Awards and Success
"Kit Reilly dances splendidly, with great surety and effortless extensions and a beautiful line."
Ann Hunt: NZSD Solos Season
Turbulent Kingdoms: Film Festival Success
2022-2023
2 select films from Kit’s Dance Film Series Turbulent Kingdoms achieved incredible success at film festivals worldwide. It was selected for 18 Festivals in total.
Best Production Design - Experimental Dance, Music & Film Festival LA and Toronto
Best Young Director - 8 & Halfilm Awards Rome
Best Sound Design - 8 & Halfilm Awards Rome
Best LGBTQIA+ Film - Paris Play Film Festival
Best LGBT Film First Time Director - Colors of Love International Queer Film Festival Punjab
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Tup Lang Choreographic Award
2022 - Creative New Zealand
Annual award for a project supporting choreography in New Zealand contemporary dance.
The Tup Lang Choreographic Award includes a total investment of up to $10,000 towards a specific project.
Bill Sheat Dance Award
2021 Inaugural Recipient
The Bill Sheat Dance Award is an annual grant awarded on merit to support a dancer committed to advancing their dance career. The successful candidate must demonstrate how they intend to contribute and commit to the future dance environment in Aotearoa/New Zealand.
Kit is the inaugural recipient of this award - a legacy award in memory of a huge arts philanthropist and advocate Bill Sheat OBE, CNZM who sadly passed away.
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https://northsidelive.co.nz/northsidelive/northside-live/catching-up-with-kit-reilly/
From left to right: John Twomey (ASB). Kit Reilly, Phil Brosnan (North Harbour Club President)
North Harbour Club AIMES Awards
2020 Arts Award winner: Sponsored by ASB
The North Harbour Club & Charitable Trust awards grants annually to outstanding young people, aged 10 to 25, who are achieving excellence in their respective field. Past winners include Lorde, Lydia Ko and Eliza McCartney.
Kit was presented with this $15,000 Arts Award for his multidisciplinary arts success.
Footage from AIMES Awards Gala 2020
Further Success
2022 - Recipient of a Peacocke Dance Trust Grant towards a solo choreographic Residency at Orsolina28 in Italy
2022 - Recipient of a Todd Trust Grant towards dancing at Springboard Danse Montreal
2019 - Recipient of the Wellesley Studios Choreographic Residency
2018 - Recipient of a Todd Trust Grant for professional development in London