Announcing the 2023 Dora Mavor Moore Award Winners

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/By Hélène Crowley / Jun 28, 2023

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Celebrating a full season of captivating and unique productions, the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts presented the 43rd annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards this evening.

The awards acknowledge excellence in Toronto theatre and performing arts. Along with its 46 categories across seven divisions, this year includes the first recipients of two new awards. The Christine Karcza Disability Leadership Award honours leadership and advancement for disability representation and advocacy in the arts, while the Ray Ferris Innovation and Sustainability Grant recognizes a Toronto company’s artistic project that promotes and advances sustainability in theatre.

Here’s a recap of tonight’s winners of the 2023 Dora Awards.

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Inaugural Christine Karcza Disability Leadership Award

Winner: Emily Maxwell

Honoured colleague: Natasha “Courage” Bacchus

Silver Ticket Award

Winner: Allen MacInnis

Jon Kaplan Audience Choice Award

Winner: ‘da Kink In My Hair

TO Live and Soulpepper Theatre Company

Inaugural Ray Ferris Innovation and Sustainability Grant

Winner: Women of the Fur Trade

Native Earth Performing Arts

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General Theatre

Outstanding Production

• our place — Cahoots Theatre and Theatre Passe Muraille
• Maanomaa, My Brother — Blue Bird Theatre Collective and Canadian Stage
• Red Velvet — Crow’s Theatre
• UNCLE VANYA — Crow’s Theatre
• ‘da Kink In My Hair — TO Live and Soulpepper Theatre Company

Outstanding New Play

• Anosh Irani, Behind the Moon — Tarragon Theatre
• Erin Shields, Queen Goneril — Soulpepper Theatre
• Kanika Ambrose, our place — Cahoots Theatre and Theatre Passe Muraille
• Paolo Santalucia, PRODIGAL — The Howland Company and Crow’s Theatre
• Tawiah M’Carthy and Brad Cook, Maanomaa, My Brother — Blue Bird Theatre Collective and Canadian Stage

Outstanding Direction

• Alisa Palmer, Fall On Your Knees Part Two: The Diary — Canadian Stage, National Arts Centre, Vita Brevis Arts, Neptune Theatre, Grand Theatre
• Cherissa Richards, Red Velvet — Crow’s Theatre
• Marie Farsi, Fifteen Dogs — Crow’s Theatre
• Philip Akin, Maanomaa, My Brother — Blue Bird Theatre Collective and Canadian Stage
• Weyni Mengesha, Queen Goneril — Soulpepper Theatre

Outstanding Performance in a Leading Role

• Ahmed Moneka, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo — Crow’s Theatre and Modern Times Stage Company
• Ali Kazmi, Behind the Moon — Tarragon Theatre
• Allan Louis, Red Velvet — Crow’s Theatre
• Bahia Watson, UNCLE VANYA — Crow’s Theatre
• Dan Mousseau, PRODIGAL —The Howland Company and Crow’s Theatre
• Deborah Hay, Fall On Your Knees Part Two: The Diary — Canadian Stage, National Arts Centre, Vita Brevis Arts, Neptune Theatre, Grand Theatre
• Sophia Walker, our place — Cahoots Theatre and Theatre Passe Muraille
• Virgilia Griffith, our place — Cahoots Theatre and Theatre Passe Muraille

Outstanding Performance in a Featured Role

• Amelia Sargisson, Red Velvet — Crow’s Theatre
• d’bi.young anitafrika, ‘da Kink In My Hair — TO Live and Soulpepper Theatre Company
• Laura Condlln, Fifteen Dogs — Crow’s Theatre
• Monique Mojica, My Sister’s Rage — Tarragon Theatre, Studio 180, and TO Live
• Sophia Walker, Fairview — Canadian Stage and Obsidian Theatre
• Stephen Jackman-Torkoff, Fifteen Dogs — Crow’s Theatre
• Vanessa Sears, Queen Goneril — Soulpepper Theatre
• Yvonne Addai, Vierge — Factory Theatre

