Samuel H. Scripps American Dance Festival Award, 1981—
The American Dance Festival wishes to thank Samuel H. Scripps, whose generous contribution has made possible the Samuel H. Scripps American Dance Festival Award for Lifetime Achievement. This annual award honors choreographers who have made a significant lifetime contribution to the field of modern dance. The recipients are selected each year by a specially appointed panel and receive $50,000 (increased in 2008 from $35,000).

1981 Martha Graham
1982 Merce Cunningham
1983 Paul Taylor
1984 Hanya Holm
1985 Alwin Nikolais
1986 Katherine Dunham
1987 Alvin Ailey
1988 Erick Hawkins
1989 In memory of Doris Humphrey, Charles Weidman and Jose Limón
1990 Twyla Tharp
1991 Anna Sokolow
1992 Donald McKayle
1993 Talley Beatty
1994 Trisha Brown
1995 In memory of of Pearl Primus and Helen Tamiris
1996 Meredith Monk
1997 Anna Halprin
1998 Fayard and Harold Nicholas
1999 Pina Bausch
2000 Pilobolus Dance Theatre
2001 Garth Fagan
2002 no recipient
2003 Maguy Marin
2004 Eiko and Koma
2005 Bill T. Jones
2006 Murray Louis
2007 Mark Morris
2008 Laura Dean
2009 Ohad Naharin
2010 Martha Clarke
2011 Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker

Balasaraswati/Joy Ann Dewey Beinecke Endowed Chair for Distinguished Teaching, 1991—
The Balasaraswati/Joy Ann Dewey Beinecke Endowed Chair for Distinguished Teaching was established at the ADF in 1991 to recognize and pay tribute to the teachers who have shaped and preserved dance across generations. It is the first endowed teaching chair in dance, made possible through the generous contribution of Luise Elcaness Scripps, with additional support from Walter Beinecke, the daughters of Joy Ann Dewey Beinecke, and the ADF. The chair was named for Balasaraswati, one of India's legendary dancers and teachers, and Joy Ann Dewey Beinecke, a former dancer and distinguished member of the dance faculty at Williams College.

1991 Pearl Primus
1992 Daniel Nagrin
1993 Betty Jones
1994 Bella Lewitzky
1995 Ethel Butler
1996 Anna Halprin
1997 Bessie Schönberg and Donald McKayle
1998 Pauline Koner and Matt Mattox
1999 Viola Farber
2000 Sophie Maslow, Mary Anthony, Jane Dudley, Walter Nicks
2001 Pearl Lang
2002 Martha Myers
2003 Carmen de Lavallade
2004 Gus Solomons jr
2005 Gerri Houlihan
2006 Chuck Davis
2007 Doug Nielsen and Linda Tarnay
2008 Dianne McIntyre
2009 Carolyn Adams, Ruth Andrien, Sharon Kinney
2010 Yang Meiqi
2011 Donna Faye Burchfield

ADF Season Dedications

1981 Lisa Booth
1982 no dedication
1983 Nancy Hanks
1984 Balasaraswati, Louis Horst, Martha Hill, and John Martin
1985 Terry Sanford
1986 William and Ida Friday
1987 Martha Hill
1988 Lee Connor, Alvin McDuffie, Arnie Zane, and all those who live with AIDS or have died from it
1989 Julia Hedgepath Wray
1990 Alvin Ailey, Robin Howard
1991 no dedication
1992 ADF Audience
1993 Keith Brodie
1994 Alwin Nikolais
1995 Erick Hawkins
1996 Dr. Alberta Arthurs and Dr. Christopher Paddack
1997 ADF Audience
1998 Gerald E. Myers
1999 Samuel H. Scripps and Luise Elcanness Scripps
2000 William and Ida Friday
2001 Betty Jones and Martha Myers
2002 Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
2003 Stephanie Reinhart
2004 Nannerl O. Keohane
2005 no dedication
2006 Richard Lanier and Ralph Samuelson
2007 Carlton Midyette
2008 The Samuel H. Scripps Family and the SHS Foundation
2009 no dedication
2010 Dr. Tallman Trask III
2011 Alex Katz

Doris Duke Awards For New Work, 1998—

1998
Merce Cunningham, Paul Taylor, Nathan Birch, Elizabeth Streb, David Grenke, Jawole Willa Jo Zollar

1999
Meredith Monk, Twyla Tharp, Martha Clarke, Eiko & Koma, David Dorfman, John Jasperse

2000
Trisha Brown, Mark Morris, Doug Varone, Mark Dendy, Jane Comfort, Ann Carlson

2001
Garth Fagan, Ronald K. Brown, Shen Wei

2002
Paul Taylor, Pilobolus, Mark Morris, Shen Wei, Paul Taylor, Pilobolus, Mark Morris, Shen Wei

2003
Eiko and Koma, Bill T. Jones, Pascal Rioult, Shen Wei

2004
Pilobolus, Ronald K. Brown, Larry Keigwin, Shen Wei, Alexandre Pepelyaev, Olga Pona, Miguel Robles, Toru Shimazaki

2005
Shen Wei, Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, Robert Battle, Charlotte Griffin, Martinus Miroto, Anouk van Dijk

2006
Emanuel Gat, Larry Keigwin, Doug Varone, Shen Wei, Ronald K. Brown

2007
Pilobolus with Inbal Pinto and Avshalom Pollack, Eiko & Koma, Paul Taylor Dance Company, Rudy Perez

2008
Shen Wei, Pilobolus with Basil Twist, Larry Keigwin, Battleworks, John Jasperse

 

Doris Duke Millennium Awards for Modern Dance and Jazz Music Collaborations, 1998–2000

1998
Pilobolus Dance Theatre with Maria Schneider, The Hand That Mocked, the Heart That Fed
David Parsons with Phil Woods, Fill the Woods with Light

1999
Bill T. Jones with Fred Hersch, Out Some Place
Paul Taylor with Rick Benjamin, Oh You Kid

2000
Trisha Brown with Dave Douglas, Rapture to Leon James
Twyla Tharp with Donald Knaack, Surfer at the River Styx