what are the prizes for world of dance
World Pump Festival


World Pump Festival, better known as World Pump It Up Festival or WPF, is a competition and event focusing on the dance game "Pump It Up" which takes place in various time slots. "Pump It Up" is a Korean game that requires physical movement of the feet. The game is open for breakdancing, and many people have accomplished this feat by memorizing the steps and creating dance moves to hit the arrows on time. What separates this from other Machine dance tournaments is the large amount of prize money on
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Heavenly Prize


unraced mare Oh What a Dance, a full sister to Breeders' Cup Sprint winner Dancing Spree. In 1990, Phipps bred Oh What a Dance to his stallion Seeking the Gold, known for his gameness and consistency. She was trained by Claude "Shug" McGaughey. Heavenly Prize made three starts at age two, winning twice. She won her first start on September 15, 1993 in a maiden special weight race at Belmont Park. She followed up by winning the Frizette Stakes on October 16, then finished third in
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Swiss Dance Awards


The Swiss Dance Awards, are a distinction that was created in 2012 by the Swiss Confederation, as a measure to encourage the dance world. The prizes are awarded by the Federal Dance Jury, in collaboration with the Federal Office of Culture (FOC). This Award was created as a Federal support to danse, it was introduced as part of the Federal law of encouragement to culture. It pursues and furthers the objectives of the Swiss Dance and Choreography prize (2002–2011). The [Swiss Confederation] having taken up the
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World of Dance


. The show features celebrity judges Jennifer Lopez, Derek Hough, Ne-Yo, and host/mentor Jenna Dewan-Tatum, along with 50 of the world's best dancers and dance teams competing for a $1 million prize—the largest prize of any dance competition show. As Lopez told the New York Times, “My whole goal with this show was to create an opportunity and a venue for dancers to actually be the stars,” Ms. Lopez said, and to get to do something they rarely have a
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Victoria Junior College


6th in the world in the mixed choirs category of the INTERKULTUR World Rankings. VJC Dance Ensemble achieved overall grand champion in the 2010 Lecco Danza, an international dance competition held in Italy. They were awarded first prize in the contemporary senior dance group category and first runners-up in the hip-hop group category. In 2012, VJC dancers were champions in the Jazz Dance Small Group category at the 9th World Dance Olympiad in Moscow, Russia. In the 2014 Crown International Dance Festival in Melbourne, Australia, the dance
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World of Dance (TV series)


World of Dance is an American reality competition television series executive produced by Jennifer Lopez. The first two seasons were hosted by Jenna Dewan, the third season is hosted by Scott Evans.. The series features dance performers, including solo acts and larger groups, representing any style of dance, competing for a grand prize of $1 million. The contestants are scored by judges Jennifer Lopez, Ne-Yo, and Derek Hough. The series was created in partnership with preeminent global dance brand, World of Dance, which produces dance
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World of Dance (season 2)


n't apply were directly contacted by the producers or their agents. The elimination process of the contestants are in four rounds: In the World Final all four division champions will compete for the $1,000,000 USD grand prize. The concept of last season is copied; every contestant will perform twice in two separate rounds. The average score of both rounds by each contestant will make their final score. The contestant(s) with the highest final score will be crowned World of Dance champion 2018 and will win the $1,000,000 USD grand prize.
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World of Dance (TV series)


criteria. The elimination process of the contestants are in four rounds: In the World Final all four division champions will compete for the $1,000,000 USD grand prize. The concept of last season is copied; every contestant will perform twice in two separate rounds. The average score of both rounds by each contestant will make their final score. The contestant(s) with the highest final score will be crowned World of Dance champion 2018 and will win the $1,000,000 USD grand prize. The judges are scoring in 5 categories. Each category
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World of Dance Philippines (season 1)


The first season of the Philippine reality dance competition World of Dance Philippines premiered on January 12, 2019, on ABS-CBN. Billy Crawford, Maja Salvador, and Gary Valenciano serve as the judges, with Luis Manzano and Pia Wurtzbach as hosts. The winning dance act will receive a prize of ₱2,000,000 and a chance to compete in "World of Dance USA". The inaugural season ended on April 7, 2019, with the FCPC Baliktanaw from the Team Division hailed as the winner. An online show hosted by Maymay
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World of Dance Polska


World of Dance Polska ("World of Dance Poland") is a Polish reality competition television series based on the original American version, hosted by Olga Kalicka and Karol Niecikowski. The series features dance performers, including solo acts and larger groups, representing any style of dance, competing for a grand prize of $100,000(PLN 375,000). In April 2018 Nina Terentiew, program director of Polsat, confirmed the information about the preparation of the first Polish edition of the program. In preparation for the polish version, handpicked competitors,
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Kim Soo-chul


his debut solo album, Little Giant, in August 1983. The album included the songs, “The One Flower That Could Not Bloom" and "I Will Not Fall in Love Again”. By this album, the Korean Broadcasting System named him Best Singer of the Year in 1984, and won 16 other prizes. Soo-chul composed the traditional dance piece "The World of Spirits” in 1987. It was performed by dance troupe Kim Hun Hee, and won the grand prize at the ninth annual Korean Dance
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ISU World Team Trophy in Figure Skating


dancing entry. Selected skaters from the six countries with the best results during the season compete in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies singles, pair skating, and ice dancing in a team format. The participating countries in the inaugural event were (in descending order of finish) the US, Canada, Japan, France, Russia and China. The Japan Skating Federation paid the global prize money for the ISU World Team Trophy in 2009. The total prize money in 2009 was US$1,000,000, the highest ever in an
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Metropolitana FM


