| 2024 Chita Rivera Awards Winners Announced | |
| Posted by: Official_Press_Release 08:37 am EDT 05/21/24 | |
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| CHITA RIVERA AWARDS WINNERS ANNOUNCED Awards were presented Monday, May 20 at the NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts www.ChitaRiveraAwards.com Winners for the 2024 Chita Rivera Awards were announced this evening. In keeping with the mission of the Chita Rivera Awards, nominators considered outstanding choreography, featured dancers, and ensembles in shows on Broadway as well as outstanding choreography in film that opened during the 2023-2024 season. Presented at NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts (566 LaGuardia Place off Washington Square Park), the Chita Rivera Awards are produced by Joe Lanteri, Founder and Executive Director of the New York City Dance Alliance Foundation Inc., in conjunction with Patricia Watt. 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. At this year’s Chita Rivera Awards, Bernadette Peters received the Lifetime Achievement Award and Mayte Natalio (Suffs) received the Douglas and Ethel Watt Critics’ Choice Award. Presenters and performers at this year’s Awards included: Wayne Brady (The Wiz), Kristin Chenoweth (Wicked), Anthony Crivello (Kiss of the Spider Woman), Joel Grey (Cabaret), Huey Lewis (The Heart of Rock and Roll), Norm Lewis (Phantom of the Opera; Porgy and Bess), Joe Morton (Scandal, ART) Bebe Neuwirth (Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club, Chicago), Kenny Ortega (High School Musical), David Hyde Pierce (Here We Are, Spamalot), Brooke Shields (Suddenly Susan; The Adams Family), Ben Vereen (Pippin), and more. As was the case last year, the Outstanding Dancer in a Broadway Show category is gender-free. This category has twice as many nominees as the former gendered categories. There are two winners. 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. 2024 CHITA RIVERA AWARD WINNERS ***Winners are starred OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY IN A BROADWAY SHOW ***Camille A Brown, Hell’s Kitchen (tie) 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 (tie) 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 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 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 * * * 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 ? |
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