Who is who in Benesh

President: Sir Peter Wright CBE DMus FBSM DLitt
Director: Liz Cunliffe F.I.Chor. ARAD

Patrons: Richard Alston CBE, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Christopher Bruce CBE, Robert Cohan, Sir Anthony Dowell CBE, Wayne Eagling, Maina Gielgud AO, Dame Beryl Grey OBE DMus DLitt DEd FRSA, Marcia Haydée, Gillian Lynne CBE, Natalia Makarova, Jonathan Miller CBE, John Neumeier, Dame Merle Park DBE, Lady Sainsbury CBE, Wayne Sleep OBE DLitt FRSA

The Benesh Sub-Committee of the RAD:
Chairman - Kathryn Wade
Executive committee - Anders Ivarson
Co-opted member representing dance companies - Jeanetta Laurence
Co-opted member representing notators - Caroline Palmer
Co-opted member - Lady MacMillan
Co-opted member - Christopher Hampson

RAD staff in attendance:
Chief executive - Luke Rittner
Financial director - Richard Thom
Faculty of Education director - Joan White
Artistic director - Lynn Wallis
Marketing, Communications & Membership director - Melanie Murphy
Benesh director - Liz Cunliffe
Assistant to the Benesh director - Diana Curry
Programme leader Certificate in BMN - Kendra Johnson 

Benesh Technical Advisory Panel: 
Liz Cunliffe
Michele Braban
Diana Curry
Amanda Eyles
Anders Ivarson
Kendra Johnson
Eliane Mirzabekiantz
Adrian Grater (consultant)
Violet Ashford (consultant: clinical)

Fellows of the Institute of Choreology
The “Fellow of the Institute of Choreology” (FI Chor.) is the highest award given by the RAD in recognition of outstanding and exceptional service rendered over a substantial period of time to the Benesh Institute and BMN. Here is the list of FI Chors and the year when they received the award:

Faith Worth (1966)
Elphine Allen [Mostert] (1966)
Linda Pilkington (1966)
Frances Green [Dowson] (1966)
Suna Eden (1968)
Monica  Parker (1968)
Janet Wilks (1969)
Ann Whitley (1969)
Melvina Bura (1970)
Bronwen Curry (1971)
Mary Garman [Hazelton] (1972)
Juliette  Kando (1972)
Jurg Lanzrein (1973)
Pamela Meakins (1973)
Kathleen Russell (1973)
Georgette Tsinguirides (1973)
Sandra  Caverly-Lowery (1975)
Julia McGuinness-Scott (1975)
Wendy  Vincent-Smith (1975)
Jacquie Hollander (1978)
Julie Jones (1978)
Agneta  Stjernlof (1979)
Susan  Smith [Kieran]  (1981)
Liz Cunliffe (1981)
Violet Ashford (1984)
Cherie Trevaskis (1984)
Adrian Grater (1985)
Andree  Grau (1985)
Rhonda Ryman (1986)
Helen Atkinson  (1986)
Marilyn  Harrison (1986)
Robyn Hughes-Ryman (1988)
Michele Braban (1991)
Jane Bourne (1991)
Serap Dayioglu (1991)
Suzanne Menck (1991)
Amanda Eyles (1999)
Elaine Tyler-Hall (1999)
Eliane Mirzabekiantz (1999)
Eduard Greyling (2006)
Grant Coyle (2008)
Denis Bonner (2010)

The Fellow of the Institute of Choreology award can only be awarded to members of the Royal Academy of Dance.

The Royal Academy of Dance President’s award is given to individuals who have for many years dedicated themselves over and above the call of duty to the RAD and/or the Benesh Institute.

Proposers for the FI Chor and the President’s awards must be members of the Academy. Nominations are considered by the Awards Committee, which is chaired by the president of the RAD and made up of members of the Executive Committee. The committee meets once a year during spring time. Nomination forms and full details of the guidelines.