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2006

Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts

Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle WA

2005

 

Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis MN

Praemium Imperiale

Tokyo

2004

 

Officier of the Légion d'Honneur

France

2003

Edward MacDowell Medal

Interdisciplinary Arts

2002

Kitty Carlisle Hart Award, Outstanding Achievement in the Arts

(Arts and Business Council) New York, NY

MATA (Music at the Anthology) Award

New York, NY

Medal of the City of Dijon

France

2001

Coat of Arms

City of Mulhouse, France

La Grande Médaille de la Ville de Paris (echelon vermeil)

The Mayor of Paris

Career Transition for Dancers Award

New York, NY

Herald Archangel Award

Glasgow, Scotland

Honorary Degree

Edith Cowan University, Perth, Western Australia

2000

Nijinsky Special Prize

Monaco

The 2000 Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize

New York

Named a Living Legend

The Library of Congress, Washington DC

1999

Premio Internazionale “Gino Tani”

Rome, Italy

Handel Medallion

The Mayor, New York City, NY

Fellow of the Academy of Performing Arts

Hong Kong

The Key to the City

Montpellier, France

1998

Established Artists Award

Bagley Wright Fund, Seattle, WA

1997

Grand Prix

The Société des Auteurs et Compositeurs Dramatiques, France

1996

Nellie Cornish Arts Achievement Award

Cornish College of the Arts (Merce Cunningham’s alma mater) Seattle, WA

1995

Honorary Degree

Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT

Carina Ari Award

(Grand Prix Video Danse, with Elliot Caplan) Stockholm, Sweden

Golden Lion

Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy

1993

Inducted into the Hall of Fame

National Museum of Dance, Saratoga Springs, NY

Dance and Performance Award

Best Performance by a Visiting Artist, London

Medal of Honor

Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain

The Wexner Prize (With John Cage, posthumously)

The Wexner Center for the Arts, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

Bessie

New York Dance and Performance Award

Tiffany Award

International Society of Performing Arts Administrators

New York, NY

1990

National Medal of Arts

Washington DC

Porselli Prize

Italy

Digital Dance Premier Award

London, England

Award of Merit

The Association of Performing Arts Presenters, New York, NY

1989

Chevalier of the Légion d'Honneur

France

1988

Dance/USA National Honor

New York City, NY

1987

Algur H. Meadows Award

Excellence in the Arts, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas

1985

Laurence Olivier Award

Best New Dance Production (Pictures), London, England

Kennedy Center Honors

Washington DC

MacArthur Fellowship

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Chicago, IL

1984

Honorary Member

The American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, New York, NY

1983

Award of Honor for Arts and Culture

The Mayor of New York

1982

The Samuel H. Scripps/American Dance Festival Award

Durham, NC

Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres

France

1977

Capezio Award

New York City, NY

1975

New York State Award

Albany, NY

1972

Honorary Degree

University of Illinois, Champaign/Urbana, IL

1966

Gold Medal, Choreographic Invention

The Fourth International Festival of Dance, Paris, France

1964

Medal

The Society for the Advancement of Dancing, Stockholm, Sweden

1960

Dance Magazine Award

New York, NY

1959

Fellowship

The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, New York, NY

1954

Fellowship

The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, New York, NY