The announcer (locutor), will ask questions about topics like the government, music, movies, etc. A listener who gets the majority right wins a prize. During holidays or special events, they have Desafio specials, like the world cup's "Desafio História das Copas". Metronight Hosted by Priscilla Cardena, Metronight is the most listened to at night in Sao Paulo. Metronight has pop/dance mixes by the Metropolitana FM DJ and every half hour Priscilla explains what she's doing in the Sao Paulo nightlife.
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Arthur Murray


dance program hosted by his wife, Kathryn Murray, "The Arthur Murray Party", which ran from 1950 to 1960, on CBS, NBC, DuMont, ABC, and then on CBS. Among the Arthur Murray dance instructors in the early 1950s was future television evangelist D. James Kennedy, who won first prize in a nationwide dance contest. He appeared as a guest on the June 17, 1956 episode of "What's My Line?". The Murrays retired in 1964; but they continued to be active for
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Dancing (Kylie Minogue song)


. And if that's not a funny allegory for life I don't know what is!" Minogue performed "Dancing" for the first time on "Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway" on 24 February 2018. The song was included on the setlist of Kylie Presents Golden concerts in March 2018. On 23 March, Minogue performed the song on Sport Relief. On 12 April 2018, Minogue performed the song live during the German Echo Music Prize. Minogue performed "Dancing" on the 25 April 2018 episode of
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Dai Ailian


performance of the first ballet in China: Dove of Peace. She also created two dances with strong national flavor, "Dance of Lotus Flowers" (based on a Shaanxi folk dance) and "Flying Apsaras" (inspired by the Dunhuang murals), which were acclaimed both at home and abroad and won the gold prize at the World Youth Festival. By the 1990s, authoritative dance organizations designated these two dances as 20th century classics of Chinese dance. Her trademark works include "Lotus", "Flying Apsaras",
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Clare Barron


Dance Nation" received its world premiere Off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons in April 2018. The play was the winner of the 2017 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, which included a $25,000 award. The play involves pre-teen competitive dancers and their competition at the Boogie Down Grand Prix. It was a finalist for the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The committee wrote: "A refreshingly unorthodox play that conveys the joy and abandon of dancing, while addressing the changes to body and mind of its preteen characters as they peer
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Ekaterina Vaganova


in the dance school in the town of Vilyuchinsk, Kamchatka, Russia. At the age of six, she started ballroom dancing. When she was 11 years old, her family moved to Moscow. Two years later, when dancing with Alexander Ermachenkov, Vaganova became a World Champion in juniors in the program of ten dances. Ekaterina and Alexander were awarded the Exercise Prize in 2001 for their contribution of the development of dance sports in Russia. From 2004 to 2006, Vaganova danced with Gabriel Goffredo and represented Italy. Vaganova and
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Laura Nezha


such as in Les Bonnes, A Streetcar Named Desire, What the Butler Saw, Hamlet and many more, making theatre her biggest artistic achievement. In 2016, Laura Nezha participated in the Albanian version of the dancing competition "Dance With Me" where after 15 weeks of different dance numbers, she won the First Prize. In 2017 she voice acted in the Albanian-language version of Moana, where she voiced the titular character. After 6 years, she returned to Kënga Magjike in 2017, with the song "Je
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World's Children's Prize for the Rights of the Child


are selected by the WCP International Child Jury. All three candidates are honoured as prize laureates at the WCP ceremony at Gripsholm Castle in Mariefred, Sweden. The recipient of the WCPRC receives SEK350,000 and the recipients of the Honorary Award receive SEK 175,000 each, to be used in their work for children. Since the year 2000, more than 40 prize laureates have received awards and the prize money has given tens of thousands of the world's most vulnerable children a better life: The World's Children's Prize Foundation has what is
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1987 Prize of Moscow News


The 1987 Prize of Moscow News was the 22nd edition of an international figure skating competition organized in Moscow, Soviet Union. It was held November 11–15, 1987. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating and ice dancing. The men's title went to World champion Alexandre Fadeev, winning the Prize of Moscow News for the fourth time. Cindy Bortz, moving up to the senior level after winning the world junior title, won the ladies' category. Ekaterina Gordeeva / Sergei
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Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company


The Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company is an internationally acclaimed dance company founded in 1970 by the Israel Prize laureate Yehudit Arnon, who served as its Artistic Director until 1996. In 1980, the choreographer Rami Be'er joined the company and since 1996 has been serving as the Artistic Director. The company's home is located in the International Dance, in Kibbutz Ga'aton in the Western Galilee of northern Israel and has become a renowned center for performing arts and dance education for dancers and dance students from across the world. The Village serves as an
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Eurovision Young Dancers 1989


Each dancer was free to participate in any of these 2 categories: classical dancing or contemporary, modern or jazz dancing.The Pas de Deux performances could not be longer than ten minutes, while the Variations could not be longer than five minutes. This year there were 4 awards: contemporary dancing prize, classical dancing prize and 2 jury's special prizes (for contemporary and classical dance). The non-qualified countries were , , , , , and . Agnès Letestu of France won the contemporary dance prize, with Tetsuya
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World of Dance (season 1)


The first season of American reality dance competition "World of Dance" premiered May 30, 2017, on NBC. Jennifer Lopez, Ne-Yo, and Derek Hough served as the judges, with Jenna Dewan serving as host. Hip hop dancers Les Twins, from Paris, France, were crowned as the winners of the $1,000,000 prize on August 8, 2017. Fourteen-year-old contemporary dancer Eva Igo and Latin/Swing group Swing Latino were named first runner-up and second runner-up respectively.
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Pontus Karl Johan Lidberg


a ceaseless rainfall. The New York Times wrote: "Memorably "The Rain" illustrates what filmed dance can say that staged dance cannot". His subsequent film "Labyrinth Within", featured Lidberg himself, former New York City Ballet principal dancer Wendy Whelan and Giovanni Bucchieri. It won the 2012 Jury Prize for Best Picture at the Dance on Camera Festival in New York City. During his 2012 tenure as resident artistic director of Morphoses, Lidberg developed the film into an hourlong work of live performance and film titled "
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Patti Rutland


