Photo of Chita Rivera by Laura Marie Duncan
The winners of the 2022 Chita Rivera Awards, which recognize dance and choreographic excellence in Broadway, off-Broadway and film, were announced June 20th in a ceremony at NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts.
The awards consider outstanding choreography, featured dancers and ensembles in shows on Broadway and off Broadway, as well as outstanding choreography in films that opened pre-Covid or in the 2021-2022 season. Nominees were previously announced May 5th.
At this year’s Chita Rivera Awards, Tony, Academy and Golden Globe Award winner Joel Grey received the Lifetime Achievement Award, and Jack O’Brien received the SDC Director Award for exemplary collaboration with choreographers.
The Chita Rivera Awards are produced by Joe Lanteri in conjunction with Patricia Watt, and were hosted this year by Charlotte d’Amboise and Bianca Marroquin.
Other winners were as follows:
OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY IN A BROADWAY SHOW
Camille A. Brown, for colored girls who have considered suicide/ when the rainbow is enuf
Warren Carlyle, The Music Man
Bill T. Jones, Garrett Coleman, Jason Oremus, Paradise Square* WINNER
Annie-B Parson, American Utopia
Sonya Tayeh, Moulin Rouge
Christopher Wheeldon, MJ, The Musical
OUTSTANDING MALE DANCER IN A BROADWAY SHOW
Sidney DuPont, Paradise Square
Myles Frost, MJ the Musical*
Jared Grimes, Funny Girl* WINNER
Hugh Jackman, The Music Man
AJ Shively, Paradise Square
Tony Yazbeck, Flying Over Sunset
OUTSTANDING FEMALE DANCER IN A BROADWAY SHOW
Sutton Foster, The Music Man
Robyn Hurder, Moulin Rouge
Tendayi Kuumba, for colored girls who have considered suicide/ when the rainbow is enuf* WINNER
Heather Lang, Jagged Little Pill
Adrienne Warren, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical
OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE IN A BROADWAY SHOW
American Utopia
for colored girls who have considered suicide/ when the rainbow is enuf* WINNER
MJ, The Musical
Moulin Rouge
Paradise Square
The Music Man
OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY FOR A THEATRICAL RELEASE
Cinderella (Choreographer: Ashley Wallen; Assistant Choreographer: Jenny Griffin)
Everyone’s Talking About Jamie (Choreographer: Kate Prince; Assistant Choreographer: Tommy Franzen)
In The Heights (Choreographer: Christopher Scott; 3 Associate and 3 Assistant Choreographers)
tick… tick… Boom! (Choreographer: Ryan Heffington; Associate Choreographer: Ryan Spencer) * WINNER
West Side Story (Choreographed by Justin Peck; Associate Choreographers: Craig Salstein and Patricia Delgado)
OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A DOCUMENTARY RELEASE
Ballerina Boys – The Trocaderos (Directors: Chana Gazit and Martie Barylick)
Can You Bring It: Bill T. Jones and D-Man in the Waters (Directors: Tom Hurwitz and Rosalynde LeBlanc)
Dance Dreams: Hot Chocolate Nutcracker (Director: Oliver Bokelberg)
First Try (Director: Josh Prince) * WINNER
Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back (Director: John Carluccio) * WINNER
