The annual Australian Dance Awards recognise and honour professional Australian dance artists who have made an outstanding contribution to dance.
The 2021 Australian Dance Awards
This year, the Australian Dance Awards are replacing the traditional ADA ‘winners’ program and, instead, celebrating the many people who sustained their craft and artistry, and entertained us in clever, brilliant and comical ways, finding joy even as they struggled to continue during 2020 and the Covid-19 epidemic.
The exception will be the Lifetime Achievement Award, which will again recognise someone who has spent 40 years or more significantly contributing to Australian dance.
Meet the selection panel for the 2021 Australian Dance Awards
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Robina Beard OAM
Panel Chair -
Julie Dyson AM
Panel advisor & nominations coordinator -
Jeff Meiners
Panel advisor -
Lee Christofis
Panel advisor -
Annalouise Paul
NSW -
Nina Levy
WA -
Carol Wellman Kelly
SA -
Darren Spowart
NSW -
Lesley Graham
TAS -
Maggie Tonkin
SA -
Matthew Lawrence
QLD -
Michael Whaites
WA -
Michelle Potter
ACT -
Patrick Harding-Irmer
NSW -
Sebastien Ananian-Cooper
SA -
Terri-Ann White
WA -
Richard James Allen
NSW -
Philip Piggin
ACT -
Arun Munozz
VIC -
Rachael Wallis
NT -
Stephanie Glickman
VIC