UK National Dance Awards 2025 winners announced
- Ikuko
- Jun 17
- 1 min read
The UK Critics Circle announced the winners of the 2025 National Dancer Awards at the award ceremony on 15th June 2026.
In the announcement text on the organisation's website published on 17th June said, "Scotland and Japan are triumphant #NDA26." The organisers use the hashtag to mark the awards' 26th anniversary.
The awards were given for performances seen the United Kingdom between 1st January and 31st December 2025.
Full list of winners
DE VALOIS AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT
DANCING TIMES AWARD FOR BEST MALE DANCER
William Bracewell
BEST FEMALE DANCER
Lauren Cuthbertson
STEF STEFANOU AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING COMPANY
National Ballet of Japan
BEST MID-SCALE COMPANY
Scottish Dance Theatre
BEST INDEPENDENT COMPANY
London City Ballet
BEST CLASSICAL CHOREOGRAPHY
Sophie Laplane for Mary, Queen of Scots
BEST MODERN CHOREOGRAPHY
Kim Brandstrup for Breaking Bach
EMERGING ARTIST AWARD
Liam Francis
OUTSTANDING FEMALE MODERN PERFORMANCE
Cordelia Braithwaite in The Red Shoes
OUTSTANDING MALE MODERN PERFORMANCE
Paris Fitzpatrick in Quadrophenia
OUTSTANDING FEMALE CLASSICAL PERFORMANCE
Roseanna Leney in Mary, Queen of Scots
OUTSTANDING MALE CLASSICAL PERFORMANCE
Ryoichi Hirano in Onegin
OUTSTANDING CREATIVE CONTRIBUTION
Maria Seletskaja
BEST DANCE FILM
On The Other Earth
BEST SHORT DANCE FILM
La Fée Électricité
Congratulations!
The news page said, "The winners came from a list of 75 nominations covering every dance genre and the nominees came from a record list of 379 recommendations (up from 365 in 2024) from the dance critics."