Outstanding Scenic/Projection Design

• Anahita Dehbonehie (Scenic Design), The Hooves Belonged to the Deer — Tarragon Theatre and Buddies in Bad Times
• Christine Ting-Huan Urquhart (Scenic Design), Cockroach — Tarragon Theatre
• Jawon Kang (Scenic Design), Frank Donato and Dezmond Arnkvarn (Projection Design), Redbone Coonhound — Arts Club Silver Commission, Tarragon Theatre, and Imago Theatre (Montreal)
• Julie Fox and Joshua Quinlan (Scenic Design), UNCLE VANYA — Crow’s Theatre

Outstanding Costume Design

• Michelle Bohn, NEW — Necessary Angel Theatre Company, Canadian Stage, the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre
• Rachel Forbes, ‘da Kink In My Hair — TO Live and Soulpepper Theatre Company
• Rachel Forbes, Fairview — Canadian Stage and Obsidian Theatre
• Ronnie Burkett, Little Dickens — Canadian Stage and Ronnie Burkett Theatre of Marionettes

Outstanding Lighting Design

• Arun Srinivasan, Red Velvet — Crow’s Theatre
• Kimberly Purtell, UNCLE VANYA — Crow’s Theatre
• Lorenzo Savoini, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo — Crow’s Theatre and Modern Times Stage Company
• Nick Blais, Things I Know to be True — David Mirvish and The Company Theatre

Outstanding Sound Design/Composition

• Kate DeLorme (Sound Design) and Floydd Ricketts (Composer), Choir Boy — Canadian Stage and Arts Club Theatre Company (Vancouver)
• Brian Kenny (Sound Design) and Sean Mayes (Composer), Fall On Your Knees Part Two: The Diary — Canadian Stage, National Arts Centre, Vita Brevis Arts, Neptune Theatre, Grand Theatre
• Thomas Ryder Payne (Sound Design), Corey Butler (Music Direction and Composition), Weyni Mengesha (Composition), and e’Marcus Harper (Composition), ‘da Kink In My Hair — TO Live and Soulpepper Theatre Company
• Thomas Ryder Payne, Red Velvet — Crow’s Theatre
• Thomas Ryder Payne, UNCLE VANYA — Crow’s Theatre

Independent Theatre

Outstanding Production

• Between a Wok and a Hot Pot — Cahoots Theatre
• Niizh — Native Earth Performing Arts
• The Ex-Boyfriend Yard Sale — Never Mind the Noise, Soulpepper, Outside the March, and red light district
• Love You Wrong Time — Bad Muse Collective and Nightwood Theatre
• First Métis Man of Odesa — Punctuate! Theatre and The Theatre Centre

Outstanding New Play

• Curtis Campbell and Daniel Krolik, Gay for Pay with Blake and Clay — Gay for Pay Productions and Crow’s Theatre
• Deanna H. Choi, Maddie Bautista, and Erin Brubacher, Love You Wrong Time — Bad Muse Collective and Nightwood Theatre
• Haley McGee, The Ex-Boyfriend Yard Sale — Never Mind the Noise, Soulpepper, Outside the March, and red light district
• Hengameh E Rice, Anahita’s Republic — Bustle and Beast
• Matthew MacKenzie and Mariya Khomutova, First Métis Man of Odesa — Punctuate! Theatre and The Theatre Centre

Outstanding Direction

• Desirée Leverenz, Niizh — Native Earth Performing Arts
• Esther Jun, Between a Wok and a Hot Pot — Cahoots Theatre
• Lianna Makuch, First Métis Man of Odesa — Punctuate! Theatre and The Theatre Centre
• Marjorie Chan, The Chinese Lady — Studio 180 Theatre, fu-GEN Asian Canadian Theatre Company, and Crow’s Theatre
• Mitchell Cushman, The Ex-Boyfriend Yard Sale — Never Mind the Noise, Soulpepper, Outside the March, and red light district

