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Isabela Coracy Wins Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Dance

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Isabela Coracy has pirouetted her way to a special honor…

The 2024 Olivier Award winners have been announced from the Royal Albert Hall for performances given on the London stage, with the Brazilian professional ballet dancer among the evening’s winners.

Isabela CoracyCoracy won the award for Outstanding Achievement in Dance for her performance in NINA: By Whatever Means, part of Cassa Pacho’s Ballet Black: Pioneers at Barbican Theatre.

But she wasn’t the only Latina to claim an award…

Gabriela Carrizo’s La Ruta won the award for Best New Dance Production.

It’s the second short performance directed by the Argentine artistic director for and created with the dancers of Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT 1),

This year’s Olivier Awards coincide with the National Theatre’s 60th anniversary. The theatre, founded by Laurence Olivier, has been nominated for 15 awards this year and will celebrate the landmark anniversary with a special grand finale and onstage dedication.

Winners List:

Cunard Best Revival: Vanya by Anton Chekhov, adapted by Simon Stephens at Duke Of York’s Theatre
Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Will Close for Dear England at National Theatre – Olivier & Prince Edward Theatre
Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Haydn Gwynne for When Winston Went To War With The Wireless at Donmar Warehouse
Blue-i Theatre Technology Award for Best Set Design: Miriam Buether for Set Design & 59 Productions for Video Design for Stranger Things: The First Shadow at Phoenix Theatre
Mithridate Award for Best Costume Design: Marg Horwell for The Picture Of Dorian Gray at Theatre Royal Haymarket
Best Actress: Sarah Snook for The Picture Of Dorian Gray at Theatre Royal Haymarket
Best Actor: Mark Gatiss for The Motive And The Cue at National Theatre – Lyttelton & Noël Coward Theatre
Outstanding Achievement in Opera: Antonio Pappano for his role as Music Director of the Royal Opera House
TAIT Award for Best New Opera Production: Innocence by Royal Opera at Royal Opera House
Unusual Rigging Award for Outstanding Achievement in Affiliate Theatre: Sleepova by Matilda Feyiṣayọ Ibini at Bush Theatre
The Londoner Award for Best New Play: Dear England by James Graham at National Theatre – Olivier & Prince Edward Theatre
Sir Peter Hall Award for Best Director: Jamie Lloyd for Sunset Boulevard at Savoy Theatre
Noël Coward Award for Best New Entertainment or Comedy Play: Stranger Things: The First Shadow by Kate Trefry at Phoenix Theatre
Best Family Show: Dinosaur World Live by Derek Bond, Laura Cubitt & Max Humphries at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
Outstanding Achievement in Dance: Isabela Coracy for her performance in NINA: By Whatever Means, part of Cassa Pacho’s Ballet Black: Pioneers at Barbican Theatre
Best New Dance Production: La Ruta by Gabriela Carrizo, part of Nederlands Dans Theater – NDT 1 at Sadler’s Wells
Best Musical Revival: Sunset Boulevard, music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics & book by Don Black & Christopher Hampton at Savoy Theatre
Outstanding Musical Contribution: Alan Williams for Musical Supervision & Musical Direction for Sunset Boulevard at Savoy Theatre
Gillian Lynne Award for Best Theatre ChoreographerArlene Phillips with James Cousins for Guys & Dolls at Bridge Theatre
White Light Award for Best Lighting Design: Jack Knowles for Sunset Boulevard at Savoy Theatre
d&b audiotechnik Award for Best Sound Design: Adam Fisher for Sunset Boulevard at Savoy Theatre
Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical: Amy Trigg for The Little Big Things at @sohoplace
Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical: Jak Malone for Operation Mincemeat at Fortune Theatre
Best Actor in a Musical: Tom Francis for Sunset Boulevard at Savoy Theatre
Best Actress in a Musical: Nicole Scherzinger for Sunset Boulevard at Savoy Theatre
Mastercard Best New Musical: Operation Mincemeat, music, lyrics & book by David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson & Zoë Roberts at Fortune Theatre

“West Side Story” Star Ariana DeBose Wins Career-First BAFTA Awards Trophy

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Ariana DeBose is celebrating a big win across the pond…

The EE British Academy Film Awards have been doled out at London’s Royal Albert Hall, with the 31-year-old half-Puerto Rican actress, singer and dancer among the honorees.

Ariana DeBose,DeBose claimed her first-ever BAFTAs trophy in the Supporting Actress category for her acclaimed performance as Anita in Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story.

DeBose had previously won Golden Globes and SAG Awards trophies for her work in West Side Story, making her the clear frontrunner to take home this year’s Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

The in-person ceremony, hosted by Rebel Wilson, celebrates the best in British and international film for the year.

Here’s the full list of winners:

Best film
The Power of the Dog

Outstanding British film
Belfast

Outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer
The Harder They Fall

Film not in the English language
Drive My Car

Documentary
Summer of Soul

Animated film
Encanto

Director
Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog

Original screenplay
Paul Thomas Anderson, Licorice Pizza

Adapted screenplay
Siân Heder, CODA

Leading actress
Joanna Scanlan, After Love

Leading actor
Will Smith, King Richard

Supporting actress
Ariana DeBose, West Side Story

Supporting actor
Troy Kotsur, CODA

Original score
Hans Zimmer, Dune

Casting
West Side Story

Cinematography
Dune

Editing
No Time to Die

Production design
Cyrano

Costume design
Cruella

Makeup & hair
The Eyes of Tammy Faye

Sound
Dune

Special visual effects
Dune

British short animation
Do Not Feed the Pigeons

British short film
The Black Cop

EE Rising Star Award
Lashana Lynch

Rodriguez to Perform on the Festival Circuit

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Call it the second coming of Sixto Rodríguez…

The 70-year-old Mexican-American singer/songwriter, the man at the center of Malik Bendjelloul‘s Oscar-nominated documentary Searching for Sugar Man, has lined up festival dates lined up at Coachella, Glastonbury and Primavera in Spain that will follow tours of South Africa and Australia.

Rodriguez

The new dates are part of Rodriguez’s astonishing rediscovery after releasing two albums for Clarence Avant‘s Sussex label in the early 1970s that didn’t sell anywhere except in South Africa where his legend grew along with his record sales.

Bendjelloul’s documentary, which will be released on DVD on January 22, chronicles the myths and realities of Rodriguez’s story and his 1998 concerts in South Africa.

“It’s a different level that we’re at now,” Rodriguez said during a recent visit to Los Angeles to perform on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. “I can’t imagine it getting much busier. This is pretty busy. You gotta stay balanced and normalized, pace yourself. At this late date I have a new perspective on things because of the success of the music now.”

The demand for Rodriguez has picked up dramatically in the last year for Rodriguez, who had done a few club performances per year since 2008 when Light in the Attic re-released his two albums, Cold Facts and Coming From Reality. Rodriguez appeared at film festivals like Sundance and SXSW in early 2012 and performed solo at most of his shows. He has been using various bands to back him since moving up to larger clubs and small theaters in the fall.

“We did 13 dates in the UK, all 3,000-seaters, and when we go back it will be Royal Albert Hall,” Rodriguez says.

60 Minutes, which did a piece on Rodriguez prior to the film opening, has contacted him again about possibly chronicling his tour of South Africa in February.

Besides the Oscar nomination, Searching for Sugar Man is up for BAFTA, Producers Guild and WGA awards. It won the International Documentary Association‘s best feature and best music awards and the National Board of Review named it the best documentary of the season.