This year's 2024 Chita Rivera Awards included Illinois Broadway productions “The Outsiders'' and “Water for Elephants.''
Award nominees considered outstanding choreography in a Broadway show, featured dancers and ensembles, and outstanding choreography in a film released in the 2023-2024 season.
The Chita Rivera Award was presented at the New York University Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, 566 LaGuardia Place near Washington Square Park, and was presented by Joe Lantelli, founder and executive director of the New York City Dance Alliance Foundation, in collaboration with Patricia Watt. It is produced by.
The mission of the Chita Rivera Awards is to celebrate excellence in dance and choreography, preserve remarkable dance history, and recognize talent of the past, present, and future, while promoting high standards of dance education and investing in the next generation.
At this year's Chita Rivera Awards, Bernadette Peters received the Lifetime Achievement Award and Maite Natalio (Safs) received the Douglas and Ethel Watt Critics' Choice Award.
Presenters and performers at this year's ceremony include Wayne Brady (The Wiz), Kristin Chenoweth (Wicked), Anthony Crivello (Kiss of the Spider-Women), Joel Gray (Cabaret), Huey – Includes Lewis (The Heart of Rock'n'Roll), Norm. Lewis (Phantom of the Opera, Porgy and Bess), Joe Morton (Scandal, ART) Bebe Neuwirth (Chicago, Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club), Kenny Ortega (High School Musical), David Hyde Pierce (Here We Are, Spamalot) , Brooke Shields (Suddenly Susan, The Addams Family), Ben Vereen (Pippin) and more.
As was the case last year, the Broadway show's Outstanding Dancer category is gender-neutral. There are twice as many candidates in this category as there were in the previous gender categories. There are 2 winners.
All proceeds from the Chita Rivera Award will benefit the NYC Dance Alliance Foundation Scholarship Program. The NYCDA Foundation is an IRS-approved 501(c)(3) dedicated to expanding awareness of the performing arts while advocating for high standards of education and excellence in dance.
This year, all funds and proceeds will support the creation of the new Chita Rivera Training Scholarship.
Outstanding choreography in Broadway shows
***Camille A. Brown, Hell's Kitchen (tie)
Julia Chen, Kit Kat Club Cabaret
Rick Cooperman and Jeff Cooperman, “The Outsiders”
Lorin Latallo, The Heart of Rock and Roll/The Who's Tommy (co-nominated)
Justin Peck, Illinois
***Jesse Robb and Shanna Carroll give water to elephants (tie)
outstanding dancers in broadway shows
***Antoine Boissereau, Water for Elephants
Ben Cook, Illinois
Chloe Davis “Hell's Kitchen”
Gaby Diaz, Illinois
***Tilly Evans-Kruger, The Outsider
Rachel Lockhart, Illinois
Philip Johnson Richardson “The Wiz”
Byron Title, Illinois
Ricky Ubeda, Illinois
Avery Wilson, Wiz
Outstanding Ensemble of a Broadway Show
Kit Kat Club Cabaret
hell's kitchen
***Illinois
heart of rock and roll
Outsider
give water to elephant
movies and documentaries
Excellent choreography for theatrical releases
***Barbie, Choreographer: Jennifer White
Carmen, choreography: Benjamin Millepied / Marina Tamayo
The Color Purple, Choreographer: Fatima Robinson
Mean Girls, Choreographer: Kyle Hanagami
Wonka, choreographer: Christopher Gattelli
Excellent direction for a dance documentary
Daughters, directed by: Angela Patton / Natalie Ray
El Dorado: Everything the Nazis Hate, directed by Benjamin Cantu / Matt Lambert
***The Lift, Director: David Petersen
Studio One Forever, Director: Mark Saltarelli
Swan Song Director: Chelsea McMullan
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