Credit Hugo Glendinning
The Emma Gladstone Award has been established in recognition of the late Emma Gladstone OBE (1960-2024). Alongside her own exceptional work as a dance producer, programmer and curator, Emma consistently provided opportunities for other producers and programmers to develop their skills, knowledge and networks.
This new Award enables dance producers to expand their horizons by providing £7,000 support towards international travel and related costs, in the interest of forming new perspectives, gaining fresh understanding and developing novel connections. The Award will be made to one recipient per year, enabling them to imagine a specific opportunity particular to their interests and preoccupations.
All candidates must submit a CV with a letter of support, and complete a form describing their project, mapping out its timeline and budget. The recipient will be chosen by a rotating, international selection panel who will be seeking transformative, visionary ideas that contribute to the individual’s producing capacity and knowledge.
The selection panel for the inaugural Emma Gladstone Award are: Independent Dance Producer/Advisor/Mentor and NAC Dance Producer Emerita Cathy Levy (Chair); Choreographer, Teacher, Writer and Creative Director Gregory Maqoma; Founder and Creative Director of Uchenna dance company and Lighter Leadership™ Coach Vicki Igbokwe-Ozoagu; Founder and Director of Fengling Productions & Co-Founder and Producing Director of Akram Khan Company Farooq Chaudhry OBE; and Artistic Director of Dansens Hus Norway Stine Nilsen.
Top row: Farooq Chaudhry (left) and Stine Nilsen (right)
Bottom row (from left to right): Vicki Igbokwe-Ozoagu, Cathy Levy and Gregory Maqoma
Apply now
Applications for The Emma Gladstone Award are now open, and will close 30 October 2025. The first recipient of the award will be announced in February 2026.
For more information, please contact [email protected]
The Emma Gladstone Award was established by a Board comprising arts professionals, as well as some of Emma’s friends and family: Eva de Blocq van Kuffeler, Matilda Gladstone, Cathy Levy CM, Kate McGrath OBE, Michael Morris MBE, Tom Morris OBE, Freddie Opoku-Addaie and Sir Alistair Spalding.