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Nominations for the 2026 <\/span>Chita Rivera Awards were announced today. In keeping with the mission of the Chita Rivera Awards, nominators considered shows and films that opened during the 2025-2026 season.<\/p>\n 2026 CHITA RIVERA AWARD NOMINATIONS<\/p>\n BROADWAY<\/p>\n OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY IN A BROADWAY SHOW<\/strong><\/p>\n Christopher Gattelli, Schmigadoon!<\/p>\n Lorin Latarro, Chess<\/p>\n Ellenore Scott, Ragtime<\/p>\n Ellenore Scott, Titan\u00edque<\/p>\n Ani Taj, The Rocky Horror Show<\/p>\n Omari Wiles \/Arturo Lyons, CATS: The Jellicle Ball<\/p>\n OUTSTANDING DANCER IN A BROADWAY SHOW<\/strong><\/p>\n Jonathan Burke, CATS: The Jellicle Ball<\/p>\n Baby Byrne, CATS: The Jellicle Ball<\/p>\n Max Clayton, Schmigadoon!<\/p>\n Zachary Downer, Schmigadoon!<\/p>\n Sydney James Harcourt, CATS: The Jellicle Ball<\/p>\n Dava Huesca, CATS: The Jellicle Ball<\/p>\n Robert \u201cSilk\u201d Mason, CATS: The Jellicle Ball<\/p>\n Isabelle McCalla, Schmigadoon!<\/p>\n Sarah Meahl, Chess<\/p>\n Constantine Rousouli, Titan\u00edque<\/p>\n Layton Williams, Titan\u00edque<\/p>\n Lyrica Woodruff, Schmigadoon!<\/p>\n OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE IN A BROADWAY SHOW<\/strong><\/p>\n CATS: The Jellicle Ball<\/p>\n Chess<\/p>\n Ragtime<\/p>\n Schmigadoon!<\/p>\n The Rocky Horror Show<\/p>\n Titan\u00edque<\/p>\n FILM & DOCUMENTARY<\/p>\n OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY IN A FEATURE FILM<\/strong><\/p>\n Kiss of The Spider Woman, Choreographers: Sergio Trujillo\/Christopher Scott<\/p>\n Michael, Choreographers: Anthony Talauega\/Richmond Talauega<\/p>\n Sinners, Choreographer: Aakomon Jones<\/p>\n The Testament of Ann Lee, Choreographer: Celia Rowlson-Hall<\/p>\n Wicked, For Good, Choreographer: Christopher Scott<\/p>\n OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A DANCE DOCUMENTARY<\/strong><\/p>\n Dick Van Dyke, 100th Celebration, Director: Steve Boettcher<\/p>\n Martha Graham Dance Company: We Are Our Time, (Part I, \u201cAmerican Spirit\u201d, Part II, \u201cAthletes of God\u201d, Directors: Peter Schnall\/Cyndee Readdean<\/p>\n Playing The Palace, Director: Cody Williams<\/p>\n Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror, Director: Linus O\u2019Brien<\/p>\n Tango My Passion, Director: Dr. Monika Krajewska<\/p>\n www.ChitaRiveraAwards.com<\/a><\/p>\n The 2026 Chita Rivera Awards will be\u00a0presented on\u00a0May 18 at 7:30PM at the NYU Skirball Center (566 LaGuardia Place off Washington Square Park), and produced by Joe Lanteri, Founder and Executive Director of the New York City Dance Alliance Foundation, in conjunction with Patricia Watt.<\/p>\n This year, the Chita Rivera Awards will be honoring stage and screen icon Ann-Margret with the Lifetime Achievement Award.<\/p>\n Also announced today is the hit off-Broadway show Gotta Dance! is this year\u2019s recipient of The Douglas and Ethel Watt Critics\u2019 Choice Award. This Award is bestowed by the journalists of the Chita Rivera Awards Broadway judging committee, to recognize outstanding work that falls outside the framework of the original categories. It is named for the longtime Daily News theater critic Douglas Watt and his wife Ethel.\u00a0Gotta Dance! is currently running at Stage 42.<\/p>\n Tickets to the Chita Rivera Awards are available to the general public at:www.ChitaRiveraAwards.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n 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 2025-2026 season. Nominations for the productions under consideration this season will be determined by the designated nominating committee.<\/p>\n The\u00a0Outstanding Dancer in a Broadway Show\u00a0category continues to be gender-free and this category will have twice as many nominees as the former gendered categories. There will be two winners.<\/p>\n The NYC Dance Alliance Foundation Scholarship Program and The Chita Rivera Training Grant are the beneficiaries of the event.\u00a0Since the inception of the Foundation, over $5.4 million has been awarded to over 600 dancers attending 50 of the most prestigious college dance programs in the country.<\/p>\n The Chita Rivera Training Grant will consist of financial support plus one year of dance classes at Steps on Broadway in New York City.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n This year, all funding and proceeds will support the creation of a new Chita Rivera Training Scholarship.<\/p>\n Awarding Committee: Chair: Sylviane Gold, Gary Chryst, Peter Filichia, Robert LaFosse, Wendy Perron, Stephanie Pope, and Lee Roy Reams.<\/p>\n Broadway Nominating Committee<\/p>\n Caitlin Carter, Gary Chryst, Don Correia, Sandy Duncan, Peter Filichia, Dr. Louis Galli, Sylviane Gold, Jonathan Herzog, Robert La Fosse, Joe Lanteri, Michael Milton, Mary Beth O\u2019Connor, Wendy Perron, Stephanie Pope, Lee Roy Reams, Andy Sandberg, and Randy Skinner<\/p>\n Film Nominating Committee<\/p>\n Chair: Jonathan C. Herzog, Steven Caras, Wilhelmina Frankfurt, Mary Beth O\u2019Connor, and Andy Sandberg<\/p>\n Tickets for the Chita Rivera Awards are currently on sale and can be purchased at www.ChitaRiveraAwards.com<\/a>. 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.<\/p>\n 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.\u00a0The Foundation invests in the next generation of professional performers by offering scholarships for secondary and college education.\u00a0To date, over 600 talented teenagers have shared in nearly $5.4 million awarded directly through NYCDAF.\u00a0Those recipients are represented in 50 of the most prestigious university arts programs in the country.\u00a0Many have since graduated and are now represented on Broadway, as well as concert dance companies based in NYC and around the world.\u00a0www.NYCDAFoundation.net<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source t2conline.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Nominations for the 2026 Chita Rivera Awards were announced today. 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