Mikhail Baryshnikov to Be Honored

    NEW YORK, Sept. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- The Board of Trustees of the Princess
Grace Foundation, USA and its Chairman, Hon. John F. Lehman, announced today
the winners of the 2005 Princess Grace Awards.  The Awards for Theater, Dance
and Film, first instituted in 1984, are named in honor of Her Serene Highness
Princess Grace of Monaco, who helped aspiring artists pursue their goals
throughout Her lifetime.
    This year's Gala will be hosted by CNN's Larry King, October 26 at
Manhattan's Cipriani.  Baryshnikov has been chosen as the inaugural recipient
of the Prince Rainier III Award in honor of his outstanding contribution to
the arts.  "Establishing an ongoing commemoration to HSH Prince Rainier III
was an important charge based on one overriding principal: to support and
enhance the work Prince Rainier started to honor his wife," says Lehman.
    HSH Prince Albert of Monaco, the Foundation's Vice Chairman will preside
over the Awards Gala.
    The Foundation, a public charity formed after the death of Princess Grace
in 1982, awards grants, scholarships, apprenticeships and fellowships to
assist artists with their training.
    This year also marks the addition of a new Choreography Fellowship to
recognize the nation's most promising young practicing choreographers.

                                Award Winners
         Dance
     Alessandra Ball        Lawrenceville, GA     North Carolina Dance Theater
     John Di Lam            Marin County          Boston Ballet
     Drew Jacoby            Boise, ID             LINES Contemporary Ballet
     Anthony Smith          Houston               Juilliard
     Joseph Wiggan          Los Angeles           Jazz Tap Ensemble
       Chris Hellman Award
     Choreography
     Alex Ketley            Columbia, MD          Robert Moses KIN
     Jimmy Orrante          Los Angeles           Ballet MET Columbus
     Uri Sands              Miami                 North Carolina Dance Theater

         Film
     Jesse D. Cain          St. Paul, MN          Bard College
     Karen Dee Carpenter    Santa Barbara         Temple University
     Louise Despont &
     Maria Genevieve Dyer                         Brown
       Cary Grant Award
     Cary Joji Fukunaga     Berkley               New York University
       John H. Johnson Award
     Jasmin Gordon          Berkley               Stanford University
    Joseph McIntosh         Endicott, NY          Rochester Institute of
                                                   Technology
     Ian Olds               Sebastopol, CA        Columbia University

         Theater
     Carlos Armesto         Oldsmar, FL           Ensemble Studio
       Gant Gather Award
     Louis D.  Moreno       Bogota, Columbia      INTAR Theater
       George C. Wolfe Award
     David Evans Morris     Charlottesville, VA   HERE Arts Center
       Faberge Award
     Alex Pollock           East Montpelier, VT   Suffolk University
       Grace LeVine Award
     Sarah Cameron Sunde    Palo Alto             New Georges
       Robert & Gloria
        Hausman Award
     Sara Jean Tosetti      Paris                 NYU
       Pierre Cardin Award
     Kenneth Lin            West Hempstead, NY    New Dramatists

         Statue Awards
     Mark Christopher       Writer/Director, Film
     Eric Simonson          Director/ Writer, Theater


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