Dancer Spotlight

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

December 9, 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




Girl




Rocketman




The Favourite


Yuli

Winner: The White Crow

Winner: “Fosse/Verdon”

Best Dance Documentary

Nominees:


Force of Nature




Nureyev




I Dream of Dance

Winner: Nureyev

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 musesu2014women in white leotards and short white skirtsu2014who reach up towards him.
Erin Baiano, Courtesy NYCB

Winner: Taylor Swift’s “ME!”

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