Catch Me If You Can, Daniel Radcliffe, Sutton Foster & More Earn Astaire Award Nominations

Nominations for the 29th annual Fred & Adele Astaire Awards, which honor outstanding achievement in dance on Broadway and film, have been announced. The awards will be presented on May 15 at Skirball Center for the Performing Arts at New York University in a ceremony directed by Joe Lanteri. Catch Me If You Can leads the list with six nominations, and Broadway stars such as Daniel Radcliffe, Sutton Foster, Nick Adams, Aaron Tveit and Josh Gad received individual Astaire nods. Legendary dancer, choreographer and teacher Jacques D’Amboise will receive the 2011 Douglas Watt Lifetime Achievement Award. A complete list of nominations is as follows:

Broadway Choreographer
Rob Ashford, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Marguerite Derricks, Wonderland
Kathleen Marshall, Anything Goes
Jerry Mitchell, Catch Me if You Can
Toby Sedgwick, War Horse
Susan Stroman, The Scottsboro Boys
Anthony Van Laast, Sister Act
Danny Mefford, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson
Casey Nicholaw, The Book of Mormon

Female Dancer, Broadway
Rachel de Benedet, Catch Me if You Can
Sutton Foster, Anything Goes
Jennifer Frankel, Catch Me if You Can
J. Elaine Marcos, Priscilla Queen of the Desert
Patina Miller, Sister Act
Laura Osnes, Anything Goes
Angie Schworer, Catch Me If You Can
Megan Sikora, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Samantha Zack, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Male Dancer, Broadway
Nick Adams, Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Norbert Leo Butz, Catch Me If You Can
Colman Domingo, The Scottsboro Boys
Colin Donnell, Anything Goes
Josh Gad, The Book of Mormon
Joshua Henry, The Scottsboro Boys
Daniel Radcliffe, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Aaron Tveit, Catch Me If You Can

Nominees for Excellence in Choreography on Film
Black Swan, Choreographer Benjamin Millepied
Burlesque, Choreographer Denise Faye/Co-Choreographer Joe Pizzi
Lord of the Dance 3D, Choreographer Michael Flatley
Mao’s Last Dancer, Choreographers Graeme Murphy and Janet Vernon
Step Up 3D, Choreographer Jamal Sims
The Adjustment Bureau, Choreographer Benoit-Swan Pouffer