Outstanding Performance by an Individual

• Adriano Reis, MARTYR — ARC
• Amanda Lin, Between a Wok and a Hot Pot — Cahoots Theatre
• Daren A Herbert, Yerma — The Coal Mine Theatre
• Haley McGee, The Ex-Boyfriend Yard Sale — Never Mind the Noise, Soulpepper, Outside the March, and red light district
• Margo MacDonald, Dressed as People — a Triptych of Uncanny Abduction — Parry Riposte Productions
• Mariya Khomutova, First Métis Man of Odesa — Punctuate! Theatre and The Theatre Centre
• Rosie Simon, The Chinese Lady — Studio 180 Theatre, fu-GEN Asian Canadian Theatre Company, and Crow’s Theatre

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble

• Kaitlin Race, Jessi Elgood, Daniel Reale, Cooper Bilton, Karen Scora, Atlin Hofer, and Jimi Shlag, Bone Cage — One Four One Collective and The Assembly Theatre
• Maddie Bautista and Deanna H. Choi, Love You Wrong Time — Bad Muse Collective and Nightwood Theatre
• PJ Prudat, Kole Durnford, Aren Okemaysim, Theresa Cutknife, and Jason McDonald, Niizh — Native Earth Performing Arts
• The Epic Choir of Traceland: Nigel “Manc” Wynne, Theo, Riley Kelk, Zena Lord, Celina Carrol, Megan Wilk, Eli Holliday, Kay Jones, Isabella C Chin, Arin Klein, Wy Joung Kou, Annanda DeSilva, Gehan Udayanga, and Van War, Trace — ReDefine Arts and Theatre Passe Muraille

Outstanding Scenic/Projection Design

• Anna Reid (Scenic Design), The Ex-Boyfriend Yard Sale — Never Mind the Noise, Soulpepper, Outside the March, and red light district
• Echo Zhou and Jessica Hiemstra (Scenic Design), and Claren Grosz (Projection Design), I love the smell of gasoline — Nightwood Theatre
• Echo Zhou (Scenic Design) and Emily Jung (Projection Design), Between a Wok and a Hot Pot — Cahoots Theatre
• Nancy Anne Perrin (Scenic Design) and Hailey Verbonac (Projection Design), Niizh — Native Earth Performing Arts
• Sim Suzer (Scenic Design), Anahita’s Republic — Bustle and Beast

Outstanding Costume Design

• Gillian Gallow, Beautiful Renegades — Peggy Baker Dance Projects
• Helen Yung, Love You Wrong Time — Bad Muse Collective and Nightwood Theatre
• Joshua Quinlan, Yerma — The Coal Mine Theatre
• Jung-Hye Kim, The Chinese Lady — Studio 180 Theatre, fu-GEN Asian Canadian Theatre Company, and Crow’s Theatre
• Melanie McNeill, Requiem for a Gumshoe — Eldritch Theatre

Outstanding Lighting Design

• André du Toit, Broken Shapes — The Theatre Centre and Broken Shapes Collective
• Echo Zhou, Between a Wok and a Hot Pot — Cahoots Theatre
• Gareth Crew, Requiem for a Gumshoe — Eldritch Theatre
• Lucy Adams, The Ex-Boyfriend Yard Sale — Never Mind the Noise, Soulpepper, Outside the March, and red light district
• Michelle Ramsay, MARTYR — ARC

Outstanding Sound Design/Composition

• Daraba and Aaron Macri, First Métis Man of Odesa — Punctuate! Theatre and The Theatre Centre
• Deanna H. Choi and Maddie Bautista, Love You Wrong Time — Bad Muse Collective and Nightwood Theatre
• Njo Kong Kie, The Year of the Cello — Theatre Passe Muraille and Music Picnic
• Olivia Wheeler, Between a Wok and a Hot Pot — Cahoots Theatre
• Tristan R. Whiston with Moynan King, Trace — ReDefine Arts and Theatre Passe Muraille

Musical Theatre

Outstanding Production

• Alice in Wonderland — Bad Hats Theatre and Soulpepper Theatre
• The Shape of Home — Crow’s Theatre and County Stage Company
• Rock of Ages — More Entertainment

