New Year Honours 2010
David NIXON OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
choreographer
“Artistic Director, Northern Ballet Theatre. For services to Dance.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Artistic Director, Northern Ballet Theatre. For services to Dance.
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2010- Role at the time
- choreographer
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“Artistic Director, Northern Ballet Theatre. For services to Dance.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
“Artistic Director, Northern Ballet Theatre. For services to Dance.”
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 226 times in the New Year Honours List 2010 — about 23% of the list.
In their area
197 Officer of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from West Yorkshire.
What organisation were they with?
choreographer.
How widely is this recognised?
3,514 people have been recognised for Arts & Culture.
Counts reflect the 2008–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Lingfield, Surrey
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Where this record comes from
Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2010
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2010). No individual Gazette notice has been matched to this record yet.
Published 30 December 2009.
Location (West Yorkshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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