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2017 Trisha BROWN, USA
2016 Lemi PONIFASIO, Samoa and New Zealand
2015 Israel GALVAN, Spain
2014 Mourad MERZOUKI, France
2013 LIN Hwai-min, Chinese Taipei
2012 Sidi Larbi CHERKAOUI, Belgium
2011 Anne Teresa DE KEERSMAEKER, Belgium
2010 Julio BOCCA, Argentina
2009 Akram KHAN, United Kingdom
2008 Gladys AGULHAS, South Africa
2007 Sasha WALTZ, Germany
2006 King Norodom SIHAMONI, Cambodia
2005 Miyako YOSHIDA, Japan
2004 Stephen PAGE, Australia
2003 Mats EK, Sweden
2002 Katherine DUNHAM, USA
2001 William FORSYTHE, USA

2000 Alicia ALONSO, Cuba; Jirí KYLIÁN, Russia, Cyrielle LESUEUR, France
1999 Mahmoud REDA, Egypt
1998 Kazuo OHNO, Japan
1997 Maurice BEJART, France
1996 Maya PLISSETSKAYA, Russia
1995 Murray LOUIS, USA
1994 Dai AILIAN, China and Trinidad
1993 Maguy MARIN, France
1992 Germaine ACOGNY, Benin and Senegal
1991 Hans VAN MANEN, The Netherlands
1990 Merce CUNNINGHAM, USA
1989 Doris LAINE, Finland
1988 Robin HOWARD, United Kingdom
1987 Dance Committee Board
1986 Chetna JALAN, India
1985 Robert JOFFREY, USA
1984 Yuri GRIGOROVITCH, Russia
1983 No message issued
1982 Henrik NEUBAUER, Slovenia