Lawrence A. Wien, his daughters and their families founded the Mae L. Wien Awards at the School of American Ballet in their mother's name.
Mae L. Wien Faculty Award for Distinguished Service
Each year a faculty member is honored for distinguished service. Past Wien Awardees
1987 Muriel StuartCity Ballet's School Joins Lincoln Center, Jennifer Dunning, May 5, 1987 1988 Antonina Tumkovsky 1989 Alexandra Danilova 1990 Hélène Dudin 1991 Elise ReimanElise Reiman, Teacher Of Ballet, Dies at 79, August 28, 1993 1992 Stanley WilliamsChronicle, Nadine Brozan, June 8, 1992 1993 Suki Schorer 1994 Richard Rapp 1995 Andrei Kramarevsky 1996 Kay Mazzo 1997 Garielle Whittle 1998 Susan Pilarre 1999 Olga Kostritzsky 2000 Marina Stavitskaya 2001 Peter Boal 2002 Jock Soto 2003 Sheryl Ware 2004 Nathalie Gleboff 2005 Katrina Killian 2006 Darci Kistler 2007 Nikolaj Hübbe 2008 Sean Lavery 2009 Violette Verdy 2010 Jeffrey Middleton 2011 Lisa de Ribère 2012 Sean Lavery 2013 Peter Martins & Kay Mazzo 2014 Dena Abergel2014 Wien Awardees 2015 Yvonne Borree 2016 Jonathan Stafford 2017 Arch Higgins 2018 Andrei Kramarevsky 2019 Phoebe Higgins 2021 Jeffrey Middleton 2022 Alla Reznik 2023 Sheryl Ware
Mae L. Wien Awards for Outstanding Promise
SAB Students are chosen each year on the basis of their outstanding promise.Past Awardees
1987 Source:City Ballet's School Joins Lincoln Center, Jennifer Dunning, May 5, 1987
Robert Lyon Rebecca Metzger
1988
Gretchen Patchell Eric Lindemer John Selya
1989
Tanya Gingerich Inmaculada Velez Arch Higgins Jiuchi Kobayashi
1990
Samantha Allen Elizabeth Walker Todd Williams
1991
Megan Bonneau Sant'gria Bello
1992
Emily Coates Anna Liceica
1993
Jennie Somogyi Edwaard Liang
1994
Seth Belliston Kristina Fernandez
1995
Jessy Hendrickson Benjamin Millepied
1996
Darius Crenshaw Aesha Ash
1997
Stephen Hanna Aubrey Morgan
1998
Janie TaylorCritic's Notebook; Daring to Own The Stage, Jennifer Dunning, June 23, 2000 Adam Hendrickson
1999
Carla Körbes Craig Hall Seth Orza
2000
Ashley Bouder Amar Ramasar Andrew Veyette Glenn Keenan
2001
Megan Fairchild Ashlee Knapp Benjamin Griffiths David Blumenfeld
2002
Tyler Angle Georgina Pazcoguin Allen Peiffer Jessica Flynn
2003
Sara Mearns Giovanni Villalobos Ana Sophia Scheller Vincent Paradiso
2004
Tiler Peck Kaitlyn Gilliland Daniel Applebaum William Lin-Yee
2005
Robert Fairchild Maira Barriga Jan Burkhard Masahiro Suehara
2006 Source:The Annual Workshop Performances of the School of American Ballet, John Rockwell, June 7, 2006
Kathryn Morgan Tabitha Rinko-Gay Anthony Huxley David Prottas
2007
Sara Adams Kristen Segin Cameron Dieck Russell Janzen
2008
Megan Johnson Lydia Wellington Sam Greenberg Michael Tucker
2009
Emilie Gerrity Shoshana Rosenfield Ashly Isaacs Taylor Stanley
2010 Source:Youth’s Joy in Movement, Energetic and Unfettered, Roslyn Sulcas, June 10, 2010
Jillian Harvey Alexander Peters Spartak Hoxha Elizabeth Wallace
2011
Angelica Generosa Meaghan Dutton-O'Hara Harrison Ball Peter Walker
2012 Source:When Youthful Training Gets a Payoff Moment, Gia Kourlas, June 7, 2012
Olivia Boisson Claire Von Enck Harrison Coll Silas Farley
2013
Daniela Aldrich Isabella LaFreniere Jordan Miller
2014 Source:
Lyrica Blankfein Christopher Grant Nico Costilow Addie Tapp
2015 Source:
Joscelyn Dolson Clara Ruf Maldonado Dammiel Cruz
2016
Emma Von Enck Christopher D’Ariano Ethan Fuller
2017
Nieve Corrigan Gabriella Domini Andres Zuniga
2018
Naomi Corti Julianne Kinasiewicz Davide Riccardo
2019
Savannah Durham Shelby Tzung Cainan Weber
2020 Ross Allen Ruby Lister Rommie Tomassini
2021 Lily Maulsby Madeline Rogers Schuyler Wijsen
2022 Henry Berlin Alyssa Douglass Charlie Klesa
2023 Oscar Estep Natalie Glassie Mia Williams
Mae L. Wien Young Choreographer Awards Peter Martins may award a third to a young choreographer at his discretion.
2001 Melissa Barak 1996 Christopher Wheeldon 1993 Miriam Mahdaviani 1991 Robert La Fosse
See also List of Janice Levin Award dancers
References School of American Ballet
New York Times