Light Moves 2016 Festival Awards Announced

WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE FOLLOWING WINNERS AND SHORTLISTS OF THE LIGHT MOVES 2016 FESTIVAL AWARDS:

Light Moves 2016 Festival Prize
The Lily the Rose – Director Charlotte Darbyshire, Choreographers Kate Marsh, Welly O’Brien.
Special Commendation: Vecinas – Director/Choreographer Natalia Sardi.

Shortlist:

  • Ravages – Director/Choreographer Alan Lake;
  • To the Ends of the Fingertips – Director Roswitha Chesher, Choreographers Sophie Arstall, Elizabeth Barker;
  • Proclamation – Director Jason Akira Somma, Choreographer John Scott;
  • The Lily the Rose – Director Charlotte Darbyshire, Choreographers Kate Marsh, Welly O’Brien;
  • Red Moon Rising – Director Vivienne Dick;
  • Vecinas – Director/Choreographer Natalia Sardi;
  • Some Stories Are True That Never Happened – Director/Choreographer Renata Sheppard;
  • The Wake – Director Oonagh Kearney, Choreographer Cindy Cummings, in collaboration with the Director and Cast.

Light Moves 2016 Outstanding Irish Work Award
Proclamation – Director Jason Akira Somma, Choreographer John Scott

Shortlist:

  • The Wake – Director Oonagh Kearney, Choreographer Cindy Cummings, in collaboration with the Director and Cast;
  • Proclamation – Director Jason Akira Somma, Choreographer John Scott;
  • Red Moon Rising – Director Vivienne Dick.

Light Moves 2016 Innovative Use of Sound Award
Marzanna – Directors Natalia Barua, Owa Barua; Choreographer Natalia Barua.

Shortlist:

  • Play – Director Victor Manuel Barbera Hernandez, Choreographers Ines Vieites, Stephanie Van Laethem;
  • Marzanna – Directors Natalia Barua, Owa Barua; Choreographer Natalia Barua;
  • Ravages – Director/Choreographer Alan Lake;
  • Vecinas – Director/Choreographer Natalia Sardi.

Light Moves 2016 Outstanding Student Work Award
Personal Pronouns – Director Andrea Sudorova, Choreographer Jan Sevcik.
Special Commendation: Disquiet – Director Becky Farrall, Choreographers Alice Hibbert, Alesha Riley.

Shortlist:

  • Personal Pronouns – Director Andrea Sudorova, Choreographer Jan Sevcik;
  • Eye Spy – Director/Choreographer Bianca Paige Smith;
  • La Magnitude Humaine – Directors Florent Schwartz, Andrej Lipovsky, Harun Bayraktar; Choreographer Florent Schwartz;
  • Disquiet – Director Becky Farrall, Choreographers Alice Hibbert, Alesha Riley;
  • We’re All Mad Here – Director/Choreographer Grainne O’Carroll.

Congratulations to all our nominees and award-winners, but also to all whose films were presented at Light Moves 2016, making this year’s festival a rich and enriching experience for everyone.

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