Awards

AWARDS
Rosetta Grim Visions in collaboration with Živilė Virkutytė, in Rosetta | Photographer: D Matvejev

Hull Dance Awards 24/25

The Hull Dance Development Award - £2000 (plus free studio time)

Awarded to Jorden Brooks

“I am thrilled to have been awarded the Hull Development Dance Award 2025! As an emerging artist in dance and performance, I am excited to use this opportunity to expand my practice, particularly around the question: How can electronic music be revisualised choreographically?

A key aspect of this project will be working closely with the young people of Hull, whose perspectives of joy and social dance will help shape and support the research.”

Jorden spent four days at the Flourish Centre in April working with Isabelle and Jay. Jordan wanted to work with young people over 15 years who were curious, open-minded, and ready to energize their emotions and ideas through dance. Isabelle and Jay certainly delivered.

See a snippet of what they did here

Hull Dance Participants’ Choice Award - £2000 (plus studio time)

Awarded to Effie McGuire Ward and Luke Birch

EFFIE +LUKE

“We are so excited to receive this award and to be back in Hull to continue developing and refining how Anthology of Touches can continue.  We look forward to working with those we know and hopefully some new people as well - Thank you” 

Effie and Luke spent a week in Hull during February, refining and developing Anthology of Touches. They shared the new version with people from Hull and enjoyed a creative discussion with those who attended.

Find out more here in Effie’s blog

Previous Award Recipients

Hull Dance Development Award - £3000

Awarded to Lewys Holt 2022/23

“Two really wonderful visits to Hull, both really interesting. It felt like something cool was happening – good old Hull.”

Transgressions is a weekend of contemporary movement performances using non-theatre spaces in and around the city centre.

The Transgressions Performance Award - £1500


Awarded to Holly Gibbs 2022/23

Over Soon

Professional and community collaboration commenting on the performance industry’s attitude to age and body type in dance

Transgressions Audience Award - £1500


Awarded to Eva Lourie-Russell 2023

Coming of Age

Eva with collaborators Jorden Brooks, Kayleigh Price and Jo Asbridge take the audience into a wonderful, wacky world digitally and in person as the artists explore their work and themselves

Click here to find out more about Transgressions2023

Živilė Virkutytė, in Rosetta, Panel Award 2017 | Photographer: Brian Slater
theMiddletonCorpus in Seedling, Audience Award 2017 | Photographer: Brian Slater
Lydia Cottrall and Ben Mills in Atomic | Photographer: Ben Bentley
Lydia Cottrall and Ben Mills in Atomic, Panel Award 2016 | Photographer: Sarah Daniels