The A.W.A.R.D. Show! January 13, 2011

New York’s Joyce Theater Foundation comes to Los Angeles for a SoCal edition of The A.W.A.R.D. Show!—its wildly successful dance event that offers an alternate definition of “public funding” by granting $10,000 to a regional choreographer with the help of the audience’s vote. Each night for three nights, four different dance artists present their work, followed by facilitated conversation between the artists and the audience, feedback, and the selection of one company to advance to the final round by popular vote. The event culminates on Sunday, when the three finalists perform again for a panel of judges that teams with the audience to determine the grand prize winner. More than a competition, The A.W.A.R.D. Show! (which is an acronym for Audiences With Artists Responding to Dance) is a lively public discourse on an art form that rarely gets to speak up.



PROGRAM ONE – Thursday, January 13, 2011 at 8:30PM

Rachael Lincoln and Leslie Seiters / Lean-to-Productions

Arianne MacBean

Barak Marshall / BODYTRAFFIC

Christine Suarez



PROGRAM TWO – Friday, January 14, 2011 at 8:30PM

Maria Gillespie / Oni Dance

Pam Gonzales / Pam Gonzales Dance

Holly Johnston / Ledges and Bones

Bradley Michaud / Method Contemporary Dance



PROGRAM THREE – Saturday, January 15, 2011 at 8:30PM

Randé Dorn

Victoria Marks

Karen Schaffman with Liam Clancy, Eric Geiger and Leslie Seiters

Meg Wolfe



Sunday, January 16, 2011 at 7:00PM

The event culminates with the three finalists performing again for a panel of judges that teams with the audience to determine the grand prize winner.

Official Website: http://www.redcat.org/event/award-show