Nominations, but no prizes
Every year during the Dutch Dance Festival, the winner of the Swan for “best dance performance” is announced as well as which performance receives the Zwaan for “best dance production”. The nominations for these awards have already been announced in the preceding months. This year, during this online edition of the Dutch Dance Festival, the VSCD Dance Jury will for the first time not award the prizes.
Due to the closing of theaters on March 12, 2020, many performances could not take place, and as a result many premieres and dance performances were not performed and remained unseen. The Dance Jury has therefore chosen to nominate dancers and performances this year for the special achievements they have delivered in the field of performance and development of dance in order to let the broken season not pass unnoticed and unseen. But no prizes will be awarded this year. The choice from an incomplete offer is not a good choice. During the next festival, the winners of the two previous – greatly reduced – seasons will be announced.