Nominees for Clive Barnes Foundation Awards Announced

Joaquina Kalukango (“Hurt Village”) Derek Klena (“Dog Fight”) Rob McClure (“Chaplin”) Stephen Tyrone Williams (“My Children, My Africa”) are the nominees in theater and Lauren Lovette (New York City Ballet) Steven Melendez (New York Theater Ballet) and Ashley Murphy (Dance Theater of Harlem) are the nominees in dance for the Clive Barnes Foundation Awards, the foundation announced on Tuesday. The awards are given to two talented young professionals, one in the field of theater and one in the field of dance. The winners will be honored at an awards ceremony on Dec. 10 at the Walter Reade Theater, Lincoln Center.

The non-profit foundation is named after the theater and dance critic, who died in 2008 at the age of 81. Barnes' work appeared in the New York Times, the New York Post and many other publications. The foundation was formed in 2009 by Mr. Barnes's wife, Valerie Taylor Barnes, a former soloist with The Royal Ballet.

The nominees are judged by a panel of experts in each field. Previous winners include Chase Finlay, Nina Arianda, Mj Rodriquez and Isabella Boylston.