| The recently past year Monaco was the scene | | | | Netherlands, UK and Fairy, by Jyrki |
| for the grand biennial Dance Forum. The event | | | | Karttunen and Co / Finland, Henry Oguike |
| took place between 14 and 18 December 2004 | | | | Dance Company from the UK and Compania Maria |
| and was held mostly at Grimaldi Forum. The | | | | Pages, a Spanish company that blends flamenco |
| four days unfolded on various levels: | | | | with contemporary jazz standards. |
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| Multimedia Forum, | | | | The ceremony of the 2004 Nijinsky Awards was |
| | | | held on December 18 at the Forum Grimaldi in |
| | | | Monte Carlo. The most coveted prizes were |
| | | | awarded to Nicolas Le Riche of the Ballet de |
| Dance on Screen, | | | | l'Opera National de Paris and the Romanian |
| | | | performer Alina Cojocaru of the London Royal |
| | | | Ballet in the male and female dancer |
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| The ADvANCE Project, | | | | |
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| First Job Audition, | | | | |
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| | | | The multimedia forum constituted an |
| Exhibitions - monographic and thematic ones, | | | | innovative way to lead dance beyond |
| Karl Lagerfeld's photo exhibition, | | | | boundaries of gravity and scenic space |
| | | | constraints, bonding new ties with other arts |
| | | | - music, film, visual arts.The multimedia |
| | | | projects reunited choreographers, stage |
| Rendez-vous - great opportunities open for | | | | designers, musicians, graphic artists etc. |
| the public to meet famous choreographers from | | | | Three forms were accepted: software, live |
| all over the world. | | | | choregraphic pieces making use of numeric |
| | | | devices and choreographic installations. |
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| Most notable performances included Orfeo ed | | | | |
| Euridice, by Emio Greco/PC and Opera North / | | | | There were 142 candidates from 29 countries. |