Choreographer Tra Mi Dinh has won the $50,000 Keir Choreographic Award for 2022, while Jenni Large has taken home the $10,000 People’s Choice Award.

First launched in 2014, the Keir Choreographic Award has gone on to become this country’s largest generator of new choreographic works, offering fully funded opportunities to develop and present new work. This year’s winners were selected from a pool of eight artists and collectives including Alan Schacher and WeiZen Ho, Alice Will Caroline, Raghav Handa, Rebecca Jensen, Lucky Lartey and Joshua Pether.

Tra Mi Dinh’s The ___ © Gregory Lorenzutti

Dancehouse CEO and Artistic Director Josh Wright said, “My congratulations to all the artists in this year’s Keir Choreographic Award. It’s been a delight to see a range of choreographic ideas and investigations from eight unique and talented choreographic voices. We have seen the largest audience for the KCA in 2022 evidencing interest and passion for Australian independent dance artists.”

The jury tasked with selecting the recipient of the award comprised international dance leaders Daniel Riley (Wiradjuri/Australia), Eko Supriyanto (Indonesia), Laurie Uprichard (Ireland), Lemi Ponifasio (Aotearoa/New Zealand), and Nanako Nakajima (Japan).

Dinh’s winning work The ___ explores the duality and complexity...