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Shortlist<br />

The Artskickers Awards<br />

#<br />

Tony Adigun, Avant Garde Dance<br />

John Akinde, Studio 3 Arts<br />

Sharlene Carter, Studio 3 Arts<br />

Susana Cortes, Lemon Art Lab<br />

Claire Ward-Thornton, Arthoppers<br />

Winner<br />

Sharlene Carter, Dance teacher &<br />

Choreographer (Barking and Dagenham)<br />

Sharlene is an incredibly inspiring and motivated<br />

dance teacher, always connecting up new talent<br />

with prestigious groups and individuals, seeing<br />

the potential in someone and giving them<br />

opportunities to progress. "This is a woman who<br />

knows and notices them all. She knows the kids/<br />

the parents/the teaching assistants in schools/the<br />

teachers and she’s not afraid ever to get stuck in<br />

working on something new."<br />

Amaria Braithwaite, Singer<br />

Freya Hannan-Mills, Actor<br />

The Year 3 & 4 Students of Gayhurst Community<br />

School<br />

Art Students of Stoke Newington School<br />

TWIST Theatre Company<br />

DISCLAIMER: tears WERE shed in the choosing of these lists...<br />

THANK YOU to everyone who nominated or was nominated and to the brilliexcellent committee of volunteers who made<br />

the #Artskickers Awards happen: Monique Argus, Zita Branton, Julie Daniels, Kelly Gough, Vardeep Edwards, Gail Kinahan,<br />

Caroline McCambridge, Rebecca Smith, Sophie Thompson, Jo Thorpe, Sinead Watters & Orla Quirke<br />

Muchas gracias to the utterly artskicking judges: Sharon D Clarke MBE, Deborah Curtis, Denise Gough, Susie McKenna, John<br />

Mulholland, Renell Shaw, Lemn Sissay MBE, Gavin Turk, Kathryn Tyler, Zabou<br />

Heartfelt gratitude to Gary Conway, Madeleine Flower & the team at The Stage EC2<br />

LOVEEAST APRIL <strong>2017</strong> 11

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