2024 List of winners
Ballet Company Production
Serata Benjamin Millepied
Benjamin Millepied
Corpo di ballo del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma/Equilibrio Festival
Contemporary Production
Age of content
(La)Horde
Ballet national de Marseille
Choreographer - contemporary ballet
Juliano Nunes
Choreographer - contemporary dance
Rafaële Giovanola
Dancer/choreographer
Friedemann Vogel
Die Seele am Faden/Soul Threads
Lighting designer
Fabiana Piccioli
Die Seele am Faden/Soul Threads
Original score
Kim Gordon
Takemehome
Dimitri Chamblas
Newcomer choreographers
Leïla Ka
Giovanni Insaudo
Dancers
Manon Parent
Alice Raffaelli
Newcomer dancers
Linda Giubelli
Solista – Corpo di ballo del Teatro alla Scala
Eliana Stragapede
Compagnia Peeping Tom
Italian Production - large scale
Notte Morricone
Marcos Morau
CCN/Aterballetto
Italian Production - mid scale
La Duse
Adriano Bolognino e Rosaria Di Maro
COB-Compagnia Opus Ballet
Italian dancers abroad
Elena Bottaro
Prima ballerina - Wiener Staatsballett
Luca Acri
First Soloist - The Royal Ballet
Lifetime achievement
Virgilio Sieni
Expansion of repertoire
Grosse fugue
Maguy Marin
MM Contemporary Dance Company
Since 1987 Danza&Danza Award (Premio D&D-Mario Bedendo) is the Italian annual prize that recognizes the dance excellence. The Jury, composed by the critics and dance writers of the magazine Danza & Danza, assigns the awards in different categories – Ballet and Contemporary productions, Dancers, Choreographers, Newcomers dancers and choreographers - after the performances of the year.
Traditionally the jury's choice is published in the January/February issues of DANZA&DANZA magazine (in Italian language) and DANZA&DANZA INTERNATIONAL (in English language). The Award Ceremony is biennial and itinerant. It has been hosted by some of the most important Italian theatres: Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Teatro Romolo Valli in Reggio Emilia, Teatro Sociale in Mantova, Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa, Teatro La Fenice in Venice, Teatro Manzoni in Pistoia, Teatro Comunale in Bolzano, Teatro Grande in Brescia, Teatro Carignano in Turin.
Jury
Maria Luisa Buzzi (Presidente), Elisabetta Ceron, Azzurra Di Meco, Giuseppe Distefano, Roberto Giambrone, Francesca Pedroni, Sergio Trombetta.
