Marquee TV to sponsor Dance Film Awards
Nominations announced
The Dance Section of the Critics’ Circle is pleased to announce that Marquee TV has been appointed as sponsor for the two Film categories in the National Dance Awards (#NDA25).
Marquee TV is a global streaming platform for the performing arts with hundreds of productions of ballet, opera, theatre, classical music, dance and more available to stream from any device.
The nominees for the Best Dance Film and Best Short Dance Film have been selected from over thirty entries by a panel of 23 dance critics.
The winning films will be announced at a ceremony to be held at The Barbican Centre on Monday, 9th June 2025.
Entries were for films that were made in 2024 or that were first shown in 2024.
The nominees are:
Best Dance Film
Frankenstein
(Blackbird Redrose Productions & Mark Bruce Company: choreography, direction and cinematography by Mark Bruce)
The Principles of Classical Dance
(A co-production between BalletBoyz and The Royal Ballet; direction by Michael Nunn; cinematography by William Trevitt, choreography by Christopher Wheeldon, Executive Producer Kevin O’Hare)
Rapunzel Red
(balletLORENT. A film by Ben Crompton & Alex Ayre: choreography by Liv Lorent; direction by Ben Crompton)
The Sequestered Disc
(A film by Javier De Frutos. Produced by Rae Piper at Whoever You Are Productions, in collaboration with House of Create: choreography and direction by Javier De Frutos)
Swan Lake in the Round
(Ad Lib Productions for English National Ballet: choreography and stage direction by Derek Deane)
Best Short Dance Film
Aṁṁonia
(Sadler’s Wells Digital Stage. Choreography by Emma Farnell-Watson and Kieran Lai; directed by Joe Connor)
Burn From the Inside
(A BBonFILM production by Ballet Black. Produced by Richard Bolton, choreography and direction by Mthuthuzeli November; Director of Photography Nauris Bucksevics)
Mollika
(Sadler’s Wells Digital Stage. Choreography by Mythili Prakash. Directed by Pratyusha Gupta and Mythili Prakash)
Snapshot
(Produced by Charles Haswell. Choreography by Ruth Brill. Directed by Cottia Thorowgood)
Splice
(Floating Productions. Choreography by Ekleido. Directed by Jordan Chandler)
The Judging Panel comprised:
Mark Brown, Debra Craine, Gerald Dowler, Rachel Elderkin, Stephanie Ferguson, Maggie Foyer, Lynette Halewood, Donald Hutera, Amanda Jennings, Ruth Leon, Bruce Marriott, Emily May, Nadine Meisner, Fatima Nollen, Robert Penman, Allen Robertson, Joy Sable, Stuart Sweeney, Vikki Vile, Keith Watson, Graham Watts, Deborah Weiss, Lyndsey Winship,
For further information contact:
Graham Watts – Chairman – +44 (0) 7710 057252 – graham@g-watts.com;
Fabiana Jaramillo – Executive Secretary – uknationaldanceawards@gmail.com
Deborah Weiss – Secretary – dnightingaleweiss@gmail.com
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