Awards & Winners

Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Dance

Laurence Olivier Award

Check all the winners of Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Dance presented under Laurence Olivier Award since 1977 .


Michael Hulls

Honored for : Balletboyz - The Talent 2013

Nominations 2014 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Arthur Pita A Dream Within a Midsummer Night's Dream
for his choreography of Ballet Black - A Dream Within a Midsummer Night's Dream at the Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House
Clemmie Sveaas Witch-Hunt
for her performance in Witch-Hunt at the Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House
Michael Hulls Balletboyz - The Talent 2013
for his body of lighting work including Balletboyz - The Tallent at Sadler's Wells
Mark Morris
For his season at Sadler's Wells

Marianela Núñez

Honored for : Viscera, Aeternum, Diana and Acteon

Nominations 2013 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Marianela Núñez Viscera","Aeternum","Diana and Acteon
ILL-Abilities Company No Limits
Lez Brotherston Sleeping Beauty, A Gothic Romance

Edward Watson

Honored for : The Metamorphosis

Nominations 2012 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Edward Watson The Metamorphosis
The Design Team Alice\u2019s Adventures In Wonderland
Sylvie Guillem 6000 Miles Away
Tommy Franzen Some Like It Hip Hop

Antony Gormley

Honored for : Babel

Nominations 2011 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Antony Gormley Babel
John Macfarlane Asphodel Meadows
Yoshie Sunahata Gnosis

Rambert Dance Company

(For an outstanding year of new work)

Nominations 2010 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Rambert Dance Company
For an outstanding year of new work
Colin Dunne Out Of Time
Michael Hulls Two: Four: Ten","Afterlight","Eonnagata

Royal Ballet of Flanders

Honored for : Impressing the Czar

Nominations 2009 »

Nominee Nominated Work
The Royal Ballet Infra
Royal Ballet of Flanders Impressing the Czar
Savion Glover Savion Glover\u2019s Bare Soundz
Marshall Davis Jr. Savion Glover\u2019s Bare Soundz
Maurice Chestnut Savion Glover\u2019s Bare Soundz

The Royal Ballet

Honored for : Jewels

Nominations 2008 »

Nominee Nominated Work
The Royal Ballet Jewels
Savion Glover Savion Glover: Live For London
For his performance in Live For London at Sadler\u2019s Wells
Jonathan Goddard
For his performances with the Richard Alston Dance Company at Sadler\u2019s Wells
Wendy Whelan Fools' Paradise

Carlos Acosta

(For his programme of work and his performances at Sadler's Wells)

Nominations 2007 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Steven McRae
For his performances in The Royal Ballet's Homage To The Queen and Chroma at The Royal Opera House
Marianela Núñez The Sleeping Beauty
For her performances in The Royal Ballet's DGV and in Carlos Acosta's programme at Sadler's Wells
Wayne McGregor
For his choreography of The Royal Ballet's Chroma at The Royal Opera House
Carlos Acosta
For his programme of work and his performances at Sadler's Wells

Pina Bausch

Honored for : Nelken and Palermo Palermo

Nominations 2006 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Cuban National Ballet's Corps De Ballet
For their season at Sadler\u2019s Wells
Johan Kobborg La Sylphide
And for his performance in the Royal Ballet\u2019s The Lesson
Russell Maliphant Push
For his choreography and performance in PUSH at Sadler\u2019s Wells
Pina Bausch Nelken and Palermo Palermo
For the creation of Nelken and Palermo Palermo at Sadler\u2019s Wells

San Francisco Ballet

(For their season at Sadler\u2019s Wells.)

Nominations 2005 »

Nominee Nominated Work
San Francisco Ballet
For their season at Sadler\u2019s Wells.
Julien Macdonald
For his costume designs for Richard Alston Dance Company\u2019s Shimmer at Sadler\u2019s Wells.
The Royal Ballet Sylvia
For their recreation of Sylvia at the Royal Opera House.
Rambert Dance Company
For the range and quality of new work in their November season at Sadler\u2019s Wells.

Thomas Edur, Agnes Oaks

Honored for : 2 Human
(For their performances in English National Ballet's 2 Human at Sadler's Wells)

Nominations 2004 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Carlos Acosta Tocororo - A Cuban Tale
Javier de Frutos Elsa Canasta
Rambert Dance Company
The dancers of Rambert Dance Company for their season at Sadler's Wells
Thomas Edur 2 Human
For their performances in English National Ballet's 2 Human at Sadler's Wells
Agnes Oaks 2 Human
For their performances in English National Ballet's 2 Human at Sadler's Wells

Robyn Orlin

Honored for : Daddy, I've Seen This Piece Six Times before And I Still Don't Know Why They are Hurting Each Other

Nominations 2003 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Robyn Orlin Daddy, I've Seen This Piece Six Times before And I Still Don't Know Why They are Hurting Each Other
Tanztheater Wuppertal Kontakthof
Chiaki Nagao Madame Butterfly
For her performance in Northern Ballet Theatre's Madame Butterfly at Sadler's Wells.
Christopher Wheeldon Tryst","Polyphonia
For his choreography of The Royal Ballet's Tryst at the Royal Opera House and New York City Ballet's Polyphonia at Sadler's Wells.

