And the winners are...

It's been a whirlwind week of Short + Sweet Dance.  Big thanks to the amazing choreographers, dancers and dance artists who contributed over the power-packed 5 day season.  Here's who got in the Gala Final and awards:

Finalists:

M'nM by Joshua Cesan and Simon Watts
So Fake It's Real  by Anna Bate
Suction by Anitra Hayday
Thinking Man by Matthew Moore and Mark Bonnington
CCB (Chck Chck Boom) by Wasabi Dance Crew (choreographed by Carlene Newall and Grace Crawford)
Evie (I) by Tracey Trinder
Double Derelicts by Justin Haiu and Tama Jarman
Go Go Do by Zahra Killeen-Chance
Plain of Lonely Souls by Sarah Houbolt and Edward Clendon
Ko'au Eni by Nita Latu


Awards:

Youth Award: Wasabi Dance Crew - Chck Chck Boom choreographed by Carlene Newall and Grace Crawford

Most Effective Use of Costume:
Double Derelicts by Justin Haiu and Tama Jarman
(Runner-up Kotahitanga Union! by Phoenix Belly Dance)

Most Effective Use of Sound:
Nominees - Ko'au Eni by Nita Latu, Go Go Do by Zahra Killeen-Chance, So Fake It's Real by Anna Bate, M'n'M by Joshua Cesan and Simon Watts, Preceding the Thread by Kate Bartlett and Chris Tempest
Winner - M'n'M by Joshua Cesan and Simon Watts

Best Stage Design (Scenography, props, set, etc):
Nominees - So Fake It's Real by Anna Bate, Evie (I) by Tracey Trinder, Kotahitanga Union! by Phoenix Belly, Dance,  Preceding the Thread by Kate Bartlett and Chris Tempest
Winner - Evie (I) by Tracey Trinder

The "We Want More" Awards for works that we'd like to see developed further (and again!):
H*A*M by The Wolf Pack (Jahra Moxie, Rose Philpott and Lucy Beeler)
Katie's Beaten Track by Katie Burton
M'n'M by Joshua Cesan and Simon Watts
Ko'au Eni by Nita Latu

Best Female Performer:
Nominees - Katie Burton (Katie's Beaten Track), Sarah Houbolt (Plain of Lonely Souls), Georgie Goater (So Fake It's Real), Jenny de Leon (Kyrie Eleison)
Winner - Sarah Houbolt

Best Male Performer:
Nominees - Edward Clendon (Plain of Lonely Souls), Justin Haiu (Double Derelicts), Tama Jarman (Double Derelicts), Paul Wilson (M'n'M), Mark Saul Bonnington (Thinking Man)
Winner - Tama Jarman

Audience Awards (voted by each audience as their favourite work);
Group 1 - Ko'au Eni by Nita Latu
Group 2 - M'n'M by Joshua Cesan and Simon Watts
Wild Card - Thinking Man by Matthew Moore and Mark Saul Bonnington

Overall Supreme Winners:
Go Go Do by Zahra Killeen-Chance
Double Derelicts by Justin Haiu and Tama Jarman

Thanks again to STAMP and the fabulous mystery panel (you know who you are).  Already looking forward to NEXT YEAR!  Short + Sweet Theatre will be hitting Auckland later in the year as well for their third season.

xo carrie rae and the s+s crew