These Are the Dance Moments Our Readers Loved the Most This Year
We asked for your nominations, compiled your suggestions and let you vote on your favorite dance moments of 2019. Here’s what you chose:
Winner: The White Crow
Winner: “Fosse/Verdon”
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
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 musesu2014women in white leotards and short white skirtsu2014who reach up towards him.](https://dancemag.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/these-are-the-dance-moments-our-readers-loved-the-.jpg)
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
Winner: Taylor Swift’s “ME!”