dance Company for performances in Fall Concert, Spring Concert and the opera “Orpheus and Eurydice”
Outstanding Design
Paul Herwig — Set design for “The Jury”
Deborah Jinza Thayer (Mathew Smith, music; Lisa Axell/Laura Adams, costumes; Jeff Bartlett, lighting; Deirdre Murnane, puppetry; Brian Axell, set) — Concept and production design for “Ode to Dolly”
Outstanding Performer
Rachel Barnes — “Femme de la Swashbuckle Box”; “Ode to Dolly”; “Dougieland”
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”; “Ballet Works Project”; “Ode to Dolly: The Sheep”; “Inter Alia”; “Moving Works”
