Australian Dance Awards
Outstanding Achievement in Dance Education
For outstanding achievement in the field of teaching. First awarded: 1997
2008
Helen Cameron for her vision, insight and tireless dedication to raising the standards of dance education throughout Australia and for her ground-breaking research, innovative creative programs and unconditional generosity.
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2006
Buzz Dance Theatre for igniting creative energy in children, young people and their communities,
for a commitment to contemporary arts policy and education, and for
providing ground-breaking education activities to Western Australians
for 21 years.
2005
Associate Professor Jenny Kinder is the Head of Dance at the Victorian
College of the Arts, a position she has held since 2000. She was founding director of Australia’s first dance-in-education company, Tasdance, where she commissioned many of Australia’s
leading choreographers. Between 1995 – 1999 she taught composition
at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA).
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2004
Michelle Saunders for her work as General Manager of STEPS Youth Dance Company
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2003
Keith Bain OAM
2002
Nanette Hassall Founder of Dance Works and currently Hed of Dance at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts. 2001
Margaret Markham,
a fellow of the Australian College of Education, realised her vision for a specialised academic and performing arts school for gifted children with the foundation of The MacDonald College in 1984.
2000
Martin Rubenstin OAM 1999
Professor Street Street has had a career in dance as a performer, choreographer,
educator and administrator. She has been head of dance a Queensland
University of Technology, Artistic Adviser to the Australian Choreographic
Centre and Chair of the Australia Council Dance Fund. She is presently Dean of Dance
at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts.
1998
Joan Halliday OAM and Monica Halliday OAM 1997
Shirley McKechnie OAM
Anne Roberts—founder of Dance North.
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