Diane Moore: This photo is in black and white. She is a white woman with dark, long wavy hair, she has brown eyes and is smiling into the camera.

The Diane Moore Creation Award

Photo Credit: Jessica Lowe

Diane Moore

This award honours Live Art Dance’s founder, Diane Moore. In 2007, LAD’s board of directors and staff created the Diane Moore Creation Award. This award is in memory of Moore’s contributions to the local dance ecology. Diane was deeply passionate about stimulating and promoting new dance creations and was inspiring in her tremendous support for Atlantic Canadian artists.

With the generous support of Neal Livingston and Dance Nova Scotia, Live Art Dance has been able to continue to offer and grow this award, stimulating and supporting the creation of contemporary dance in the Atlantic Region!

About Diane Moore

Diane Moore was a key member of the Canadian dance community for over 25 years. She was admired throughout the country for her work as a presenter, curator, choreographer and dancer. Diane was the founder and artistic director of the Eye Level Gallery New Dance Series and Live Art Productions. Her support and belief in individual artists, and her encouragement to emerging artists and companies was second to none. Diane was a founding board member of the Candance Network, a pan Canadian organization of specialized dance presenters. In 1976 Diane became a founding member of the Halifax Dance Co-op Company, Nova Scotia’s second Modern Dance company. In 2002 Diane was a recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Merit Award.

Through teaching, mentoring, managing, producing and presenting, Diane ensured the continued growth of the dance community locally, nationally and internationally. Diane was instrumental in the introduction of somatics, a body-mind approach to movement, within dance technique training, choreographic research, and injury prevention and rehabilitation.

Past Diane Moore Recipients

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Gillian Seaward-Boone
Candice Pike is a white woman with a round face and a big smile. She is wearing a grey toque, jean jacket and sits on a white wood chair in front of a green tarp.
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Candice Pike
Lydia Zimmer is a white woman with light brown hair and swoop bangs. She looks over her shoulder to the camera with big brown eyes. She wears a black turtle neck.
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Lydia Zimmer
Alexis Cormier is a white woman wearing bright red lipstick, a black mesh shirt and a gold cain. She has tousled blonde hair and a rectangular face.
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Alexis Cormier
Jessica Lowe is a white woman with red lipstick, brown eyes and long brown hair with bangs. She is standing in front of foliage.
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Jessica Lowe
Jacinte Armstrong is a blonde, white woman with her hair in a low pony tail. She is crouching on the floor of a dance studio. She wears a red shirt and flowing black pants.
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Jacinte Armstrong
Veronique Mackenzie: A middle-aged blonde woman with long hair and straight across bangs. SHe is wearing a black turtle neck and smiling into the camera.
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Veronique Mackenzie
Lisa Phinney, a white woman with light, shoulder-length hair. She is smiling and looking directly into the camera. She wears a jean jacket and foliage is in the background. The photo is in black and white.
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Lisa Phinney
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