Ballet San Jose Silicon Valley has been nominated for two
coveted Isadora Duncan Dance Awards for the 2001-2002 Bay Area
dance season. Flemming Flindt
’s staging of “Red Shoes or Legs of Fire” was nominated for
Outstanding Achievement in the category of Company Performance.
Ballet San Jose Silicon Valley has been nominated for two coveted Isadora Duncan Dance Awards for the 2001-2002 Bay Area dance season. Flemming Flindt’s staging of “Red Shoes or Legs of Fire” was nominated for Outstanding Achievement in the category of Company Performance. BSJSV Artistic Director Dennis Nahat and principal dancer Raymond Rodrigues were nominated for Outstanding Achievement in the Ensemble Performance Category for their work in “Graduation Ball.” The winners will be announced at the “Izzie” Awards ceremony on Monday, April 28 at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Forum, on Third Street between Mission and Howard Streets in San Francisco. A reception will begin at 6 p.m., followed by a ceremony at 7 p.m. when the winners will be announced. The even, part of the fifth annual Bay Area Celebrates National Dance Week, is free and open to the community.
The “Izzy” Awards are bestowed in ten categories to Bay Area dancers, choreographers, their collaborators and composers, as well as to others who contribute to the advancement of the dance community. This year’s awards mark the 16th year that the Committee has recognized the excellence and diversity of Bay Area dance.
The Isadora Duncan Dance Awards Committee seeks to honor local dance artists and promote their visibility, primarily by acknowledging outstanding achievements within a twelve-month period of performances, running Sept.1 through Aug. 31. The “Izzie” Awards, formed as part of Dance Bay Area in 1984 with honors first given in 1985, are designed to celebrate the unique richness, diversity and excellence of Bay Area dance. In 1994, the Isadora Duncan Dance Awards Committee reincorporated as a volunteer association under the auspices of the San Francisco Performing Arts Library and Museum. Its members are dancers, teachers, critics, writers and arts administrators who serve three-year terms. End
For additional information, please contact Virginia Matthews, Chair of the Izzy Committee at (707) 823-0883