Patti Rutland is an American choreographer and the artistic director of Patti Rutland Jazz, a contemporary jazz dance and hip hop dance company based in Dothan, AL. Rutland studied under jazz dance pioneer Gus Giordano. In 2005, she took the top prize Gold Shoe at Leo's Dancewear's Choreography Event at The Jazz Dance World Congress in Chicago, IL. Her modern-day urban inspired jazz and hip hop piece "A.M." was a competition favorite and "Dance Magazine" described the closing night performance as "volatile and full
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German Cornejo & Gisela Galeassi


prize and the “Competition of Gold Dance” in the well known TV show “Susana Giménez” hosted by the popular Argentine star & broadcast by TELEFE and after seven gold medals obtained in a series of Contests for Youth in Buenos Aires Province, and more than 20 first prizes at national level, German became World Champion of Tango in 2005. He has performed at many famous Tango houses in Buenos Aires including Mambo, Chiquin Buenos Aires and El Viejo Almacén. German has conducted dance demonstrations at some of the most important milongas
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Xiomara Reyes


major ballet competitions throughout the world resulting in her winning the Gold Medal for the Best Soloist at the International Ballet Competition of Chiclayo, Peru; Best Couple Prize at the XIV International Ballet Competition Varna; Silver Medal at the Cinquième Concours International de Danse de Paris; and Second Prize at the International Ballet Competition of Luxembourg. She also performed with Jeune Ballet de France, Balleto Del Sud, Nafsika Dance Theater, the International Dance Festival in Korea, Bashkirian State Ballet, and with numerous companies throughout Europe and The United States.
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1985 Prize of Moscow News


The 1985 Prize of Moscow News was the 20th edition of an international figure skating competition organized in Moscow, Soviet Union. It was held December 4–8, 1985. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating and ice dancing. Soviet skaters swept the men's podium, led by world champion Alexandre Fadeev. American Karen Cadavy won the ladies' category ahead of Anna Kondrashova. Olympic bronze medalists Larisa Selezneva / Oleg Makarov took the pairs' title. The ice dancing event featured Olympic
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World of Dance Polska


are in four rounds: In The World Final all four division champions will compete for the $100,000 USD(PLN 375,000). It is expected that the concept of last season is copied; every contestant will perform twice in two separate rounds. The average score of both rounds by each contestant will make their final score. The contestant(s) with the highest final score will be crowned World of Dance champion 2018 and will win the $100,000 USD(PLN 375,000) grand prize. The judges are scoring in 5 categories. Each category is worth
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Arshad Warsi


1987). Then in 1991, he won the Indian dance competition, followed by the fourth prize in the Modern Jazz category in the 1992 World Dance championship, London, at the age of 21. Soon, he started his own dance studio, "Awesome" with that money and also formed a dance troupe. It was here that his future wife, Maria Goretti, a St. Andrew's College student, joined him before she became a VJ. He was also associated with English theatre group in Mumbai, choreographing shows
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Inbal Dance Theater


Inbal Dance Theater (, "Teatron Makhol Inbal") is Israel's first and oldest modern dance company. In August 2014, Barak Marshall, former house choreographer of the Batsheva Dance Company and son of Margalit Oved, the company's star dancer and artistic director from 1994-1996, was appointed as the new artistic director of both the company and the Inbal World Arts Centre. The company was founded in 1949 by Israel Prize recipient Sara Levi-Tanai. Under the mentorship of Jerome Robbins—who staged many of the
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Scan Tester


hop fields of Kent he earned more money from playing concertina and dancing than he could have earned by pulling hops. There would be contests for dancing in the hop fields, including gypsy dancers, and he generally won the prize - a gallon of beer. After the First World War he formed a "jazz band" - that is a country dance band that included a full drum kit. It was called "Tester's Imperial". He hired rooms and taught the dances - quadrilles, schottisches, polkas, and the
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Eliot Weinberger


Chronicles", a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle award for criticism and selected for the Times Literary Supplement’s "International Books of the Year." The Guardian (UK) said of "What I Heard About Iraq": "Every war has its classic antiwar book, and here is Iraq’s." It has been adapted by others into a prize-winning theater piece, two cantatas, two prize-winning radio plays, a dance performance, and various art installations; it has appeared on some tens
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Limbo (dance)


islands, including performances by popular dance troupes at the Prime Minister's Best Village Competition, and during the Carnival season in Trinidad and Tobago. When performing for tourists, professional limbo dancers often invite spectators to participate after their own presentation of the dance. The massive popularity of limbo has emerged directly from this audience participation. In recent years, limbo dancing has been conducted as a social "icebreaker" game for tourists at Caribbean and other tropical resorts. The winning dancer often receives a prize. The world record for lowest limbo
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Viengsay Valdés


Ballet Gala in Budapest. The dancers, managers, personalities and other distinguished personages, voted to choose Ms Valdés as their favorite dancer of this World Gala, and she was subsequently awarded the Prize for Popularity. In the summer of 2005, Valdes danced throughout Spain. She was invited on July 23, 2005 to appear in Cannes at the Etoiles du Ballet 2000 Festival, an association of the world's most important dance critics. In August 2005 she starred in a four-day run of "Giselle" at the Sadler
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De la Torre Bueno Prize


The de la Torre Bueno Prize is an annual award offered by the Dance Studies Association for the best book published in English in the field of dance studies. The award honors José Rollin de la Torre Bueno, the first university press editor to develop a dance studies titles list. The award of $1000 recognizes exemplary scholarship and important contributions to the field. From its creation in 1973 to 2001, the prize was awarded by the Dance Perspectives Foundation, an organization founded in 1966 to support dance scholarship. However, the de
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José Montalvo (choreographer)


, when he was awarded the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Dance Production for "Le Jardin Io Io Ito Ito", together with Dominique Hervieu. They also received the Choreography Prize from the Société des Auteurs et Compositeurs Dramatiques in 2005. According to a 1999 article from "The New York Times", he is known for mixing "African, Caribbean and break dancing to contemporary, hip-hop and classical styles" and hiring "multicultural" dancers, giving way to what he calls a "poetry of juxtapositions."
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RuPaul's Drag U


