Legendary ballet costume designer Holly Hynes and costume and scenic designer Zack Brown are among the 2018 TDF/Irene Sharaff Award recipients, which were just announced by TDF, the not-for-profit service organization for the performing arts. Ms. Hynes was selected to receive the 2018 TDF/Irene Sharaff Lifetime Achievement Award for costume design and Mr. Brown will receive the Robert L. B. Tobin Award for Sustained Excellence in Theatrical Design. The awards are presented through TDF’s Costume Collection. The awards will be presented at a ceremony on Friday, April 20, at 6:30pm, at the Edison Ballroom (240 West 47th Street).
Additionally, costume designer Travis Halsey will receive the TDF/Kitty Leech Young Master Award and Fritz Masten will receive the TDF/Irene Sharaff Artisan Award.
“During this year’s selection process, a majority of the nominees for the awards in each category had a very strong presence in the world of dance,” said TDF’s Costume Collection Director Stephen Cabral. “This is the first year in the awards’ 24 year history that designers of magnificent ballets from Balanchine to Wheeldon have won all of the awards.”
During the ceremony, as a special memorial tribute to the legendary designer Karinska, there will be a screening of an original 15-minute film on her career, created by designer Suzy Benzinger.
Throughout her long and distinguished career, elegance and an attention to detail were the trademarks of costume designer Irene Sharaff. Miss Sharaff was revered as a designer of enormous depth and intelligence, equally secure with both contemporary and period costumes. Her work exemplified the best of costume design. Such excellence is demonstrated by the winners of the 2018 TDF/Irene Sharaff awardees.