Australian Dance Awards
- Lifetime Achievement
- Hall of Fame
- Services to Dance
- Services to Dance Education
- Outstanding Achievement in Choreography
- Outstanding Performance by a Company
- Outstanding Achievement in Youth Dance
- Outstanding Achievement in Community Dance
- Outstanding Achievement in Youth Dance
- Outstanding Achievement in Independent Dance
- Outstanding Performance by a Female Dancer
- Outstanding Performance by a Male Dancer
- Outstanding Achievement in Commercial Dance, Musicals or Physical Theatre
- Outstanding Achievement in Dance on Film or New Media
- Evolving Practice
- Achieving Miracles
- Profiling Accessibility & Diversity
- Creating Community Benefit
Janet Karin OAM
Australian Dance Awards 2020 For over 60 years Janet Karin has been a significant force in the world of Australian dance. She has been respected as a dancer, teacher, artistic director, mentor, researcher and academic, and in each of those roles has shown a deep commitment to dance and an intelligent and searching approach to the growth of the art form.
Jill Sykes
Australian Dance Awards 2019 Jill Sykes has been writing about the arts, dance in particular, since 1960 when she began working as a cadet journalist in Adelaide with The Advertiser. She has been freelancing since 1979 and is respected as a dance writer and critic for the breadth of her outlook, which encompasses all forms of dance; for the honesty of her approach; and for the inspiration her reviews and articles generate for her readers.
