Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Choreography
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Choreography | |
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Awarded for | Outstanding Choreography |
Location | New York City |
Country | United States |
Presented by | Drama Desk |
First awarded | 1969 |
Currently held by | Justin Peck for Illinoise (2024) |
Website | dramadesk.org (defunct) |
The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Choreography is an annual award presented by Drama Desk in recognition of achievements in the theatre across collective Broadway, off-Broadway and off-off-Broadway productions in New York City.
Winners and nominees
1960s
Year | Choreographer | Production |
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1969 | ||
Grover Dale | Billy |
1970s
Year | Choreographer | Production |
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1970 | ||
Ron Field | Applause | |
1971 | ||
Michael Bennett | Follies | |
Donald Saddler | No, No, Nanette | |
1972 | ||
Patricia Birch | Grease | |
Jean Erdman | Two Gentlemen of Verona | |
1973 | ||
Bob Fosse | Pippin | |
1974 | ||
Patricia Birch | Candide | |
1975 | ||
George Faison | The Wiz | |
Dennis Denehy | The Lieutenant | |
Roger Morgan | Saturday, Sun, Moon | |
Donald Saddler | Good News | |
Margo Sappington | Where's Charley? | |
1976 | ||
Michael Bennett | A Chorus Line | |
Patricia Birch | Pacific Overtures | |
Donald Saddler | The Robber Bridegroom | |
Billy Wilson | Bubbling Brown Sugar | |
1977 | ||
Peter Gennaro | Annie | |
Patricia Birch | Music Is | |
Dan Siretta | Going Up | |
1978 | ||
Bob Fosse | Dancin' | |
Arthur Faria | Ain't Misbehavin' | |
Geoffrey Holder | Timbuktu! | |
Tommy Tune | The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas | |
1979 | ||
Bob Avian and Michael Bennett | Ballroom | |
Larry Fuller | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | |
Henry LeTang and Billy Wilson | Eubie! | |
Dan Siretta | Tip-Toes |
1980s
Year | Choreographer | Production |
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1980 | ||
Tommy Tune and Thommie Walsh | A Day in Hollywood / A Night in the Ukraine | |
Larry Fuller | Evita | |
Mary Kyte | Tintypes | |
Joe Layton | Barnum | |
1981 | ||
Gower Champion | 42nd Street | |
Graciela Daniele | The Pirates of Penzance | |
1982 | — | |
1983 | ||
Tommy Tune and Thommie Walsh | My One and Only | |
Peter Martins and Donald Saddler | On Your Toes | |
1984, 1985 | — | |
1986 | ||
Bob Fosse | Big Deal | |
Gene Kelly and Twyla Tharp | Singin' in the Rain | |
Peter Martins | Song and Dance | |
1987 | — | |
1988 | ||
Michael Smuin | Anything Goes | |
Grover Dale | ||
Gillian Lynne | The Phantom of the Opera | |
1989 | — |
1990s
Year | Choreographer | Production |
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1990 | ||
Tommy Tune | Grand Hotel | |
1991 | ||
Tommy Tune | The Will Rogers Follies | |
Michael Lichtefeld | The Secret Garden | |
Dan Siretta | Oh, Kay! | |
Susan Stroman | And the World Goes 'Round | |
1992 | ||
Susan Stroman | Crazy for You | |
Hope Clarke, Gregory Hines and Ted L. Levy | Jelly's Last Jam | |
Christopher Chadman | Guys and Dolls | |
1993 | ||
Wayne Cilento | The Who's Tommy | |
Michael Leeds | Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah! | |
Niarupama Nityanandan, Catherine Schaub and Simon Abkarian | Les Atrides | |
Luis Stazo | Tango Pasion | |
1994 | ||
Jane Elliott and Kenneth MacMillan | Carousel | |
Jeff Calhoun | Grease | |
Graciela Daniele | Hello Again | |
Rob Marshall | She Loves Me | |
Matt West | Beauty and the Beast | |
1995 | — | |
1996 | ||
Savion Glover | Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk | |
Graciela Daniele | Chronicle of a Death Foretold | |
Ghettoriginal Productions | Jam on the Groove | |