The students then meet their professors, who ask them some intimate questions and try to find out what has brought them to Drag U. RuPaul presents each student with their "Dragulator" image and name, and lets the students and professors start working on their images. Each episode includes an "extra credit" game in which students can earn a special prize. They then take part in a dance lesson with the Dean Of Dance to learn the choreography for their performance. On "Draguation Day", the women strut their stuff
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Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass


a trash-strewn dump, but they see a nearby charity carnival which is raising money to help the park. Bart wins the grand prize in a carnival game, and then Homer beats him, going into an extended victory dance. Ned Flanders captures the dance on video and Comic Book Guy places it on his website. Soon, the entire world has seen Homer's embarrassing dance, humiliating him. However, several major sports stars ask Homer to teach them elaborate victory dances. Meanwhile, Ned uses his camera to make
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Hollie Robertson


their dances. The prize consisted of ₤50,000 for the couple and a contract to dance for one week in the production of "Footloose" on the West End. Robertson said after winning the final: "I want to put the prize money towards a dance studio so I can teach." As part of their prize, Robertson and Wright won a professional dance contract. This culminated early in July 2006 when, for a week, the pair took to the West End stage as background dancers in "Footloose" in London
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Kings United


their own dance academy, "Kings United Kingdom Of Art" in Vasai. The academy was inaugurated by Remo D'Souza and Varun Dhawan. On May 6th, 2019, they won the American dance reality show World of Dance Season 3 with a perfect score of 100, thus winning a prize money of US$1 million. In a recent interview with a youtube channel, Mukund told that 80% of the winnings will be shared among the team members. When asked about their upcoming projects, he told that there are talks of
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Calidore String Quartet


The Calidore String Quartet is an internationally performing classical music string quartet based in New York City. The Calidore is composed of violinists Jeffrey Myers and Ryan Meehan, violist Jeremy Berry and cellist Estelle Choi. Formed at the Colburn Conservatory of Music in 2010, the quartet won the grand-prize in the inaugural 2016 M-Prize Competition sponsored by the University of Michigan School of Music, Theater and Dance. The $100,000 M-Prize is the largest award for chamber music in the world. In February 2016, the Calidore
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Hip-hop dance


. 1980s films, television shows, and the Internet have contributed to introducing hip-hop dance outside the United States. Since being exposed, educational opportunities and dance competitions have helped maintain its presence worldwide. Europe hosts several international hip-hop dance competitions such as the UK B-Boy Championships, Juste Debout, and EuroBattle. Australia hosts a team-based competition called World Supremacy Battlegrounds and Japan hosts a two-on-two competition called World Dance Colosseum. What distinguishes hip-hop from other forms of dance is
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Claudia Rosiny


The Federal Office for Culture has been awarding the "Swiss Grand Prix for Dance" (Schweizer Grand Prix Tanz) (CHF 40,000) every two years, as well as a "Special Prize for Dance" (Spezialpreis Tanz) (CHF 40,000), two awards in the category "Outstanding Female Dancer/Outstanding Male Dancer" (CHF 25,000 each) and four "Swiss Dance Prizes" (Schweizer Tanzpreise) (25,000 Francs each). In addition, the "June Johnson Dance Prize" is awarded in partnership with
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Ruth Abramovitsch Sorel


due to her Jewish heritage and Communist leanings. She left Germany for Poland in 1933 where she soon won first prize at the international solo dance competition in Warsaw for her performance of Salomé's dance of the seven veils. From 1933-1939 she taught dance and directed student productions at Warsaw's advanced dance school. She also actively performed in Poland during those years, often appearing with dancer George Groke with whom she gave performance tours to Palestine and the United States during the 1930s. At the outbreak of World War II she
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Fluxus (festival)


with the performance of Shirley Setia. Raw talent meets grace and what follows is a showdown of multitudes of cultural competitions, beauty pageants and dance face-offs. Fluxus has a plethora of events from all genres sporting talent from all across central India which are eye-candy for appreciators of culture. Fluxus is an opportunity to showcase your talent, live your dreams, get recognized by the most eminent judges and win loads of cash prizes and goodies. Competitions cover all the genres of art - Dance, Music, Poetry,
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Steve Martland


. Martland was composer in residence at the "ETNA Music Festival" in Sicily in 2006 and 2007. His music was published by Schott Music. Usually amplified, muscular and powerfully rhythmic, his music was extensively choreographed: "Dance Works" commissioned and premièred by London Contemporary Dance Theatre has received many new productions around the world, and "Remix" was awarded the "SACD Prize for Video Dance Choreography Music" after being choreographed for BBC TV by Aletta Collins. His "Principia" was adopted as the theme music for
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Frikar Dance Company


. In 2005 he won 3rd prize at Superdok. In 2007 he was awarded "Artist of the Year" at The Norwegian Folk Music Awards. In 2009 he won the "Award for best choreography" at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009, among 43 countries in the most seen entertainment TV program in the world. In 2010 he premiered "Jamsiis" at Bergen International Festival Youtube: Jamsiis. This was a highly personal contribution to the Nordic contemporary dance scene, based on his roots in traditional dances. Jamsiis opened up a
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World of Dance Philippines (season 1)


2-million-peso grand prize. The dance acts will compete in two rounds. In the first round, the assigned mentor will choose their performance song. In the second round, the dance act will choose their own song for the performance. Valenciano mentored Luka & Jenalyn; Salvador mentored Ken San Jose; and Crawford mentored FCPC Baliktanaw. Unlike other franchises, this round incorporates public vote in determining the winner. The viewers serve as the fourth judge. The viewers' vote will be converted to the 0–100 point scale. The
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Dancing on Ice around the world


