Honors & Awards
- Barney Choreographic Prize, White Bird Dance, 2013
- San Francisco Treasure Award by San Francisco Museum & Historical Society, 2012
- Lifetime Achievement Award by the Corps de Ballet International Teacher Conference, 2012
- Jacob’s Pillow Creativity Award, 2008
- San Francisco Mayor’s Award, 2008
- Italian Danza & Danza Best Choreography Award, 2008
- San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Award, 2007
- US Artists Fellowship, 2006
- New York Bessie Award, Choreographer/Creator, 2005
- Kennedy Center Master of Choreography, 2005
- Isadora Duncan Award
- NEA Choreographer’s Fellowship
- Irvine Dance Fellowship
- Union Bank Hero Award
- Los Angeles Lehman Award
- KGO Excellence Award
- USA Prudential Fellowship
- Commissioner, City and County of San Francisco
- Honorary Doctorate, Dominican University of California
- Honorary Doctorate, California Institute of the Arts
- Green Honors Chair Professorship, Texas Christian University