Outstanding New Musical

• Ben Elliott, Fatuma Adar, Suzy Wilde, Rose Napoli, Adam Sakiyama, and Kat Sandler, RETOLD — The Musical Stage Company and Toronto Public Library
• Fiona Sauder (Book), Landon Doak and Victor Pokinko (Music), and Matt Pilipiak (Dramaturg), Alice in Wonderland — Bad Hats Theatre and Soulpepper Theatre
• Frank Cox-O’Connell, Beau Dixon, Hailey Gillis, Marni Jackson, Raha Javanfar, and Andrew Penner, The Shape of Home — Crow’s Theatre and County Stage Company

Outstanding Musical Direction

• Benjamin Kersey, RETOLD — The Musical Stage Company and Toronto Public Library
• Frank Cox-O’Connell, Beau Dixon, Hailey Gillis, Raha Javanfar, Marni Jackson, and Andrew Penner, The Shape of Home — Crow’s Theatre and County Stage Company
• Mark Camilleri, Rock of Ages — More Entertainment
• Rachel O’Brien, Alice in Wonderland — Bad Hats Theatre and Soulpepper Theatre

Outstanding Direction

• Frank Cox-O’Connell, The Shape of Home — Crow’s Theatre and County Stage Company
• JP Gedeon, Rock of Ages — More Entertainment
• Kaylee Harwood, RETOLD — The Musical Stage Company and Toronto Public Library
• Sue Miner withMatt Pilipiak and Fiona Sauder (Associate Directors), Alice in Wonderland — Bad Hats Theatre and Soulpepper Theatre

Outstanding Performance in a Leading Role

• AJ Bridel, Rock of Ages — More Entertainment
• Jonathan Cullen, Rock of Ages — More Entertainment
• Louise Camilleri, Rock of Ages — More Entertainment
• Tess Benger, Alice in Wonderland — Bad Hats Theatre and Soulpepper Theatre
• Trevor Coll, Rock of Ages — More Entertainment
• Vanessa Sears, Alice in Wonderland — Bad Hats Theatre and Soulpepper Theatre

Outstanding Performance in a Featured Role

• Beau Dixon, The Shape of Home — Crow’s Theatre and County Stage Company
• Breton Lalama, Alice in Wonderland — Bad Hats Theatre and Soulpepper Theatre
• Fiona Sauder, Alice in Wonderland — Bad Hats Theatre and Soulpepper Theatre
• Hailey Gillis, The Shape of Home — Crow’s Theatre and County Stage Company
• Landon Doak, Alice in Wonderland — Bad Hats Theatre and Soulpepper Theatre
• Matt Pilipiak, Alice in Wonderland — Bad Hats Theatre and Soulpepper Theatre
• Starr Domingue, RETOLD — The Musical Stage Company and Toronto Public Library
• Tracy Michailidis, RETOLD — The Musical Stage Company and Toronto Public Library

Outstanding Achievement in Design

• Ming Wong (Costume Design), Alice in Wonderland — Bad Hats Theatre and Soulpepper Theatre
• Logan Raju Cracknell (Lighting Design), Alice in Wonderland — Bad Hats Theatre and Soulpepper Theatre
• Noah Feaver (Lighting Design), The Shape of Home — Crow’s Theatre and County Stage Company
• Steve Lucas (Scenic Design), The Shape of Home — Crow’s Theatre and County Stage Company
• Steáfán Hannigan (Sound Design), The Shape of Home — Crow’s Theatre and County Stage Company

Outstanding Original Choreography

• Cameron Carver, Alice in Wonderland — Bad Hats Theatre and Soulpepper Theatre
• Sean Cheesman, Rock of Ages — More Entertainment

Opera

Outstanding Production

• Bluebeard’s Castle — Against the Grain Theatre
• Salome — Canadian Opera Company
• The Flying Dutchman — Canadian Opera Company
• The Marriage of Figaro — Canadian Opera Company
• Macbeth — Canadian Opera Company and Lyric Opera of Chicago

