QEII Award recipients
The Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Award is presented annually in recognition of outstanding services to the art of ballet. This Award was instituted in 1953, the year of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, by Dame Adeline Genée, then President of the Royal Academy of Dancing.
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1954 | Dame Ninette de Valois OM CH DBE FRAD |
| 1955 | Tamara Karsavina |
| 1956 | Dame Marie Rambert DBE |
| 1957 | Sir Anton Dolin |
| 1958 | Phyllis Bedells FRAD |
| 1959 | Sir Frederick Ashton OM CH CBE |
| 1960 | Sir Robert Helpmann |
| 1961 | Ursula Moreton |
| 1962 | Cyril Beaumont OBE |
| 1963 | PJS Richardson OBE / Dame Alicia Markova DBE |
| 1964 | Kathleen Gordon CBE FRAD |
| 1965 | Dame Peggy van Praagh DBE |
| 1966 | Serge Grigorieff / Lubov Tchernicheva |
| 1967 | Lydia Sokolova |
| 1968 | Stanislav Idszikovsky |
| 1969 | John Hart CBE |
| 1970 | John Gilpin |
| 1971 | Louise Browne OBE FRAD |
| 1972 | Ruth French FRAD |
| 1973 | Norman Morrice |
| 1974 | Brian Shaw |
| 1975 | Robin Howard CBE |
| 1976 | Pamela May FRAD |
| 1977 | Winifred Edwards |
| 1978 | Sir Kenneth MacMillan |
| 1979 | Arnold Haskell CBE |
| 1980 | Glen Tetley |
| 1981 | Michael Somes CBE |
| 1982 | Dame Merle Park DBE |
| 1983 | Rudolf Nureyev |
| 1984 | Leslie Edwards OBE |
| 1985 | Antony Tudor |
| 1986 | Rudolf and Joan Benesh |
| 1987 | Peter Darrell |
| 1988 | John Lanchberry OBE |
| 1989 | Mary Clarke |
| 1990 | Sir Peter Wright CBE |
| 1991 | Ivor Guest MA FRAD |
| 1992 | Clement Crisp |
| 1993 | Julia Farron FRAD |
| 1994 | Sir Anthony Dowell CBE |
| 1995 | Dame Beryl Grey |
| 1996 | Irina Baronova |
| 1998 | Lady Anya Sainsbury |
| 1999 | Maina Gielgud |
| 2000 | Gillian Lynne |
| 2003 | HRH Princess Margaret |
| 2005 | Sir John Tooley |
| 2007 | Alexander Grant |
| 2009 | Victor and Lilian Hochhauser |
| 2010 | Rachel Cameron |
| 2011 | Dame Monica Mason |
| 2012 | Dame Antoinette Sibley |
| 2014 | The Royal Ballet |
| 2016 | Sir Matthew Bourne OBE |
| 2018 | Carlos Acosta |
| 2019 | Karen Kain CC OOnt |
| 2021 | David McAllister AM |
| 2022 | Mikhail Baryshnikov |