Capezio Dance Awards

Updated September 9, 2022 | Infoplease Staff

The Capezio Dance Awards, presented annually by the Capezio/Ballet Makers Dance Foundation, Inc., honor the performer, choreographer, critic, teacher, producer or administrator who has made a significant contribution to the art.

2008	Charles "Chuck" Davis
2007	Carmen de Lavallade
2006	Donald Saddler
2005	Suzanne Farrell
2004	Savion Glover
2003	Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre
2002	Michael M. Kaiser
2001	Career Transitions for Dancers
2000	David White
1999	Bella Lewitzky
1998	Jacob's Pillow
1997	Mark Morris Mark Morris Capezio/Ballet Makers Dance Foundation
1996	Charles Reinhart
Bruce Marks Eric H. Antoniou/Courtesy of Boston Ballet 1995	Bruce Marks
1994	Urban Bush Women
1993	Dance/USA
1992	Frederic Franklin
1991	John Curry
	Katherine Dunham
	Darci Kistler
	Igor Youskevitch
1990	Jacques d'Amboise
1989	Edward Villella
1988	Charles “Honi” Coles
1987	Fred Astaire
	Bob Fosse
	Rudolf Nureyev
	Jac Venza
1986	Antony Tudor
1985	Doris Hering
1984	William Christensen
	Harold Christensen
	Lew Christensen
1983	Harvey Lichtenstein
1982	Alwin Nikolais
1981	Dorothy Alexander
1980	Walter Terry
1979	Alvin Ailey
1978	Hanya Holm
1977	Merce Cunningham
1976	Jerome Robbins
1975	Robert Irving
1974	Robert Joffrey
1973	Isadora Bennett
1972	La Meri
	Reginald and Gladys Laubin
1971	Arthur Mitchell
1970	William Kolodney
1969	John Martin
1968	Lucia Chase
1967	Paul Taylor
1966	Agnes de Mille
1965	Maria Tallchief
1964	José Limón
1963	Donald McKayle
1962	Barbara Karinska
1961	Ruth St. Denis
1960	Martha Graham
1959	Sol Hurok
1958	Alexandra Danilova
1957	Ted Shawn
1956	Genevieve Oswald
1955	Louis Horst
1954	Doris Humphrey
1953	Lincoln Kirstein
1952	Zachary Solov