He was awarded the Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 1993 (1992 season)
for Best Dance Production for the Royal Ballet's Production of his "Judas Tree".
He was awarded the Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 1993 (1992 season)
for the Society of London Theatre's Lifetime Achievement Award.
Won Broadway's 1994 Tony Award as Best Choreographer posthumously for
"Carousel."
He died of a heart attack, backstage, during the first night of the Royal Ballet's revival of "Mayerling" in the Royal Opera House on 29 October 1992. The announcement of his death was made on stage at the end of the ballet.
He was awarded the 1996 Drama Logue Award for Choreography for "Carousel" in the Royal National Theatre at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
He was awarded the 1996 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Choreography for "Carousel" in the Royal National Theatre production at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles, California.