List of Scripps Award recipients

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The Samuel H. Scripps American Dance Festival Award for Lifetime Achievement in Choreography is presented each year at the American Dance Festival in Durham, North Carolina. The award and its cash prize, currently $50,000, is given to modern dance choreographers in order to recognize their influence on the art form.

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1981 to 1990

1991 to 2000

2001 to 2010

2011 to 2020

2021 to present

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