| Awards Evening |
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The six nominees performed at the awards evening show on Wednesday 24 February 2010 to a select audience in the studios at Markova House. Each dancer chose a solo to perform to a panel of judges from the dance world, and the order of performances was picked out of a hat. Following these performances the judging panel announced the winner of The Emerging Dancer Award as Anais Chalendard and The People’s Choice Award, Crystal Costa. The programme for the evening: Esteban Berlanga, Casi Fado Choreography Ricardo Franco Music Misia Ksenia Ovsyanick, Swanilda variation from Coppélia Choreography Oleg Vinogradov Music Leo Delibes Junor de Oliveira Souza, Des Grieux's Act I solo from Manon Choreography Kenneth MacMillan Music Jules Massenet Crystal Costa, Butterfly Choreography Yat-Sen Chang Music Oleg Kostrow Venus Villa, Carmen variation Choreography Yat-Sen Chang Music Georges Bizet Anais Chalendard, Nikiya's Death Scene from La bayadere Choreography Natalia Makarova, after Marius Petipa Music Ludwig Minkus |