Ice") started on 8 January 2007 on Show TV. The final was broadcast on March 11, 2007. The winner Zeynep Tokuş received a golden skate shoe trophy and a prize of TRY 100,000 (approximately US$ 71,000 ). The first version of the Turkish version of the show had 2 ice skating experts, and 4 amateurs in the jury. Figure-skating experts were: The other jury members were: The Turkish version of "Dancing on Ice" called "Buzda Dans" ("Ice Dance") was
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2015 Trophée Éric Bompard


been completed on 13 November, but the free skatings and free dances were to be held on the second day. On 23 November, the International Skating Union announced that the short program/short dance results would be considered as the final results for world standing/ranking points, prize money, as well as qualifiers for the Grand Prix Final. Skaters did not compete their free skating/free dance programs, as the second day of competition was cancelled due to the November 2015 Paris attacks. The short programs of all four
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Black Arts Movement


"bigcaboosed blondes" that went "onto huge stages in rhinestones". Furthermore, these blondes made believe they were "dancing and singing" which Baraka seems to be implying that white people dancing is not what dancing is supposed to be at all. These allusions bring forth the question of where black Americans fit in the public eye. Baraka says: "We are preaching virtue and feeling, and a natural sense of the self in the world. All men live in the world, and the world ought to be a
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Michael Joseph Smith


1980 as a composer-in-residence in Georgia. There he completed three ballet projects with various contemporary dance ensembles which culminated in world premiers of the works in Atlanta at the Fox Theater, with the "Stars of American Dance". He has been awarded numerous cultural prizes and stipend's in Europe and Scandinavia. He has composed scores for various major films and television projects, composed music for 10 major ballet works - mostly in Europe with stage design by the world-famous professor in architecture Dr. Abelardo Gonzalez and choreographer
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City of Bohane


countries. Five of the ten were first published in a language other than English. The award carries a €100,000 prize, making it one of the richest literary prizes in the world. Barry became the third Irish author to win the prize, joining Colm Toibin who won in 2006 with "The Master" and Colum McCann who won in 2011 with "Let the Great World Spin". "The fact that this award originates with the libraries is what makes it very special for me," remarked Barry. He said
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The World Is What It Is


The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul is a biography of the Nobel Prize-winning author V. S. Naipaul by Patrick French. It was published in 2008 (by Picador in the UK and Knopf in the USA). The title is the opening sentence from Naipaul's book "A Bend in the River". "The world is what it is; men who are nothing, who allow themselves to become nothing, have no place in it." French deals with Naipaul's family
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List of awards and nominations received by M.I.A.


M.I.A is an English recording artist, songwriter, painter and director of Tamil descent. Her compositions combine elements of electronic, dance, alternative, hip hop and world music. She has been nominated for various awards including Academy Award, MOBO Award, MTV Video Music Award, MTV Europe Music Award, Grammy Award and the prestigious Mercury Prize. She is the only artist in history to be nominated for an Academy Award, Grammy Award, Brit Award, Mercury Prize and Alternative Turner Prize, and the first artist of Asian descent
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1984 Prize of Moscow News


The 1984 Prize of Moscow News was the 19th edition of an international figure skating competition organized in Moscow, Soviet Union. It was held December 5–9, 1984. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating and ice dancing. The men's category was won by European champion Alexandre Fadeev, who would end his season with the world title. The ladies' gold medal went to Olympic medalist Kira Ivanova, winning her fourth Prize of Moscow News title. Olympic medalists Larisa Selezneva /
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The Place Prize


in April the following year, for £35,000 in prize money. The winners of the 4th edition are Lost Dog, with the piece It Needs Horses. The fifth and last edition of the Place Prize in 2013 was won by choreographer Riccardo Buscarini. The Place Prize is open to all UK-based choreographers working in contemporary dance. The shortlisted commissions are selected by a dance panel chaired by Eddie Nixon, Director of Theatre and Artist Development at The Place. The Place Prize, sponsored by Bloomberg, is the biggest single
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Janet Peery


Charpiot Goodheart Prize from Washington and Lee University (twice), two Pushcart Prizes and inclusion in The Best of the Pushcart Prize, StoryQuarterly's Fiction Prize, Idaho Review's Editor's Prize, selection for Best American Short Stories 1993 (ed. Louise Erdrich), and six citations for 100 Distinguished Stories from Best American Short Stories. Her novel "The River Beyond the World" was a finalist for the National Book Award in 1996. "What the Thunder Said", a novella and stories, won the Library of
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Suzanne Dellal Center for Dance and Theater


host outdoor performances and events. The Centre is home to the Batsheva Dance Company, Inbal Dance Theatre and Inbal Pinto and Avshalom Pollak Dance Company. In 2010 the Suzanne Dellal Centre was awarded the Israel Prize, the country's most prestigious prize and highest honor. In the years since the its founding, the Centre is responsible for putting Israeli dance on the map. It has been the launching point for many Israeli choreographers and festivals. Today, as the dance ecosystem of Israel continues to grow and flourish, Suzanne Dellal Centre
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Igor Moiseyev


he choreographed a Belarusian "folk" dance Bulba ("Potato"), which over the years indeed became a Belarusian folk dance. According to the Encyclopædia Britannica, Moiseyev's work has been especially admired "for the balance that it maintained between authentic folk dance and theatrical effectiveness". Moiseyev was named People's Artist of the USSR in 1953, Hero of Socialist Labor in 1976, received the Lenin Prize (1967, for the dance show "A Road to the Dance"), four Stalin/USSR State Prizes
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Ana Clara Guerra Marques


