Staines, a fair-skinned woman with close-cropped red hair wearing a black turtleneck and black pants, holds a microphone and smiles broadly as she addresses an applauding crowd.

Celebrating Dance Magazine Award Honoree Mavis Staines

This week we’re sharing tributes to all of the  2024 Dance Magazine Award honorees. For tickets to the awards ceremony on December 2, visit store.dancemedia.com. Mavis Staines, the recently retired artistic director of Canada’s National Ballet School, has been a visionary force in 21st-century ballet. A 1972 graduate of the school she would transform over 35 […]

Here Are the 2024 Dance Magazine Award Honorees

The 2024 Dance Magazine Awards will honor George Faison, Joanna Haigood, Liz Lerman, Mavis Staines, and Shen Wei. The Chairman’s Award will go to Mikhail Baryshnikov for his work with Baryshnikov Arts, and the posthumous awards will celebrate six artists who were not recognized by the awards committee during their lifetimes. A tradition dating back […]

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