Kathleen Marshall | Swinging on a Star | |
Susan Stroman | Big: the musical | |
1997 | ||
Ann Reinking | Chicago | |
Dein Perry | Tap Dogs | |
Susan Stroman | Steel Pier | |
1998 | ||
Garth Fagan | The Lion King | |
Graciela Daniele | Ragtime | |
The Forever Tango Dancers | Luis Bravo's Forever Tango | |
Rob Marshall | Cabaret | |
1999 | ||
Matthew Bourne | Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake | |
Patricia Birch | Parade | |
Rob Marshall | Little Me |
2000s
2010s
2020s
Year | Choreographer | Production |
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2020 | ||
Sonya Tayeh | Moulin Rouge! | |
Camille A. Brown | for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf | |
Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker | West Side Story | |
Keone Madrid and Mari Madrid | Beyond Babel | |
Kathleen Marshall | The Unsinkable Molly Brown | |
Travis Wall | The Wrong Man | |
2021 | No awards: New York theatres shuttered, March 2020 to September 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City[1] | |
2022 | ||
Bill T. Jones, Garrett Coleman and Jason Oremus (Irish + Hammerstep), Gelan Lambert and Chloe Davis (associates) | Paradise Square | |
Ayodele Casel (tap choreography) | Funny Girl | |
Carrie-Anne Ingrouille | Six | |
Liam Steel | Company | |
Christopher Wheeldon, Michael Balderrama (associate), Rich + Tone Talauega (Michael Jackson movement) | MJ | |
2023 | Casey Nicholaw | Some Like It Hot |
Andy Blankenbuehler | Only Gold | |
Tislarm Bouie | the bandaged place | |
Edgar Godineaux | The Harder They Come | |
Susan Stroman | New York, New York | |
Jenifer Weber | KPOP | |
2024[2] | Justin Peck | Illinoise |
Camille A. Brown | Hell's Kitchen | |
Graciela Daniele and Alex Sanchez | The Gardens of Anuncia | |
Jeff Kuperman and Rick Kuperman | The Outsiders | |
Lorin Latarro | The Heart of Rock and Roll | |
Jesse Robb and Shana Carroll | Water for Elephants |
Multiple wins
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See also
References
- ^ Evans, Greg (2021-05-05). "Broadway To Reopen Sept. 14, Says Gov. Andrew Cuomo; Broadway League "Cautiously Optimistic"". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on 2023-06-02. Retrieved 2023-12-03.
- ^ "Stereophonic Leads 2024 Drama Desk Awards with 7 Wins Including Outstanding Play - Playbill.com". 2024-06-10. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
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Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Choreography
- Grover Dale (1969)
- Ron Field (1970)
- Michael Bennett / Donald Saddler (1971)
- Patricia Birch / Jean Erdman (1972)
- Bob Fosse (1973)
- Patricia Birch (1974)
- George Faison (1975)
- Bob Avian / Michael Bennett (1976)
- Peter Gennaro (1977)
- Bob Fosse (1978)
- Bob Avian / Michael Bennett (1979)
- Tommy Tune (1980)
- Gower Champion (1981)
- Tommy Tune / Thommie Walsh (1983)
- Bob Fosse (1986)
- Michael Smuin (1988)
- Tommy Tune (1990)
- Tommy Tune (1991)
- Susan Stroman (1992)
- Wayne Cilento (1993)
- Kenneth MacMillan and Jane Elliott (1994)
- Savion Glover (1996)
- Ann Reinking (1997)
- Garth Fagan (1998)
- Matthew Bourne (1999)
- Susan Stroman (2000)
- Susan Stroman (2001)
- Susan Stroman (2002)
- Twyla Tharp (2003)
- Kathleen Marshall (2004)
- Jerry Mitchell (2005)
- Kathleen Marshall (2006)
- Andy Blankenbuehler (2007)
- Rob Ashford (2008)
- Peter Darling (2009)
- Twyla Tharp (2010)
- Kathleen Marshall (2011)
- Christopher Gattelli (2012)
- Chet Walker and Gypsy Snider (2013)
- Warren Carlyle (2014)
- Christopher Wheeldon (2015)
- Savion Glover (2016)
- Andy Blankenbuehler (2017)
- Justin Peck (2018)
- Warren Carlyle (2019)
- Sonya Tayeh (2020)
- No Award (2021)
- Bill T. Jones, Garrett Coleman, Jason Oremus, Gelan Lambert, and Chloe Davis (2022)
- Casey Nicholaw (2023)
- Justin Peck (2024)