Patron of the Awards Dame Beryl Grey DBE

The winners of the UK National Dance Awards with presenter Angela Rippon OBE

Lady Sarah Chatto presentingthe De Valois Award for Outstanding Achievement in Dance to Sir Peter Wright

Mrs Yvonne Sherington and Leanne Benjamin - with the Richard Sherington Aweard for Best Female Dancer as Principal of the Royal Ballet

Royal Ballet's Jonathan Cope makes his acceptance speech for Best Male Dancer

Lauren Cuthbertson - Royal Ballet - Outstanding Female Artist - Classical presented by Anna Maria Sanchez

Thiago Soarez receiving his award for Outstanding Male Artist - classical presented by Janet Smith

Amy Hollingsworth - Rambert Dance Company with the Outstanding Female Artist - modern award presented by Luke Ritner

Paul Liburd receiving his award for Outstanding Male Artist - Modern from Cathy Marsden

Monica Mason accepting the Company Prize for Outstanding Repertoire - Classical on behalf of The Royal Ballet presented by Rafael Bonachela

David Nixon with the Audience Award on behalf of Northern Ballet Theatre

Mark Baldwin of Rambert Ballet Company with Tamara Rojo - Company Prize for Outstanding Repertoire - Modern

Javier de Frutos received his choreography award for Elsa Canasta and Milagros from Monica Mason

Stephen Daldry with the winner of The Working Title Billy Elliot Prize - Taylor Davies from Swansea

Lionel Blair presenting Matthew Bourne the award for Best Choreography - Musical Theatre for Play Without Words

Sunday Express National Dance Award for Children won by Abbie Hastings from Birmingham presented by Martin Townsend

Thomas Edur complete with crutches presents the award for Best Foreign Dance Company to Val Bourne representing Merce Cunningham

Dame Beryl Grey DBE, the new Patron of the Critics' Circle National Dance Awards

Lady Macmillan being welcomed by a member of the RB Junior Associates

Mike Dixon, Christopher Nourse and Jeffery Taylor attend to final details

Young members of the Royal Ballet Lower School watch rehearsals before the Awards

Presenter Angela Rippon OBE with Royal Ballet Junior Associates who presented bouquets to the presenters

Angela Rippon and Lionel Blair at the UK National Dance Awards

Contribution by children from Arts Educational School Tring

Members of the Royal Ballet Lower School

Thiago Soarez and Lauren Cuthbertson before the awards were announced

Elmhurst School for Dance aim high

Angela Rippon and Lionel Blair join members of Northern Ballet Theatre

Guests at the UK National Dance Awards

Pas de deux by dancers from the Central School of Ballet