's degree in Artistic Performance Dance and she is a member of the International Dance Council. In 1991, she set up the first professional dancing company in Angola, the Contemporary Dance Company of Angola. In 1995, she was given the IDENTITY prize by the UNAC (Union of Artists and Composers). In 2006 received the "Diploma of Honor from the Ministry of Culture" and the "National Prize for Arts" in the Dance category, for her contribution in the fields of education, artistic creation, research and culture
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Balurghat Techno India Group Public School


in 2013. TIGPS Balurghat has won prizes for performances outside the school. It won first prize in dance in 2010 and 2011, 3rd prize in 2012, and 2nd prize in the Republic Day Celebrations at Balurghat Stadium. From 2011 to 2013 it won the first prize in Tableau. It thus made a record of Hattrick in Tableau in the Republic Day Celebrations. The dance of TIGPS, Balurghat is specially praised in the culture of the town.In 2014 to 2017 Republic Day Celebration in Balurghat Stadium, the school had been
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Deutscher Tanzpreis


The Deutscher Tanzpreis (German Dance Prize) is a prestigious prize for artistic dance in Germany. It has been awarded annually since 1983. The "Deutscher Berufsverband für Tanzpädagogik" awarded the prize until 2012. From 2013, it was awarded by an association, "Förderverein Tanzkunst Deutschland". It is awarded to personalities who earned special merits regarding the artistic dance in Germany. Beginning in 2005, an additional award, "Zukunft" (Future) has been given to promising young artists in the categories female dancer, male dancer
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Strictly Dancing


to a couple who appeared more captivating or simply 'worked better' together. The winner of the round qualifies for the semi-finals. The winner of the finals receives a cash prize and a flower bouquet. The runners up receive a cash prize of half the first prize amount. The show has drawn both acclaim and criticism. Traditionalists have criticised the show for its sometimes bizarre dance combinations and newer dances, whereas others praise it for testing out dancers versatility and adaptability to new styles. The show is also regarded to
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Sally Banes


. The Society of Dance History Scholars has also given her a similar lifetime achievement award and Banes has won a Bessie Award for her Lifetime Contribution to Dance Criticism. There is also a Biennial Sally Banes Publication Prize in her honor. This prize awards $500 to the publication that best explores the intersection of theater and dance or movement and has been published within the previous two years. The nominees are judged based on the innovation and rigor with which they explore their topic and the intersection therein. The first Publication Prize was awarded
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Australian Book Review


2007). The total prize money is now $12,500. The prize is open to authors around the world writing in English. In 2012, "Australian Book Review" launched an extension of its coverage of Australian culture, Arts Update, now known as "ABR" Arts. It presents reviews of film and television, plays, operas, concerts, dance, and art exhibitions. In 2015, "Australian Book Review" launched two podcasts: Poem of the Week and The "ABR" Podcast. "ABR"
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Lamu


" embroidery, and dhow races. The Donkey Awards, with prizes given to the finest donkeys, are given in March/April. Women's music in the town is also of note and they perform the "chakacha", a wedding dance. Men perform the "hanzua" (a sword dance) and wear "kanzus". Lamu Old Town was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2001, based on 3 criteria: In 2011, proposals were being advanced to build a deep-water port which would
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Dance in Canada


to the development of Canadian dance. Lemieux and her husband Lawrence Gradus co-founded a summer school in Lennoxville, Quebec. She was a teacher, administrator, and member of the Canada Council for the Arts’ Advisory Panel. The Lemieux Prize has rewarded performers, choreographers, teachers, film makers, journalists, theatre technicians, and community workers. The prize winners come from dance forms that include ballet, contemporary, classical Indian dance, flamenco, and indigenous dance forms. Recipients include Robert Desrosiers, Daniel Léveillé, Jennifer
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David King (theatre producer)


odds, went on to produce what became one of the worlds most successful dance shows. Risking it all on dance, The Jerusalem Post, 15 January 2008/ref At the end of a four-month tour of UK theatres, "Spirit of the Dance" was declared the season's box office winner in Pollstar, an international trade magazine, and calls from around the world for the show began to flood in. King invested the money he had made to improve the show and take it to the US, Australia
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Norbert Vesak


700 students. From 1961 to 1962, he published what has been called the "shortest-lived dance magazine in Canadian history". Called "The Canadian Dance World Magazine", Vesak and Slater published a total of six issues of the free 16-page magazine and distributed it to 300 individuals who were interested in dance. Each issue had its own theme including: men in dance, ethnic dance, religion in dance, symbolism, and leaders of the modern dance movement. He described the magazine as being "dedicated to the
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Caracalla Dance Theatre


The Caracalla Dance Theatre is a dance company based in Beirut, Lebanon. In 1968, Abdul Halim Caracalla founded what would evolve into the first and most prominent professional dance theatre of the Middle East, creating a body language based upon the Martha Graham dance disciplines blended with Arabic heritage, thus creating a unique "Caracalla Dance Style". The Caracalla Dance Theatre has performed in the most reputable theatres and cultural cities across the world, from the Osaka National Theatre, to the Carnegie Hall, Sadler’s Wells to the Kennedy Centre
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Hanne Marie Svendsen


Dance under the Frosty Moon, 1979) and "Klovnefisk" (Clownfish, 1980), both of which took advantage of the move from inhibition. Svendsen's reputation for fiction was finally sealed in 1985 with "Guldkuglen" ("The Golden Ball") which brought her the Danish Critics Prize for Literature as well as a nomination for the Nordic Council's Literature Prize. It depicts the fantasy world of a mythical Danish island which grows from an isolated fishing village into a thriving marketplace, finally deteriorating into a wasteland overcome
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Robert Redford


recognized for their lifetime contributions to American culture through the performing arts: whether in dance, music, theater, opera, motion pictures or television. In 2008, he was awarded The Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize, one of the richest prizes in the arts, given annually to "a man or woman who has made an outstanding contribution to the beauty of the world and to mankind's enjoyment and understanding of life." The University of Southern California (USC) School of Dramatic Arts announced the first annual "Robert Redford
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Isabella Castillo


In 1997, at the age of three, she emigrated to Belize, moving to Miami, Florida, some months later. At the age of five she debuted as a singer in one of her mother's concerts: from that moment, she took dancing, singing and acting lessons, studying music at Musical Procenter and winning four times the Grand Prize at the "Youth Fair" of the Florida International University. On 26 March 2005 she won the first prize as Most Promising in the Children Singing Division at the USA World
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Cocteaufest


