Mark Morris - Honors and Awards

Honors and Awards

• 11 Honorary Doctorates (Cornish School of the Arts, 2011; Roehampton University, 2010; Centenary College, 2009; Bard College, 2006; Bates College, 2006; George Mason University, 2005; Bowdoin College, 2003; Pratt Institute, 2003; Long Island University, 2002; The Juilliard School, 2001; Boston Conservatory of Music, 1994)
• Leonard Bernstein Lifetime Achievement Award for the Elevation of Music in Society, 2010
• American Philosophical Society, Member, 2008
• The Independent Award, Brown University Club of New York, 2007
• Samuel H. Scripps American Dance Festival Lifetime Achievement Award, 2007
• WQXR Gramophone Special Recognition Award, 2006
• New York City Mayor's Award for Arts & Culture, 2006
• American Academy of Arts & Sciences, Fellow, 2005
• Laurence Olivier Award (UK), Outstanding Achievement in Dance, 2002
• Critics' Circle National Dance Award (UK), Best Modern Choreography, 2002
• Critics' Circle National Dance Award (UK), Best Foreign Dance Company, 2002
• Time Out Live Awards (UK), Outstanding Production (V), 2002
• County of Los Angeles Distinguished Artist Award, 2001
• New York State Governor's Arts Award, 2001
• Best of Boston, Mark Morris & Yo-Yo Ma, Best Duet, 1999
• Laurence Olivier Award (UK), Best New Dance Production (L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato), 1998
• Evening Standard Award (UK), 1997
• Capezio Achievement Award, 1997
• Scotsman/Hamada Trust Festival Prize, Edinburgh Festival, 1995
• Edinburgh International Critics Award, 1994
• Edinburgh International Critics Award, 1992
• John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Fellowship, 1991
• Dance Magazine Award, 1991
• John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, 1986
• New York Dance and Performance Award ("Bessie"), 1984, 1990, 2007
• Numerous honors include Choreographic Fellowships from the New York and New Jersey State Councils on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.