16 September 2008 small metal objects wins a 2008 New York Bessie Award
small metal objects has been awarded a New York Dance and Performance Award - a Bessie - for its January 2008 season at New York's Staten Island Ferry Terminal, presented by the Under the Radar festival (curated by Mark Russell).
The New York Dance and Performance Awards, informally known as the Bessie Awards in honour of Bessie Schonberg, are awarded annually for innovative achievement in dance and related performances, particularly so-called "downtown" performances.
The Judges’ cited that the Award had been given to Back to Back for “a work that revealed the choreography of commuter ebbs and flows in the Staten Island Ferry Terminal; for presenting an ordinary story in an extraordinary way.”
The annual Award ceremony is presented by Danspace Project and Dance Theater Workshop.
The Award was accepted in Manhattan on behalf of Back to Back Theatre by Under the Radar's Associate Producer, Meiyin Wang.