2005 Awards 2005 Critics' Circle National Dance Awards The Awards ceremony was held on the 19 January 2006 at the Royal Opera House, London 2005 Awards Press Release Pictures of the 2005 Awards Ceremony De Valois Award for Outstanding Achievement in Dance Monica Mason, OBE Director Royal Ballet Best Male Dancer Thomas Lund, for performances as a Principal with the Royal Danish Ballet Best Female Dancer Marianela Nuñez, for performances as a Principal of The Royal Ballet Working Title Billy Elliot Prize Kristopher Spencer Audience Award Northern Ballet Theatre & Motionhouse Dance Theatre Dance UK Industry Award Brendan Keaney Best Choreography (Classical) Christopher Newton / Sir Frederick Ashton, for Sylvia for The Royal Ballet Best Choreography (Modern) Russell Maliphant, for Broken Fallcommissioned by George Piper Dances and The Royal Ballet Best Choreography (Musical Theatre) Peter Darling, for Billy Elliot) at the Victoria Palace Outstanding Male or Female Artist (Modern) Akram Khan, for performances with his own company Outstanding Male or Female Artist (Classical) Rupert Pennefather, for performances as a 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 Australian Ballet, for performances of Swan Lake
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