Mark Morris

(For the Mark Morris Dance Group's season at Sadler's Wells.)

Nominations 2002 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Mark Morris
For the Mark Morris Dance Group's season at Sadler's Wells
Ushio Amagatsu Hibiki
For the concept, direction, choreography and performance of Sankai Juku's Hibiki at Sadler's Wells
Dana Caspersen Artifact","Eidos: Telos
William Forsythe Artifact","Eidos: Telos

Deborah Colker

Honored for : Mix
(For her choreography of Mix at the Barbican Centre)

Nominations 2001 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Matthew Bourne The Car Man
For his concept and dramatisation of The Car Man at the Old Vic
Deborah Colker Mix
For her choreography of Mix at the Barbican Centre
Robert Parker The Shakespeare Suite
For his performance in Birmingham Royal Ballet\u2019s Shakespeare Suite at the Royal Opera House
Michael Revie Mozartina
For his performance in Zurich Ballet\u2019s Mozartina at Sadler\u2019s Wells

Ji?í Kylián

(For his artistic excellence and outstanding direction of Nederlands Dans Theater 1's season at Sadler's Wells)

Nominations 2000 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Ji?í Kylián
For his artistic excellence and outstanding direction of Nederlands Dans Theater 1's season at Sadler's Wells
Nina Ananiashvili Don Quixote
Pina Bausch Viktor
Tanztheater Wuppertal Viktor
David Bintley Edward II
And his creative team

William Forsythe, Ballet Frankfurt

(For their season at Sadler's Wells)

Nominations 1999 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Trisha Brown L'Orfeo
William Forsythe
For their season at Sadler's Wells
Ballet Frankfurt
For their season at Sadler's Wells
Bill T. Jones We Set Out Early...Visibility Was Poor
Twyla Tharp
For their season during BITE:98 at the Barbican

Lez Brotherston

Honored for : Cinderella
(For the set design and costume for Adventures In Motion Pictures's Cinderella at the Piccadilly)

Nominations 1998 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Lez Brotherston Cinderella
For the set design and costume for Adventures In Motion Pictures's Cinderella at the Piccadilly
Altynai Asylmuratova Swan Lake
For her performance in English National Ballet's Swan Lake in the round, in association with Raymond Gubbay at the Royal Albert Hall
Mark Morris L'Allegro, Il Penseroso Ed Il Moderato
For his choreography of L'Allegro, Il Penseroso Ed Il Moderato, performed by the Mark Morris dance group, English National Opera in association with dance Umbrella, at the London Coliseum

Rambert Dance Company

(The dancers of Rambert Dance Company for their season at the London Coliseum)

Nominations 1997 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Rambert Dance Company
The dancers of Rambert Dance Company for their season at the London Coliseum
Sue Blane Alice in Wonderland
For her design of English National Ballet's Alice In Wonderland at the London Coliseum
Viviana Durante Anastasia","...now languorous, now wild...
For her performances in The Royal Ballet's Anastasia... Now Langourous, Now Wild... at the Royal Opera House
Thomas Edur Alice in Wonderland","Giselle
For his performances in English National Ballet's Alice in Wonderland and Giselle at the London Coliseum

Peter Mumford

Honored for : Fearful Symmetries, The Glass Blew In
(For lighting design of The Royal Ballet's Fearful Symmetries at the Royal Opera House and of Siobhan Davies Dance Company's The Glass Blew In at Sadler's Wells.)

Nominations 1995 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Thomas Edur The Sleeping Beauty
For his performance in English National Ballet's The Sleeping Beauty at the Royal Festival Hall
John Macfarlane The Nutcracker
For his design of Birmingham Royal Ballet's The Nutcracker at the London Coliseum
Núria Moreno Cinderella
For her performance in Lindsay Kemp & Company's Cinderella at Sadler's Wells
Peter Mumford Fearful Symmetries","The Glass Blew In
For lighting design of The Royal Ballet's Fearful Symmetries at the Royal Opera House and of Siobhan Davies Dance Company's The Glass Blew In at Sadler's Wells

London Contemporary Dance Theatre

(For their season at Sadler's Wells)

Nominations 1994 »

Nominee Nominated Work
London Contemporary Dance Theatre
For their season at Sadler's Wells
Darcey Bussell Ballet Imperial","La Ronde
Sylvie Guillem Herman Schmerman
Marion Tait Romeo and Juliet

Siobhan Davies

(For choreography of Rambert Dance Company's Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues at the Royalty)

