Laurence Olivier Awards
The Royal Ballet company is a multiple Laurence Olivier Award winning company. The following is a complete list of awards won by the company and its staff since the awards were established in 1978. These include awards presented to the company for a production of a particular ballet, to individual dancers for their performance in a specific rôle, to designers for their work on a specific production and to other members of the Royal Ballet staff for achievements in dance.
- 1978 – Production of the Year in Ballet, for a production of Sir Frederick Ashton's A Month in the Country
- 1980 – Outstanding Achievement of the Year in Ballet, for a production of Gloria
- 1981 – Outstanding First Achievement of the Year in Ballet, awarded to Bryony Brind for her performance in The Royal Ballet's Dances of Albion
- 1983 – Outstanding Individual Performance of the Year in a New Dance Production, awarded to Alessandra Ferri for her performance in the Royal Ballet's Valley of Shadows
- 1983 – Outstanding New Dance Production of the Year, for a production of Sir Frederick Ashton's Requiem
- 1992 – Outstanding Achievement of the Year in Dance, for a production of William Forsythe's In The Middle, Somewhat Elevated
- 1992 – Society of London Theatre Special Award, awarded to the Royal Ballet's founder and director Dame Ninette de Valois in recognition of her achievements in dance
- 1993 – Best New Dance Production, for a production of Sir Kenneth MacMillan's The Judas Tree
- 1995 – Best New Dance Production, for their production of Fearful Symmetries
- 1995 – Outstanding Achievement in Dance, awarded to lighting designer Peter Mumford for the Royal Ballet's Fearful Symmetries
- 2007 – Best New Dance Production, for their new production Chroma, choreographed by Wayne McGreggor
- 2008 – Best New Dance Production, for the company premiere of George Balanchine's ballet Jewels
- 2008 – Outstanding Achievement in Dance, for the company premiere of George Balanchine's ballet Jewels
- 2010 – Best New Dance Production, awarded to the Brandstrup-Rojo Project, Goldberg (a collaboration between choreographer Kim Brandstrup & dancer Tamara Rojo)
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