2004 Awards 2004 Critics' Circle National Dance Awards The Awards ceremony was held on the 20 January 2005 at the Royal Opera House, London 2004 Awards Press Release Pictures of the 2004 Awards Ceremony De Valois Award for Outstanding Achievement in Dance Sir Peter Wright, Director Laureate of Birmingham Royal Ballet Best Male Dancer Jonathan Cope, for performances as a Principal of The Royal Ballet Best Female Dancer Leanne Benjamin, for performances as a Principal of The Royal Ballet Working Title Billy Elliot Prize Taylor Davies Audience Award Northern Ballet Theatre Sunday Express Children's Award Abbie Hastings Dance UK Industry Award Dick Matchett Best Choreography (Classical) Christopher Wheeldon, for Rush for San Francisco Ballet Best Choreography (Modern) Javier de Frutos, for Elsa Canasta commissioned by Rambert Dance Company and Milagros commissioned by Royal New Zealand Ballet Best Choreography (Musical Theatre) Matthew Bourne and the Company, for Play Without Words at the Royal National Theatre Outstanding Female Artist (Modern) Amy Hollingsworth, for performances with Rambert Dance Company Outstanding Male Artist (Modern) Paul Liburd, for performances with Rambert Dance Company Outstanding Female Artist (Classical) Lauren Cuthbertson, for performances as a Soloist with The Royal Ballet Outstanding Male Artist (Classical) Thiago Soares, for performances as a First Soloist with The Royal Ballet Company Prize for Outstanding Repertoire (Classical) The Royal Ballet Company Prize for Outstanding Repertoire (Modern) Rambert Dance Company Best Foreign Dance Company Merce Cunningham Dance Company, for performances at the Barbican
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