Students from the Washington School of Ballet, last year's outstanding school, danced Lynn Cote's "McYoYo".
Although she was unable to make it to the Emmys on Sunday night due to filming, she made sure to offer her congratulations when Derek won the Emmy for Outstanding Choreography for dances he choreographed during "Dancing With the Stars: All Stars".
Awards honored outstanding contributions to dance.
Not since Degas had transience, the outstanding feature of dance, been so lavishly honored.
With that annual award, the Capezio/Ballet Makers Dance Foundation celebrates people and organizations for outstanding achievements in dance.
An honorary gold medal for outstanding achievements in dance went to Cynthia Gregory, a former Ballet Theater dancer.
In the category of outstanding achievement in dance, the winner was Mark Morris for the Mark Morris Dance Group's season at Sadler's Wells.
In the 2010 Olivier awards, however, Hulls was nominated for outstanding contribution to dance, a category dominated by performers and choreographers.
Moby had a chance to redeem himself later when he received a lifetime achievement award for his "outstanding contribution to dance music".
There was some consolation for Covent Garden as Royal Ballet principal dancer Edward Watson won outstanding achievement in dance for Metamorphosis at the Royal Opera House's Linbury Studio.