Cocteaufest is an event organized and held annually by fans of the Cocteau Twins from around the world who gather for a night of music, dancing, prizes, and socializing with other fans. The event is a celebration of the artists, their music and their legacy. Throughout the event, fans sell unique merchandise, hold auctions, show other forms of memorabilia and rare items and give away free prizes. DJs and other bands may attend and perform their own renditions of their favorite Cocteau Twins songs. Cocteaufest began in 2003 in
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Profolk


, which developed into the German Democratic Republic (East German) dance and folklore festival with strong Eastern European participation. In 1991 it was relaunched with a completely different concept: initially conceived as a forum for the classical folk scene, the event soon established itself as a world music festival of international renown. The German Folk Promotion Prize (Deutscher Folk Förderpreis, DFF) was awarded at this festival between 1992 and 2001. These prizes were awarded by Tanz & Folkfest Rudolstadt, Profolk e.V., Folk-MICHEL and MDR
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Prix de Lausanne


on stage with jury in the morning and in the afternoon. The finals are taking place on Saturday at 3pm at the Beaulieu Theatre. From Tuesday to Thursday, public and free conferences are held by key personalities of the dance world. The next Prix de Lausanne will take place from February 3rd to February 10th, 2019. All finalists are offered free summer courses (travel and accommodation costs not covered) and receive a diploma and a medal. Finalists not winning a prize receive a consolation cash prize of CHF 1,000.
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Fetch! with Ruff Ruffman


, contestants are able to have 1/2 points (i.e. 515 points). At the end of the season, a final point tally is conducted, with the winner of the tally being declared winner of that season to win the "Grand Prize". Prizes are not always desirable, and sometimes the prize holder winds up with a "booby prize"; for example, in "Good Dancing and Bad Breath", Anna and Brian had to dance a waltz in the studio. During the first season, the contestant had
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Gaby Herbstein


, philosophies and cultures from around the world, supported by ONU. La Diablada (Dance of the Demons) (2017), a production inspired by the Carnival rituals and the Andean traditions. 2017 SRI SRI Award 2017 Nomination to the outstanding woman in art. 2017 CILSA Social Commitment Award. 2017 Winner of the Latin American Photography and Illustration (2017) Contest for "La Diablada" (Dance of the Demons). 2017 Prize for Creative Woman 2017 awarded by the Circle of Creative Women and the University of Palermo.
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Big Dance Theater


disciplines of the concise — novellas, folk tales, diary entries, pencil drawings, thumbnail sketches and the single page of a notebook,” and featured five works, that “embrace the brief, granular, close range, anecdotal and microscopic. Downsizing is prized.” The piece had its world premiere at the Solange MacArthur Theater in the American Dance Institute in Rockville, MD in 2015. Its New York premiere was at the Kitchen in New York, NY, and it toured to the Fusebox Festival in Austin, Texas
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Indiana University Bloomington


a world-class cyclotron operated by the Department of Physics. The College also houses IU's Department of Theatre, Drama, and Contemporary Dance which offers a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre, a BFA in Contemporary Dance, a Master of Fine Arts in Acting, Directing, Playwriting or Design/Technology, and a BFA in Musical Theatre. In 2009, professor of political science Elinor Ostrom became the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences since its inception in 1969. The School of Art, Architecture, and
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Sophiline Cheam Shapiro


, Durfee, Guggenheim and Irvine Dance Fellowships, as well as the Nikkei Asia Prize for Culture. She was a member of the first generation to train at and graduate from Phnom Penh's School of Fine Arts after the fall of Pol Pot, and she has studied dance ethnology at the undergraduate and graduate level at UCLA's Department of World Arts & Cultures. She is a recipient of a 2009 National Heritage Fellowship awarded by the National Endowment for the Arts, which is the United States' highest honor in the folk and
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Winter Equestrian Festival


different countries.. Among these people and horses are some of the best riders for each division, of those athletes, The United States, and World #1, Kent Farrington, World #2 Maclain Ward, Canada's prized rider and also ranked 8th in the world, Eric Lamaze. WEF began to attract the equestrian community after the 1970s. What initially began to draw the wealthy participants was the established International Polo Club. The 2015 WEF awarded over $8.2 million in prize money. The competitors aren't the only elite
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Martha Graham


. So many people stole Martha's unique personal vocabulary, consciously or unconsciously, and performed it in concerts. I have never once heard Martha say, 'So-and-so has used my choreography.'" An entire movement was created by her that revolutionized the dance world and created what is known today as modern dance. Now, dancers all over the world study and perform modern dance. Choreographers and professional dancers look to her for inspiration. According to Agnes de Mille: The greatest thing [Graham] ever
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Dora Stratou


printed by the Greek Educational Books Organisation in Athens 1979. She worked with Simon Karras and other ethnomusicologists. She maintained a record of traditions, recorded music, filmed dancers, interviewed villagers on dance topics, costumes, folklore, etc. In her book she begins with the quote: "I write what my eyes have seen, what went through my mind and what my soul fell in love with..." Her true passion for Greek Dance led her to establish one of the most unusual living museums in the world, The
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Vernon God Little


first-person narrative of a young man set apart from his culture, this time in Europe. Published in 2003, the novel was awarded the Bollinger Wodehouse Everyman Prize for Comic Fiction and the Man Booker Prize for Fiction which included the £50,000 prize. Upon winning the prize, Pierre said that the money was "a third of what I owe in the world" and promptly used it to repay old debts. He also won the first novel award in the 2003 Whitbread Awards. The British "Mail On Sunday"
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Dance marathon


of dance marathons began in 1923 when a woman named Alma Cummings danced continuously for 27 hours with six different partners. After Cummings established her record, dance marathons became common in the United States. Initially, participants competed in order to break Cummings's record, but later on people began to compete to win prizes, which could range from money to publicity. Dance marathons were a huge hit during the Great Depression as they provided contestants and spectators food, shelter and the opportunity to earn cash prizes, at a time when many
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Katarzyna Kozielska


