Princess Grace Foundation Announces 2005 Award Winners

Princess Grace Foundation Announces 2005 Award Winners

Mikhail Baryshnikov to Be Honored

NEW YORK, Sept. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- The Board of Trustees of the Princess Grace Foundation, USA and its Chairman, Hon. John F. Lehman, announced today the winners of the 2005 Princess Grace Awards. The Awards for Theater, Dance and Film, first instituted in 1984, are named in honor of Her Serene Highness Princess Grace of Monaco, who helped aspiring artists pursue their goals throughout Her lifetime.

This year's Gala will be hosted by CNN's Larry King, October 26 at Manhattan's Cipriani. Baryshnikov has been chosen as the inaugural recipient of the Prince Rainier III Award in honor of his outstanding contribution to the arts. "Establishing an ongoing commemoration to HSH Prince Rainier III was an important charge based on one overriding principal: to support and enhance the work Prince Rainier started to honor his wife," says Lehman.

HSH Prince Albert of Monaco, the Foundation's Vice Chairman will preside over the Awards Gala.

The Foundation, a public charity formed after the death of Princess Grace in 1982, awards grants, scholarships, apprenticeships and fellowships to assist artists with their training.

This year also marks the addition of a new Choreography Fellowship to recognize the nation's most promising young practicing choreographers.

Award Winners
Dance
Alessandra Ball Lawrenceville, GA North Carolina Dance Theater
John Di Lam Marin County Boston Ballet
Drew Jacoby Boise, ID LINES Contemporary Ballet
Anthony Smith Houston Juilliard
Joseph Wiggan Los Angeles Jazz Tap Ensemble
Chris Hellman Award
Choreography
Alex Ketley Columbia, MD Robert Moses KIN
Jimmy Orrante Los Angeles Ballet MET Columbus
Uri Sands Miami North Carolina Dance Theater

Film
Jesse D. Cain St. Paul, MN Bard College
Karen Dee Carpenter Santa Barbara Temple University
Louise Despont &
Maria Genevieve Dyer Brown
Cary Grant Award
Cary Joji Fukunaga Berkley New York University
John H. Johnson Award
Jasmin Gordon Berkley Stanford University
Ian Olds Sebastopol, CA Columbia University

Theater
Carlos Armesto Oldsmar, FL Ensemble Studio
Gant Gather Award
Louis D. Moreno Bogota, Columbia INTAR Theater
George C. Wolfe Award
David Evans Morris Charlottesville, VA HERE Arts Center
Faberge Award
Alex Pollock East Montpelier, VT Suffolk University
Grace LeVine Award
Sarah Cameron Sunde Palo Alto New Georges
Robert & Gloria
Hausman Award
Sara Jean Tosetti Paris NYU
Pierre Cardin Award
Kenneth Lin West Hempstead, NY New Dramatists

Statue Awards
Mark Christopher Writer/Director, Film
Eric Simonson Director/ Writer, Theater

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Source: Princess Grace Foundation

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