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These Are the Dance Moments Our Readers Loved the Most This Year

Dance Magazine

Dec 10, 2019

We asked for your nominations, compiled your suggestions and let you vote on your favorite dance moments of 2019. Here's what you chose:

Best Dance in a Movie

Nominees:

The White Crow

The Favourite

Winner: The White Crow

Best Dance on TV

Nominees:

"So You Think You Can Dance"

Winner: "Fosse/Verdon"

Best Dance Documentary

Nominees:

Force of Nature

I Dream of Dance

Winner: Nureyev

Most Inventive New Work

Nominees:

Oklahoma!, directed by Daniel Fish and choreographed by John Heginbotham

William Forsythe's Playlist (EP) for Boston Ballet

Caleb Teicher and Conrad Tao's More Forever

Donald Byrd's Strange Fruit

Pam Tanowitz's Time is forever dividing itself toward innumerable futures

Sheena Annalise's Chromatic Skies for Arch Contemporary Ballet

Winner: Playlist (EP)

Best Solo Performance

Nominees:

American Ballet Theatre's Sarah Lane in Manon

Ashley Blair Fitzgerald in The Cher Show

Royal Danish Ballet's Jon Axel Fransson in The Kermesse in Bruges

Mariana Valencia in Futurity

New York City Ballet's Taylor Stanley in Apollo

Winner: Taylor Stanley in Apollo

$Taylor Stanley in Apollo. He holds a lyre-like instrument, and wears white tights and a white sash. He stands with one leg slightly bent, looking intensely at the audience. He is surrounded by the three muses\u2014women in white leotards and short white skirts\u2014who reach up towards him.$

Erin Baiano, Courtesy NYCB

Best Music Video

Nominees:

Normani's "Motivation," choreographed by Sean Bankhead

Mumford & Sons' "Woman," choreographed by Kristin Sudeikis

Sam Smith's "How Do You Sleep," choreographed by Parris Goebel

Taylor Swift's "ME!," choreographed by Tyce Diorio

Winner: Taylor Swift's "ME!"

the white crow girl rocketman the favourite yuli fosse/verdon pose the oa so you think you can dance force of nature natalia osipova nureyev i dream of dance travis wall oklahoma! boston ballet caleb teicher guggenheim museum spectrum dance theater lower manhattan cultural council arch contemporary ballet american ballet theatre the cher show royal danish ballet whitney museum new york city ballet kristin sudeikis sam smith tyce diorio best of 2019

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