2025 List of winners
Ballet Company Production
Marco Spada
Choreography by Pierre Lacotte
Rome Opera Ballet
Contemporary Production
Joint winners
Il Cimento dell’Armonia e
dell’Inventione
Choreography by Anne
Teresa De Keersmaeker –
Radouan Mriziga
Rosas, A7LA5
My Fierce Ignorant Step
Choreography by Christos
Papadopoulos
Original Project
Último Helecho
Directed by Nina Laisné
Choreography and singing
by François Chaignaud,
Nadia Larcher
Performers
Navrin Turnbull
Soloist – La Scala Theatre
Georgios Kotsifakis
Freelance
Jacopo Giarda
Freelance
Domenico Di Cristo
Soloist – La Scala Theatre
Newcomers
Giorgia Pasini
Corps de ballet –
San Carlo Theatre
Erica Bravini
Freelance
Performers special mention
Edward Cooper and
Francesco Mascia
Corps de ballet – La Scala
Theatre
Choreographer
Saïdo Lehlouh
Newcomer choreographer
Vittoria Girelli
Italian Production
Asteroide
By and with Marco
D’Agostin
Italian Production newcomer choreographer
Se domani
Choreography by Elisa Sbaragli
Italian abroad
Lorenzo Lelli
Sujet – Paris Opera Ballet
Alessandro Giaquinto
Freelance choreographer
Lifetime achievement award
Antonella Bertoni- Michele Abbondanza
Original music
Maria Arnal
for “La mort i la primavera”
and “Afanador”
Since 1987 Danza&Danza Award (Premio D&D-Mario Bedendo) is the Italian annual prize that recognizes the dance excellence. The Jury, composed by the critics and dance writers of the magazine Danza & Danza, assigns the awards in different categories – Ballet and Contemporary productions, Dancers, Choreographers, Newcomers dancers and choreographers - after the performances of the year.
Traditionally the jury's choice is published in the January/February issues of DANZA&DANZA magazine (in Italian language) and DANZA&DANZA INTERNATIONAL (in English language). The Award Ceremony is biennial and itinerant. It has been hosted by some of the most important Italian theatres: Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Teatro Romolo Valli in Reggio Emilia, Teatro Sociale in Mantova, Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa, Teatro La Fenice in Venice, Teatro Manzoni in Pistoia, Teatro Comunale in Bolzano, Teatro Grande in Brescia, Teatro Carignano in Turin.
Jury
Maria Luisa Buzzi (Presidente), Elisabetta Ceron, Azzurra Di Meco, Giuseppe Distefano, Roberto Giambrone, Francesca Pedroni, Sergio Trombetta.