Nominations 1993 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Siobhan Davies
For choreography of Rambert Dance Company's Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues at the Royalty
David Bintley
For choreography of the Royal Ballet's Tombeaux at the Royal Opera House
Lez Brotherston
For scenery and costume design for the Northern Ballet Theatre's season at the Royalty
Joseph Cipolla
For his performance in Birmingham Royal Ballet's The Green Table at Sadler's Wells

William Forsythe, The Royal Ballet

Honored for : In The Middle, Somewhat Elevated
(For William Forsythe's choreography and performance by the Royal Ballet)

Nominations 1992 »

Nominee Nominated Work
William Forsythe In The Middle, Somewhat Elevated
The Royal Ballet In The Middle, Somewhat Elevated
Stephen Jefferies Cyrano
Phillipe Genty Driftings
Graham Lustig Inscape
Henk Schut Inscape
Christopher Gable Romeo And Juliet
Adventures in Motion Pictures
Most promising small dance company to present a West End season

Twyla Tharp, Jennifer Tipton

Honored for : In The Upper Room
(For choreography and lighting of The American Ballet Theatre's In The Upper Room at the London Coliseum)

Nominations 1991 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Twyla Tharp In The Upper Room
For choreography and lighting of The American Ballet Theatre's In The Upper Room at the London Coliseum
Jennifer Tipton In The Upper Room
For choreography and lighting of The American Ballet Theatre's In The Upper Room at the London Coliseum
The Phoenix Dance Company
For its season at Sadler's Wells.
Darcey Bussell Winter Dreams","Stravinsky Violin Concerto
For her performances in The Royal Ballet's Winter Dreams and Stravinsky Violin Concerto at the Royal Opera House
Kenneth MacMillan Winter Dreams
Mark Morris Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes
Siobhan Davies
For their season at Sadler's Wells

London Contemporary Dance Theatre

Honored for : Orfeo

Nominations 1990 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Nina Ananiashvili
For their performances with The Bolshoi Ballet at the London Coliseum
Irek Mukhamedov
For their performances with The Bolshoi Ballet at the London Coliseum
Siobhan Davies Embarque
For her choreography of Rambert Dance Company's Embarque at Sadler's Wells
London Contemporary Dance Theatre Orfeo
David Bintley Hobson's Choice
David Bintley for his choreography of Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet's Hobson's Choice at the Royal Opera House
The Royal Ballet Prince Of The Pagodas
For Kenneth MacMillan's Prince Of The Pagodas at the Royal Opera House
Paul Taylor Dance Company
For its season at Sadler's Wells

Mariinsky Ballet

(For their London season)

Nominations 1988 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Mariinsky Ballet
For their London season
English National Ballet Swansong","Cruel Garden
With special mention to Christopher Bruce for his choreography and Koen Onzia for his performances
Cumbre Flamenca
For its season at Sadler's Wells
Hayden Griffin Still Life At The Penguin Café
For his designs
London Contemporary Dance Theatre Arden Court
Second Stride Weighing The Heart

Trisha Brown

(For her season at Sadler's Wells)

Nominations 1987 »

Nominee Nominated Work
London Contemporary Dance Theatre
The London Contemporary Dance Theatre dancers for their season at Sadler's Wells
Richard Alston Pulcinella","Dutiful Ducks
Trisha Brown
For her season at Sadler's Wells
Merce Cunningham Dance Company Shards
Ichikawa Ennosuke III The Thousand Cherries of Yoshitsune

Rambert Dance Company

(For their 60th Anniversary Season at Sadler's Wells)

Nominations 1986 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Bolshoi Ballet
Michael Clark
Irek Mukhamedov
Rambert Dance Company
Jerome Robbins
Jorge Salavisa

Paris Opera Ballet

Honored for : Le Songe D'Une Nuit D'Ete

Nominations 1982 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Rambert Dance Company Ghost Dances
The Royal Ballet Illuminations","L'Invitation Au Voyage
Paris Opera Ballet Le Songe D'Une Nuit D'Ete

Stuttgart Ballet

Honored for : Forgotten Land

Nominations 1981 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Stuttgart Ballet Forgotten Land
The Royal Ballet Dances Of Albion
London Contemporary Dance Theatre Death And The Maiden
Birmingham Royal Ballet Night Moves

The Royal Ballet

Honored for : Gloria

Nominations 1980 »

Nominee Nominated Work
The Royal Ballet Gloria
Ballet of the 20th Century Gaite Parisienne
The Royal Ballet Rhapsody
English National Ballet Sphinx

Peter Schaufuss

Honored for : La Sylphide

Nominations 1979 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Peter Schaufuss La Sylphide
Kenneth MacMillan Playground
Rambert Dance Company The Tempest

English National Ballet

Honored for : Romeo And Juliet

Nominations 1977 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Ballet of the 20th Century
English National Ballet Romeo And Juliet
The Royal Ballet The Sleeping Beauty
Nureyev And Friends