Critics' Circle<br />
National Dance Awards 2012 <br />
18th January 2013 <br />
at the London Coliseum <br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
presentation of awards to <br />
<br />
Zdenek Konvalina who wins the <br />
OUTSTANDING MALE PERFORMANCE (CLASSICAL)<br />
presented by Charles Phu<br />
(ENGLISH NATIONAL BALLET) <br />
<br />
and <br />
<br />
Ksenia Ovsyanick<br />
Outstanding Female Performance (Classical) <br />
presented by Lee McLernon <br />
(ENGLISH NATIONAL BALLET)<br />
<br />
&amp; with the chairman of the Dance Section, Graham Watts OBE<br />
<br />
<br />
then....at The PLace on 28th January 2013 <br />
The actual awards ceremony and drinks reception <br />
<br />
Hosted by Gary Avis and Kenneth Tharp <br />
<br />
Dancing Times award for best male dance &ndash; Akram Khan<br />
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Grishko award for best female dancer &ndash; Marianela Nunez<br />
<br />
Stef Stefanou award for outstanding company &ndash; Royal Ballet Flanders<br />
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Best classical choreography &ndash; Arthur Pita for the Metamorphosis<br />
<br />
Outstanding female performance (classical) &ndash; Ksenia Ovsyanick<br />
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Outstanding male performance (classical) &ndash; Zdenek Konvalina<br />
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Dancers Pro award for outstanding modern performance (female) &ndash; Teneisha Bonner<br />
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Dancers Pro award for outstanding modern performance (male) &ndash; Tommy Franzen<br />
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Grishko award for best independent company &ndash; Ballet Black<br />
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De Valois award for outstanding achievement &ndash; Robert Cohan<br />
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Dance UK industry award &ndash; Jeanette Siddall (founder of Big Dance and founding director of Dance UK )<br />
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Photograph by Elliott Franks