Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Dance

The Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Dance is an annual award presented by The Society of London Theatre in recognition of achievements in commercial British theatre. The awards were established as the Society of West End Theatre Awards in 1976, and, renamed in 1984 in honour of English actor Lord Olivier.

Award winners

• 1977: London Festival Ballet – Romeo And Juliet
• 1978: Robert Cohan – Artistic Director, London Contemporary Dance Theatre
• 1979: Peter Schaufuss – London Festival Ballet's La Sylphide
• 1980: The Royal Ballet – Gloria
• 1981: Stuttgart Ballet – Forgotten Lane
• 1982: Ballet de l'Opéra National de Paris – Le Songe d'Une Nuit d'Eté
• 1986: Ballet Rambert – 60th Anniversary season
• 1987: Trisha Brown – season at Sadler's Wells Theatre
• 1988: Kirov Ballet – season in London
• 1990: London Contemporary Dance Theatre – Kim Brandstrup's, Orfeo
• 1991: Twyla Tharp and Jennifer Tipton – American Ballet Theatre's, In the Upper Room
• 1992: William Forsythe and The Royal Ballet – In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated
• 1993: Siobhan Davies – Rambert Dance Company's, Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues
• 1994: London Contemporary Dance Theatre – season at Sadler's Wells
• 1995: Peter Mumford – lighting design of The Royal Ballet's, Fearful Symmetries and Siobhan Davies Dance Company's, The Glass Blew In
• 1996: Siobhan Davies – Siobhan Davies Dance Company's, The Art of Touch
• 1997: Rambert Dance Company – season at the London Coliseum
• 1998: Lez Brotherston – set and costume design for Adventures in Motion Pictures' Cinderella
• 1999: William Forsythe and Ballett Frankfurt – season at Sadler's Wells
• 2000: Jirí Kylián and Nederlands Dans Theater 1 – season at Sadler's Wells
• 2001: Deborah Colker – Mix
• 2002: Mark Morris and Mark Morris Dance Group – season
• 2003: Robyn Orlin – Daddy and I've Seen This Piece Six Times and I Still Don't Know Why They're Hurting Each Other
• 2004: Thomas Edur and Agne Oaks – English National Ballet's, 2 Human
• 2005: San Francisco Ballet – season at Sadler's Wells
• 2006: Pina Bausch – Nelken and Palermo, Palermo
• 2007: Carlos Acosta – season at Sadler's Wells
• 2008: The Royal Ballet – George Balanchine's, Jewels (revival)
• 2009: Royal Ballet of Flanders - for their performances in Impressing the Czar at Sadler’s Wells
• 2010: Rambert Dance Company for an outstanding year of new work
• 2011: Antony Gormley for his set design of Babel (Words)

References

• London Theatre Guide (2008) (.PDF). The Laurence Olivier Awards: Dance - Outstanding Achievement in Dance. 1976-2008. The Society of London Theatre. pp. 14–15. http://www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk/servlet/file/LOA_fullist.pdf?ITEM_ENT_ID=101095&ITEM_VERSION=1&COLLSPEC_ENT_ID=8. Retrieved 2008-08-30. 

External links

• Official website