Laura Osnes, Patina Miller, Billy Porter and More Among Astaire Award Nominees

Nominations have been announced for the 31st annual Fred and Adele Astaire Awards, which honor excellence in dance and choreography on Broadway and in film. The ceremony will be held June 3 at the Skirball Center for the Performing Arts at New York University. This year the awards will honor dance legend Marge Champion with its Douglas Watt Lifetime Achievement Award and Ted Chapin with a new award, the Outstanding Achievement in the Preservation of Musical Theatre. A list of nominees is as follows:

Outstanding Female Dancer in a Broadway Show
Charlotte d’Amboise, Pippin
Taylor Louderman, Bring It On
Laura Osnes, Cinderella
Patina Miller, Pippin
Andrea Martin, Pippin
Lesli Margherita, Matilda
Stephanie Pope, Pippin

Outstanding Male Dancer in a Broadway Show
Eric LaJuan Summers, Motown
Rob McClure, Chaplin
Andy Mills, Cinderella
Billy Porter, Kinky Boots
Charlie Sutton, Kinky Boots

Outstanding Choreographer of a Broadway Show
Andy Blankenbuehler, Bring It On
Warren Carlyle, Chaplin
Peter Darling, Matilda
Jerry Mitchell, Kinky Boots
Josh Rhodes Cinderella
Sergio Trujillo, Hands on a Hardbody
Chet Walker, Pippin
Patricia Wilcox & Warren Adams, Motown

Outstanding Choreographer in a Feature Film
Sidi Larbi Cherkaouit, Anna Karenina
Alison Faulk, Magic Mike
Mia Michaels, Rock Of Ages
Mandy Moore, Silver Linings Playbook
Poonam Shyam, Trishna and Jamal Sims, Christopher Scott, Chuck Maldonado & Travis Wall, Step Up Revolution