AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS
2020
Finalist - 1 of 3 for the Toronto Arts Foundation Celebration of Cultural Life Award - Karen and Allen Kaeja
2019
Short Listed Jury Prize: XTOD: Moments in Reel Time; Best film over 15 minutes – IMZ, Europe - Allen
Dance Ontario's Lifetime Achievement Award - Karen & Allen
Nomination - NOW Magazine's Reader's Choice Best Dance Company - Kaeja d'Dance
2018
Dora Mavor Moore Nomination for Outstanding Sound Design/Composition (Solo Dance Xchange) – Karen
2017
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2001 - present
Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Male Dancer (Crave) - Karen
Dora Mavor Moore Nomination for Outstanding Choreography (Crave) - Karen
Dora Mavor Moore Nomination for Outstanding Female Dancer (Crave) - Karen
Dora Mavor Moore Nomination for Outstanding Sound Design/Composition (Crave) – Karen
Muriel Sherrin Award Finalist - Karen
Partnership Appreciation Award - TDSB – Kd’D
Kathryn Ash Choreography Award - Allen
Arts and Culture Award King E Neighborhood Association, Kitchener - Porch View Dances - Kd’D
Nomination - Ontario Arts Foundation Artist Educator Award - Allen
Nomination – Now Magazine’s Best Toronto Dance Company – Kd’D
Partnership Appreciation Award - TDSB – Kd’D
NFLD’s ACE award for MUN/Dance NL residency activity - Karen
Finalist TD Diversity Award 2013 – Kd’D
Partnership Appreciation Award - TDSB – Kd’D
Canadian Dance Alliance (CDA) COMMUNITY Award for Porch View Dances – Kd’D
BEST SITE-SPECIFIC DANCE 2012 Globe and Mail – Karen and Allen
Finalist CDA INNOVATION Award – Kd’D
Gemini Award - Best Picture - Nureyev - Principle Performer - Allen
Nomination - Now Magazine’s Best Choreographer’s - Toronto - Karen and Allen
Partnership Appreciation Award - TDSB - KdD
Top Ten: Now Magazine’s choice for Luminato: Allen and Mika Kaeja
Nominated Jury Prize, Dance on Screen Award, New York – Allen
Dora Mavor Moore Nomination Outstanding Performance - Karen
Shortlisted Best Short Film, IDN Barcelona - Allen
Chosen for the VANOC 2008 Cultural Olympiad – Kd’D
NOW magazine Top 10 dance artists – Karen and Allen
Shortlisted Special Jury Prize, Banff World Television Awards (Top 6 of 1,000 films) - Allen
Nominated for the Banff World Television Award - Best Performance Program - Allen
Nominated Playback Magazine - Best Canadian Film – Allen
Gemini Nomination - Freedom BRAVO! series on Canadian dance – Kd’D
Paul D. Fleck Award, Fellowship for Innovation, Banff Centre for the Arts - Karen
Nominated Gemini Award - Best Direction of Performing Arts Program or Series - Allen
Nominated for Outstanding Choreography: American Choreography Awards - Allen
Paul D. Fleck Award, Outstanding Choreography, Banff Centre for the Arts - Allen
Certificate of Distinction, American Dance Festival, Resistance film - Allen
UNESCO citation for the year of Culture and Peace – Kd’D
Chalmers Award - Karen and Allen
Special Jury Award: Rework for the Camera IMZ, Zummel - Allen
Moving Pictures Award for Best Performance, Zummel – Allen and Karen
Clifford E. Lee Award, Banff Centre for the Arts - Allen
Special Jury Mention: Camera Rework, Witnessed, Dance Screen’99, Austria[IMZ] - Allen
K. M. Hunter Choreography Award - Allen
Bonnie Bird Choreography Award London, England - Allen
Canadian Who’s Who Encyclopedia – Allen and Karen
The Canadian Encyclopedia – Karen and Allen
Encyclopedia of Theatre Dance in Canada – Karen and Allen