Outstanding Direction

• Atom Egoyan, Salome — Canadian Opera Company
• Daisy Evans, Bluebeard’s Castle — Against the Grain Theatre
• Marcelo Buscaino (Revival Director), based on Claus Guth (Original Director), The Marriage of Figaro — Canadian Opera Company
• Marilyn Gronsdal (Revival Director), based on Christopher Alden (Original Director), The Flying Dutchman — Canadian Opera Company
• Sir David McVicar, Macbeth — Canadian Opera Company and Lyric Opera of Chicago

Outstanding Musical Direction

• Harry Bicket, The Marriage of Figaro — Canadian Opera Company
• Johannes Debus, Salome — Canadian Opera Company
• Johannes Debus, The Flying Dutchman — Canadian Opera Company
• Speranza Scappucci, Macbeth — Canadian Opera Company and Lyric Opera of Chicago
• Stephen Higgins, Bluebeard’s Castle — Against the Grain Theatre

Outstanding Performance by an Individual

• Ambur Braid, Salome — Canadian Opera Company
• Andrea Carroll, The Marriage of Figaro — Canadian Opera Company
• Gerald Finley, Bluebeard’s Castle — Against the Grain Theatre
• Johan Reuter, The Marriage of Figaro — Canadian Opera Company
• Joyce El-Khoury, Carmen — Canadian Opera Company
• Matthew Cairns, Macbeth — Canadian Opera Company and Lyric Opera of Chicago
• Quinn Kelsey, Macbeth — Canadian Opera Company and Lyric Opera of Chicago
• Suzanne Taffot, Of The Sea — Obsidian Theatre Company, Tapestry Opera, and TO Live

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble

• Josee Young, Jamaica Fraser, Alexis Wilson, Bryony Faye Fowler, and Cody Black, Bluebeard’s Castle — Against the Grain Theatre
• The Canadian Opera Company Chorus, Carmen — Canadian Opera Company
• The Canadian Opera Company Chorus, Macbeth — Canadian Opera Company and Lyric Opera of Chicago
• Ineza Mugisha, Cheryl-Ann Lilieth Grant, Karen Weigold, Gavin Hope, Brian McQueen, Joema Frith, Paul Williamson, Justin Welsh, and Ruthie Nkut, Of The Sea — Obsidian Theatre Company, Tapestry Opera, and TO Live
• The Canadian Opera Company Chorus, The Flying Dutchman — Canadian Opera Company

Outstanding Achievement in Design

• Jacob Wiltshire (Lighting Design), Bluebeard’s Castle — Against the Grain Theatre
• Adrian Linford (Scenic Design), Bluebeard’s Castle — Against the Grain Theatre
• David Finn (Lighting Design), Macbeth — Canadian Opera Company and Lyric Opera of Chicago
• John Macfarlne (Scenic Design), Macbeth — Canadian Opera Company and Lyric Opera of Chicago
• Allen Moyer (Scenic Design), The Flying Dutchman — Canadian Opera Company

Theatre for Young Audiences

Outstanding Production

• Finding Home: A Salmon Journey up the Humber River — Animacy Theatre Collective and Theatre Direct
• Romeo and Juliet. And Action — Shakespeare in Action
• Les Zinspiré.e.s : Dix-joncté.e.s — Théâtre français de Toronto
• Bentboy — Young People’s Theatre
• The Darkest Dark — Young People’s Theatre

Outstanding New Play

• Anthony Atalian, Alexia Dumouchel, Alexa Laliberté, Clara Stoenescu, Safa Usman, Briana Phillips, Clara Koeller Smirnios, Lara Arabian, Mélanie Beauchamp, Geneviève Fontaine, Vincent Leblanc-Beaudoin, and Christina Tannous, Les Zinspiré.e.s : Dix-joncté.e.s — Théâtre français de Toronto
• Herbie Barnes, Bentboy — Young People’s Theatre
• Jim Millan and Ian MacIntyre, The Darkest Dark — Young People’s Theatre
• Juan Jaramillo, Fernando and His Llama — 258Signs Productions and Roseneath Theatre
• Morgan Brie Johnson and Alexandra Simpson, Finding Home: A Salmon Journey up the Humber River — Animacy Theatre Collective and Theatre Direct

