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New
York (May 3, 201 0) - Emmy award winning actor
Richard Thomas currently starring in the hit
play “Race” on Broadway announced the nominees for
the 28th Annual Fred & Adele Astaire
Awards honoring excellence in dance and choreography
on Stage and in Film at a by-invitation-only
cocktail reception at famed celebrity watering hole
Elaine’s.
Marysia
and Joseph Botkier, Carolyn and Ron
Buchter,
Dhonna and Jesse Robert Goodale
and Patricia Watt
hosted
the reception for the Nominees and Astaire Awards
Gala
Committee. Honorary Co-Chairs include Roberta
Flack,
Countess Luann de Lesseps and Bruce
Michael:
Benefit Co-Chairs
include
Robin Cofer,
Cassandra Seidenfeld Lyster, Sara Johnson,
Carolyn Kendall Buchter
and Joe Lanteri.
The
Nominating Committee for the 2010 Fred and Adele
Astaire Awards was comprised of: Anna Kisselgoff,
former Chief Dance Critic, New York Times; Wendy
Perron, Editor in Chief of Dance Magazine,
Sylviane Gold, freelance dance columnist for
Dance Magazine, The New York Times, Newsday and
Damian Woetzel, former lead dancer of the New
York City Ballet, Artistic Director of The Vail
Institute
The
28th Annual Fred & Adele Astaire Awards
presentation will take place at the Gerald W. Lynch
Theater at John Jay College, New York on
June 7, 2010. The
Awards are
presented by Ava Astaire in tribute to her
father & aunt and by producer Patricia Watt
and The Douglas Watt Family Fund for the Performing
Arts. Legendary director & choreographer Kenny
Ortega has already been announced to receive the
prestigious Douglas Watt Lifetime Achievement Award.
The awards gala is directed by Tony & Drama Desk
nominated Lee Roy Reams.
Choreographer is Joe Lanteri. Patricia Watt
is producer. Associate producer is Bronwen
Carson. The evening benefits Career Transition
for Dancers. Sponsors are FXDD and Capezio.
For
tickets go to Theatermania.com or visit
www.TheFredandAdeleAstaireAwards.com. For
further information, contact Patricia Watt,
Executive Producer, 212-595-0925 and
Patricia_Watt@msn.com
2010
Fred & Adele Astaire Awards Nominees
Stage Categories
Choreographers
Bill
T. Jones - Fela
Twyla Tharp - Come Fly Away
Sergio Trujillo - Memphis
Marcia Milgrom Dodge -
Ragtime
Steven Hoggett - American Idiot
Male
Dancers
Charlie Neshyba-Hodges - Come Fly Away
Keith Roberts - Come Fly Away
John
Selya - Come Fly Away
Maksim Chmerkovskiy -
Burn the Floor
Male
Ensemble - Memphis (Brad Bass, Kevin Covert, Bryan
Fenkart, Rhett George, John Jellison, John Eric
Parker, Jermaine R. Rembert, Ephraim Sykes, Cary
Tedder, Daniel J Watts, Charlie Williams, James
Brown III, Tyron Jackson).
Female Dancers
Karine Plantadit - Come Fly Away
Laura Mead - Come Fly Away
Holley Farmer - Come Fly Away
Savannah Wise - Ragtime
Nicole Chantal de Weever - Fela
Female Ensemble – Fela (Hettie Vyrine
Barnhill, Lauren de Veaux, Elasea Douglas, Rujeko
Dumbutshena, Catherine Foster, Shaneeka Harrrell, Chanon
Judson, Shakira Marshall, Afi McClendon, Jill
Vallery, Iris Wilson, Aimee Graham Wodobode )
Film
Categories
Choreographer (Fictional Film):
Marguerite Derricks - Fame
Rob
Marshal and John Deluca - Nine
Lula
Washington - Avatar
Director (Documentary Dance Film):
Kenny Ortega - This is It
Frederick Wiseman - La Danse, Le Ballet de l'Opera
de Paris
Ruedi Gerber - Breath Made Visible
Adam
Del Deo and James D. Stern - Every Little Step
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