Princess Grace Foundation Announces 2005 Award Winners

Princess Grace Foundation Announces 2005 Award Winners

Mikhail Baryshnikov to Be Honored

NEW YORK, Sept. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- The Board of Trustees of the Princess Grace Foundation, USA and its Chairman, Hon. John F. Lehman, announced today the winners of the 2005 Princess Grace Awards. The Awards for Theater, Dance and Film, first instituted in 1984, are named in honor of Her Serene Highness Princess Grace of Monaco, who helped aspiring artists pursue their goals throughout Her lifetime.

This year's Gala will be hosted by CNN's Larry King, October 26 at Manhattan's Cipriani. Baryshnikov has been chosen as the inaugural recipient of the Prince Rainier III Award in honor of his outstanding contribution to the arts. "Establishing an ongoing commemoration to HSH Prince Rainier III was an important charge based on one overriding principal: to support and enhance the work Prince Rainier started to honor his wife," says Lehman.

HSH Prince Albert of Monaco, the Foundation's Vice Chairman will preside over the Awards Gala.

The Foundation, a public charity formed after the death of Princess Grace in 1982, awards grants, scholarships, apprenticeships and fellowships to assist artists with their training.

This year also marks the addition of a new Choreography Fellowship to recognize the nation's most promising young practicing choreographers.

Award Winners Dance Alessandra Ball Lawrenceville, GA North Carolina Dance Theater John Di Lam Marin County Boston Ballet Drew Jacoby Boise, ID LINES Contemporary Ballet Anthony Smith Houston Juilliard Joseph Wiggan Los Angeles Jazz Tap Ensemble Chris Hellman Award Choreography Alex Ketley Columbia, MD Robert Moses KIN Jimmy Orrante Los Angeles Ballet MET Columbus Uri Sands Miami North Carolina Dance Theater

Film Jesse D. Cain St. Paul, MN Bard College Karen Dee Carpenter Santa Barbara Temple University Louise Despont & Maria Genevieve Dyer Brown Cary Grant Award Cary Joji Fukunaga Berkley New York University John H. Johnson Award Jasmin Gordon Berkley Stanford University Ian Olds Sebastopol, CA Columbia University

Theater Carlos Armesto Oldsmar, FL Ensemble Studio Gant Gather Award Louis D. Moreno Bogota, Columbia INTAR Theater George C. Wolfe Award David Evans Morris Charlottesville, VA HERE Arts Center Faberge Award Alex Pollock East Montpelier, VT Suffolk University Grace LeVine Award Sarah Cameron Sunde Palo Alto New Georges Robert & Gloria Hausman Award Sara Jean Tosetti Paris NYU Pierre Cardin Award Kenneth Lin West Hempstead, NY New Dramatists

Statue Awards Mark Christopher Writer/Director, Film Eric Simonson Director/ Writer, Theater

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Source: Princess Grace Foundation

CONTACT: Gail Parenteau, +1-212-532-3934, GParenteau@aol.com, for the Princess Grace Foundation

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