Outstanding Direction

• Adam Paolozza, based on Rebecca Northan (Original Director) — Finding Home: A Salmon Journey up the Humber River — Animacy Theatre Collective and Theatre Direct
• Constant Bernard, Les Zinspiré.e.s : Dix-joncté.e.s — Théâtre français de Toronto
• Eric Coates, Bentboy — Young People’s Theatre
• Jim Millan, The Darkest Dark — Young People’s Theatre
• Svetlana Ozerskaya, The Incredible Adventures of Baron Munchausen — Twisted Dog Theatre

Outstanding Performance by an Individual

• Amanda Cordner, Snow White — Young People’s Theatre
• Dillan Meighan-Chiblow, Bentboy — Young People’s Theatre
• Dylan Thomas-Bouchier, Bentboy — Young People’s Theatre
• Gregory Katsenelson, The Incredible Adventures of Baron Munchausen — Twisted Dog Theatre
• Ken Hall, Snow White — Young People’s Theatre

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble

• PJ Prudat, Ashley Cook, Daniel Yeh, and Brianne Tucker, Bentboy — Young People’s Theatre
• Morgan Brie Johnson and Alexandra Simpson, Finding Home: A Salmon Journey up the Humber River — Animacy Theatre Collective and Theatre Direct
• Madeleine Claude, Marie-Helene Fontaine, Hannah Forest-Briand, Alex Harrouch, Olivier Lamarche, Gloria Mampuya, and Daniel Sarkissian, Les Zinspiré.e.s : Dix-joncté.e.s — Théâtre français de Toronto
• Gugun Deep Singh, Suzanne Roberts Smith, Andrea Massoud, Jamar Adams-Thompson, Deivan Steele, and Arielle Zamora, Romeo and Juliet. And Action — Shakespeare in Action
• Xavier Lopez, Hannah Forest Briand, Aurora Browne, Craig Lauzon, Evelyn Wiebe, and Shaquille Pottinger, The Darkest Dark — Young People’s Theatre

Outstanding Achievement in Design

• Anders Azzopardi, Stefan Hegerat, and Sabine Ndalamba (Sound Design), Finding Home: A Salmon Journey up the Humber River — Animacy Theatre Collective and Theatre Direct
• Glenn Davidson (Lighting Design), Les Zinspiré.e.s : Dix-joncté.e.s — Théâtre français de Toronto
• Daniele Guevara (Projection Design), The Darkest Dark — Young People’s Theatre
• Anna Treusch (Scenic Design), The Darkest Dark — Young People’s Theatre
• Alexander Bashaev, The Incredible Adventures of Baron Munchausen — Twisted Dog Theatre

Dance

Outstanding Production

• Sex Dalmatian — Citadel + Compagnie
• Homelands — Kaha:wi Dance Theatre
• Anima Animus (Winter Mixed Programme) — The National Ballet of Canada
• MADDADDAM — The National Ballet of Canada
• The Magic of Assembly — Toronto Dance Theatre

Outstanding Original Choreography

• Alyssa Martin, Sex Dalmatian — Citadel + Compagnie
• Ashley “Colours” Perez and Andrew Tay, The Magic of Assembly — Toronto Dance Theatre
• Jera Wolfe, Likeness (Citadel Dance Mix) — Citadel + Compagnie
• José Maldonado, Esmeralda Enrique and Company, Isaac Tovar, and Rafael del Pino, Transcendence — Esmeralda Enrique Spanish Dance Company
• Wayne McGregor, MADDADDAM — The National Ballet of Canada

Outstanding Performance by an Individual

• José Maldonado, Transcendence — Esmeralda Enrique Spanish Dance Company
• Lia Grainger, La Forastera (The Outsider) — Flamencolia Dance Company
• Miyeko Ferguson, Likeness (Citadel Dance Mix) — Citadel + Compagnie
• Morgyn Aronyk-Schell, Julie et l’univers — Citadel + Compagnie
• Rakeem Hardy, Likeness (Citadel Dance Mix) — Citadel + Compagnie
• River Waterhen, Indiginary (Citadel Dance Mix) — Citadel + Compagnie
• Sierra Chin Sawdy, Julie et l’univers — Citadel + Compagnie
• Winter Hawk, Discovery (Citadel Dance Mix) — Citadel + Compagnie