For "A.Memory" she collaborated with celebrated American artist Janet Echelman, one of whose sculptures formed the breathtaking set. For the gala of the German Dance Prize in March 2015, Katarzyna Kozielska created the solo "Limelight" for prize winner Elisa Badenes, principal dancer of the Stuttgart Ballet. For principal dancer Anna Osadcenko she choreographed the solo "Crunched" for the 20th Anniversary Gala of the Birgit Keil Foundation. Also in 2015, she created "Firebreather" for principal dancer Daniel Camargo; the solo had its world premiere in
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David Bodanis


Award for best British Dance of the year. "Electric Universe: How Electricity Switched on the Modern World" followed in 2006, and won the Royal Society Prize for Best Science Book of the Year. Bodanis caused some controversy by pledging to donate his prize to the family of the late government scientist, Dr David Kelly. In 2006 Bodanis published "Passionate Minds", the story of a brilliant but forgotten French scientist, Émilie du Châtelet, and her intellectual love affair with Voltaire. "Passionate Minds" was the BBC
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Gabo Arora


of atomic weaponry both physically and emotionally. Commissioned by the Nobel Peace Prize and developed in partnership with VR developer TomorrowNeverKnows and Nobel Media, the experience was screened at the Nobel Prize ceremony in Oslo, Norway. Zikr: A Sufi Revival is an interactive social VR experience that uses music and dance to transport four participants into ecstatic Sufi rituals, while also exploring the role of this mystical Islamic tradition in the lives of devotees. Sufism is a commonly misunderstood and persecuted Islamic practice still observed by millions around the world. Zikr:
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The Vilcek Foundation


designated annually by the Foundation, such as fine arts, architecture, music, filmmaking, culinary art, literature, dance, contemporary music, design, and fashion. Each prize consists of a $100,000 cash award and a commemorative sculpture designed by Austrian-born Stefan Sagmeister. The Vilcek Prize for Excellence, introduced in 2019, recognizes immigrants whose contributions profoundly impact American society and world culture, or individuals who are champions for immigrant causes. The recipients receive a $100,000 cash award and a commemorative diploma designed by Jessica Walsh
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Polish Venezuelans


Miranda state, Henrique Capriles Radonski and film director Jonathan Jakubowicz are of Polish origin. In the sports world, Jimy Szymanski is a representative of Venezuela in tennis. Ilan Chester is a singer and composer. Mariano Kossowski founded Promar Television in Barquisimeto, Lara State . Nina Novak prima ballerina is a dance national prize of 1996, Harry Abend, is a national prize winning sculptor, and Maria Magdalena and Andrzej Antczak are recognized archaeologists. Andres Gluski is CEO of AES. Ángel Rosenblat was a philologist, essayist and hispanist. Mieczysław
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Alan M. Kriegsman


He became a music and performing arts critic and columnist for "The Washington Post" starting in 1966 and was its dance critic from 1974 to his retirement in 1996. While with "The Washington Post", Kriegsman won the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism in 1976, the first to receive the award for work in the dance field. After he retired in 1996, he was succeeded by Sarah Kaufman as dance critic, who would go on to win the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for her dance criticism. Kaufman, in a question and
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List of Eat Bulaga! segments


of the "Fun n' Prize Time" promos. "State of Shock Dance Contest" is one of the many dance competitions created by "Eat Bulaga!". "Stayin' Alive Dance Contest" is one of the many dance competitions created by "Eat Bulaga!" in the 1980s. One lucky studio audience member gets to win a cash prize by spinning a roulette. The segment is sponsored by politician Manny Villar as part of his political campaign for the Philippine presidential election in 2010. "Stop the Clock
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That Deadman Dance


That Deadman Dance is the third novel by Western Australian author Kim Scott. It was first published in 2010 by Picador (Australia) and by Bloomsbury in the UK, US and Canada in 2012. It won the 2011 Regional Commonwealth Writers' Prize, the 2011 Miles Franklin Literary Award, the 2011 ALS Gold Medal, the 2011 Kate Challis RAKA Award, the 2011 Victorian Prize for Literature, the 2011 Victorian Premier's Literary Award, Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction and the 2012 NSW Premier's Literary Award Christina Stead Prize and
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Nadine Bommer


" - 3rd prize, modern performance, Youth America Grand Prix 2007: "Bus Stop" and "Gospel" - 1st prize, Florence Dance Festival of Tuscany, Italy 2000-2004: 1st prize, Florence Dance Festival of Tuscany, Italy 1996-1999: 1st and 2nd prize, choreography and performance, Freiburg Festival, Germany Bommer lives with her husband Ziv Yemini and their two sons. Their daughter Gaya Bommer-Yemini is a professional dancer, Youth America Grand Prix winner, and featured artist in Bess Kargman's
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World Literature Today


), "Books Abroad's Super-Nobel Election" (1940), "What's Wrong with the Nobel Prize?" (1951), and "Nobel Prize Symposium" (1967). In these symposia, critics, scholars, and authors discussed the policies and procedures of the Swedish Academy as well as the very secretive selection process and the sometimes-curious choices of winners for a literary prize (such as Winston Churchill, the 1953 laureate, and Bertrand Russell, the 1951 laureate). The Spring 1981
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Maurice Béjart


Autres". Béjart was the founder of several dance schools: The Rudra School is still open and is one of the most famous professional dance schools in the world. During his lifetime, Béjart received many awards and distinctions for his contributions to the arts. He received the Japanese Order of the Rising Sun. He received the Belgian Ordre de la Couronne. In 1974, he won the Erasmus Prize. In 1994, he was appointed to the Académie des Beaux Arts. In 2003, he was appointed Commandeur des Arts et
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