YASD-Carrie Anne
Memorial Award

Presented in memory of a founding City Moves! dance member, the Carrie Anne Memorial Award is given to recognize an outstanding student who exemplifies the talent, passion, dedication, focus, leadership and inspiration which marked the award’s namesake.

Carrie Anne Fipps was a founding member of City Moves!, participating in The Terrible Tale of Ringmaster Twigg in 1991. She continued to perform and was active in the organization until her untimely death in 1996 at the age of fifteen.

Each Young Audiences dance teaching artist can nominate a candidate from among their students for the award. Members of Carrie’s family, if available, help to select the winner.

Previous recipients of this award include:

• 1999 Anthony Rodriguez, now a professional dancer with Eveoke Dance Theatre
• 2000 Judy Nakhonethap
• 2001 Belinda Herrera
• 2002 Sauchia Murray
• 2003 Malcom Allen & Casey Walker
• 2006 Carmen Medina
• 2007 Anjelica Tabali
• 2008 Josephine Venega
• 2009 Sophia Sahagan