2008 Australian Dance Awards
Shortlist
Award for Services to Dance
- Dally Messenger & Karen van Ulzen
- Janine Kyle
- Lee Christofis
- Ruth Osborne
Award for Outstanding Achievement in Dance Education
- Gailene Stock AM
- Helen Cameron
- Jeff Meiners
- Joan Pope OAM
Outstanding Achievement in Choreography
- Garry Stewart for Honour Bound, Commissioned by Sydney Opera House & Malthouse Theatre
- Gideon Obarzanek for Glow. Chunky Move
- Lucy Guerin for Structure & Sadness, Lucy Guerin Inc.
- Stephen Baynes for Constant Variants, The Australian Ballet
Outstanding Performance by a Company
- Lucy Guerin Inc. for Structure & Sadness, Choreographer: Lucy Guerin
- Sydney Dance Company for Ever After Ever, Choreographer: Graeme Murphy AM
- Dancenorth & Brisbane Powerhouse for roadkill, Choreography: Splintergroup
- The Australian Ballet for Les Presages
Outstanding Achievement in Independent Dance
- Brian Lucas for his entire body of work during this period
- James Cunningham & Suzon Fuks for Mirage, Producer: Igneous
- Ros Warby for Monumental
- Shaun Parker for This Show Is About People, Producer: Marguerite Pepper Productions
Outstanding Performance by a Female Dancer
- Kirstie McCracken in Aether and Structure & Sadness, Choreographer: Lucy Guerin
- Lisa Griffiths in Crush, Choreographers: Amanda Phillips and Francis d’Ath
- Lucinda Dunn in Don Quixote, The Australian Ballet
- Sarah-Jayne Howard in roadkill, Choreographers: Splintergroup, Producers: Dancenorth & Brisbane Powerhouse
Outstanding Performance by a Male Dancer
- Antony Hamilton in Aether, Choreographer: Lucy Guerin
- Byron Perry in Structure & Sadness, Choreographer: Lucy Guerin
- Paul White in Honour Bound, Choreographer: Garry Stewart
- Reed Luplau in The Director’s Cut, Choreographer: Graeme Murphy
Outstanding Performance in a Stage Musical
- Hugh Jackman in The Boy From Oz, Choreographers: Kenny Ortega and Kelley Abbey
- Silvia Entcheva in This Show Is About People, Choreographer: Shaun Parker
- Tobias Cole in This Show Is About People, Choreographer: Shaun Parker
- Tony Sheldon in Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Choreographer: Ross Coleman
Award for Dance On Film
- Force Majeure for The Sense of It, Director: Kate Champion, Choreography: the performers, Producer: Karen Rodgers
- Lena John for Oru Divasum
- Narelle Benjamin and Cordelia Beresford for The Shape of Water
Concept and choreography: Narelle Benjamin, Director: Cordelia Beresford
- Sue Healey for Will Time Tell Producer: Sue Healey
Dance Awards Media release
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