The International Dance Festival in Monaco - December 2004

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