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble

• Naoya Ebe, Shaelynn Estrada, Brenna Flaherty, Christopher Gerty, Selene Guerrero-Trujillo, Spencer Hack, Monika Haczkiewicz, Jeannine Haller, Koto Ishihara, Harrison James, Tirion Law, Keaton Leier, Genevieve Penn Nabity, Clare Peterson, McKhayla Pettingill, Ben Rudisin, Kota Sato, Jenna Savella, Calley Skalnik, and Isaac Wright, Anima Animus (Winter Mixed Programme) — The National Ballet of Canada
• Jocelyne “Jaws” Cardenas, Matthew “Snoopy” Cuff, Kelly-Ann Johnson, Erin Poole, Devon Snell, and Roberto Soria, GIVE ME ONE (Convergent Divergency) — Toronto Dance Theatre
• Santee Smith, Feryn King, Katie Couchie, Homelands — Kaha:wi Dance Theatre
• Drew Berry, Brayden Jamil Cairns, Sam Grist, Pony Nicole Herauf, Natasha Poon Woo, Morgyn Aronyk-Schell, Steph Harkness, and Eliajah Stefura, Sex Dalmatian — Citadel + Compagnie
• Yuichiro Inoue, Peter Kelly, Megumi Kokuba, Ryan Kostyniuk, Erin Poole, Devon Snell, Roberto Soria, and Siwar Soria, The Magic of Assembly — Toronto Dance Theatre

Outstanding Achievement in Design

• Louise Potiki Bryant, Shane Powless, and Emma Lopez (Projection Design), Homelands — Kaha:wi Dance Theatre
• Simon Rossiter (Scenic Design), Julie et l’univers — Citadel + Compagnie
• We Not I (Scenic Design), MADDADDAM — The National Ballet of Canada
• Angela Cabrera (Costume Design), The Magic of Assembly — Toronto Dance Theatre

Outstanding Original Sound Composition

• Caroline Planté, Benjamin Barrile, Manuel Soto, Marcos Marín, and Miguel Medina, Transcendence — Esmeralda Enrique Spanish Dance Company
• LAL (Rosina Kazi and Nicholas Murray), The Magic of Assembly — Toronto Dance Theatre
• Max Richter, MADDADDAM — The National Ballet of Canada
• Pura Fé and Adrian Dion Harjo, Homelands — Kaha:wi Dance Theatre
• Rick Sacks with Julian Cote, Pura Fé, Marie Gaudet, Marc Merilianen, and Pierre Mongeon, Miigis: Underwater Panther — Red Sky Performance and Canadian Stage

Touring

Outstanding Touring Production

• Double Murder (Clowns | The Fix) — Hofesh Shechter Company and Harbourfront Centre
• Are we not drawn onward to a new erA — Ontroerend Goed and Canadian Stage
• Un, Deux, Trois. — Orange Noyée, with le Théâtre français du Centre national des Arts, le Théâtre du Nouvel-Ontario, le Théâtre français de Toronto, Duceppe, le Théâtre du Trident, le Théâtre l’Escaouette, le Théâtre populaire d’Acadie, le Théâtre la Seizième, le Théâtre Cercle Molière
• Kid Koala: The Storyville Mosquito — TO Live presents Kid Koala

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Congratulations to all the 2023 Dora Mavor Moore Awards winners and nominees!

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Hélène Crowley

Hélène is a queer musician, editor, and writer in Toronto. She is currently an intern at Intermission. She holds a BMus from Wilfrid Laurier University and an MSt in Musicology from the University of Oxford. Currently, Hélène is actively involved in the Canadian publishing industry through volunteering, writing, and freelance editing. When she has free time, she loves to go for runs, play piano, crochet, and travel.

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