| 2024 Chita Rivera Awards Nominations Announced | |
| Posted by: Official_Press_Release 08:34 am EDT 04/30/24 | |
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| CHITA RIVERA AWARDS NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED Awards will be held on Monday, May 20 At The NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts 566 LaGuardia Place www.ChitaRiveraAwards.com Nominations for the 2024 Chita Rivera Awards were announced April 29 by Tony Award® winner and dance icon Bebe Neuwirth on ABC News' "GMA3: What You Need to Know." In keeping with the mission of the Chita Rivera Awards, nominators considered shows and films that opened during the 2023-2024 theater season. The 2024 Chita Rivera Awards will be presented on May 20 at 7:30pm at the NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts (566 LaGuardia Place off Washington Square Park), and produced by Joe Lanteri , Founder and Executive Director of the New York City Dance Alliance Foundation, Inc. in conjunction with Patricia Watt. This year, the Chita Rivera Awards will be honoring Bernadette Peters with the Lifetime Achievement Award and Joel Grey will be presenting it. Tickets to the Chita Rivera Awards are available to the general public at www.ChitaRiveraAwards.com. The mission of the Chita Rivera Awards is to celebrate dance and choreographic excellence, preserve notable dance history, recognize past, present, and future talents, while promoting high standards in dance education and investing in the next generation. Nominators considered outstanding choreography, featured dancers, and ensemble in shows on Broadway and Off Broadway, as well as outstanding choreography in film, that opened in the 2023-2024 season. Nominations for the productions under consideration this season will be determined by the designated nominating committee. There are separate nominating committees for Broadway, Off Broadway and Film. There is also an awarding committee for Broadway, which determines the final nominations that are received from the Broadway nominations committee. All proceeds of the Chita Rivera Awards benefit the NYC Dance Alliance Foundation Scholarship Program. The NYCDA Foundation is an IRS approved 501(c)(3) committed to broadening performing arts awareness while advocating education and high standards of excellence in dance. This year, all funding and proceeds will support the creation of a new Chita Rivera Training Scholarship. 2023-2024 CHITA RIVERA AWARD NOMINATING COMMITTEES Awarding Committee Chair: Sylviane Gold, Gary Chryst, Robert LaFosse, Wendy Perron, and Lee Roy Reams Broadway Nominating Committee Chair: Wendy Federman, Caitlin Carter, Gary Chryst, Don Correia, Jamie deRoy, Sandy Duncan, Peter Filichia, Dr. Louis Galli, Sylviane Gold, Jonathan Herzog, Robert La Fosse, Joe Lanteri, Michael Milton, Mary Beth O'Connor, Wendy Perron, Lee Roy Reams, Andy Sandberg, and Randy Skinner Film Nominating Committee Chair: Jonathan C. Herzog, Steven Caras, Wilhelmina Frankfurt, Mary Beth O'Connor, and Andy Sandberg * * * Tickets for the Chita Rivera Awards are currently on sale and can be purchased at www.ChitaRiveraAwards.com. Ticket prices are as follows: $125 for a balcony ticket to the Awards ceremony, $750 for an orchestra ticket to the Awards ceremony and admission to the pre-show red carpet cocktail party and VIP reception, and $7500 for 10 Orchestra tickets to the Awards ceremony, admission for 10 to the pre-show red carpet cocktail party & 1 table at the VIP reception. * * * ABOUT THE NYC DANCE ALLIANCE FOUNDATION, INC. The NYC Dance Alliance Foundation, Inc. (NYCDAF), founded in 2010 by Executive Director Joe Lanteri, is committed to broadening performing arts awareness while advocating education and high standards of excellence in dance. The Foundation invests in the next generation of professional performers by offering scholarships for secondary and college education. To date, over 500 talented teenagers have shared in nearly $5 million awarded directly through NYCDAF. Those recipients are represented in 42 of the most prestigious university arts programs in the country. Many have since graduated and are now represented on Broadway, as well as concert dance companies based in NYC and around the world. www.NYCDAFoundation.net 2024 CHITA RIVERA AWARD NOMINATIONS BROADWAY OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY IN A BROADWAY SHOW Camille A. Brown, Hell's Kitchen Julia Cheng, Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club Rick and Jeff Kuperman, The Outsiders Lorin Latarro, The Heart of Rock and Roll / The Who's Tommy (joint nomination) Justin Peck, Illinoise Jesse Robb and Shana Carroll, Water for Elephants OUTSTANDING DANCER IN A BROADWAY SHOW Antoine Boissereau, Water for Elephants Ben Cook, Illinoise Chloe Davis, Hell's Kitchen Gaby Diaz, Illinoise Tilly Evans-Krueger, The Outsiders Rachel Lockhart, Illinoise Phillip Johnson Richardson, The Wiz Byron Tittle, Illinoise Ricky Ubeda, Illinoise Avery Wilson, The Wiz OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE IN A BROADWAY SHOW Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club Hell's Kitchen Illinoise The Heart of Rock and Roll The Outsiders Water for Elephants FILM & DOCUMENTARY OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY IN A THEATRICAL RELEASE Barbie, Choreographer: Jennifer White Carmen, Choreographer: Benjamin Millepied / Marina Tamayo Color Purple, Choreographer: Fatima Robinson Mean Girls, Choreographer: Kyle Hanagami / Casey Nicholaw Wonka, Choreographer: Christopher Gattelli OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A DANCE DOCUMENTARY Daughters, Directors: Angela Patton / Natalie Rae Eldorado: Everything the Nazis Hate, Directors: Benjamin Cantu / Matt Lambert Lift, Director: David Petersen Studio One Forever, Director: Marc Saltarelli Swan Song, Director: Chelsea McMullan |
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