Lucifer Landing I by Jonathan Gonzalez, photo by Maria Baranova
metamorphosis by Stacy Grossfield, photo by Paula Court
Outstanding Production:
600 HIGHWAYMEN
The Fever
Co-presented by La MaMa, The Public Theater, and Onassis USA
Kyle Abraham
The Runaway
New York City Ballet
David H. Koch Theater
Nick Cave
The Let Go
Park Avenue Armory
nora chipaumire
#Punk 100% POP* N!GGA
The Kitchen and Crossing the Line Festival
Merce Cunningham with stager Patricia Lent
Night of 100 Solos: A Centennial Event
BAM Opera House
Tania El Khoury
As Far As My Fingertips Take Me
Under the Radar/The Public Theater
Juliana F. May
Folk Incest
Abrons Arts Center
Alexei Ratmansky
The Seasons
American Ballet Theatre
Metropolitan Opera House
Royal Osiris Karaoke Ensemble (ROKE)
The Art of Luv (Part 6): Awesome Grotto!
Abrons Arts Center
Caleb Teicher
More Forever
Guggenheim Works & Process
Noa Wertheim
One. One & One
Vertigo Dance Company
Baryshnikov Arts Center
Ni’Ja Whitson
Oba Qween Baba King Baba
Co-commissioned by Danspace Project and Abrons Arts Center
2019 Outstanding Revival Nominees
Deuce Coupe
By Twyla Tharp
American Ballet Theatre
Metropolitan Opera House
Hex
By Eleo Pomare, performed by Dyane Harvey
American Dance Guild Performance Festival, Ailey Citigroup Theater
Judson Dance Theater: The Work is Never Done
By Yvonne Rainer, Deborah Hay, Lucinda Childs, David Gordon, Steve Paxton, Trisha Brown, Simone Forti
Museum of Modern Art
Outstanding NY Dance and Performance Award for Outstanding “Breakout” Choreographer (*indicates award recipient)
Daina Ashbee*
Jonathan González
Stacy Grossfield
Caleb Teicher
2019 Juried Bessie Award
Alice Sheppard
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Outstanding Performer:
Xianix Barrera
in Latido by Xianix Barrera
Emerging Choreographers Series at LaGuardia Performing Arts Center
Warren Craft
in Harlequin and Pantalone by Bill Irwin
Dorrance Dance
New York City Center
Leslie Cuyjet
Sustained Achievement with Jane Comfort, Niall Jones, Juliana F. May, Cynthia Oliver, Will Rawls
Kirsten Davis
in Oba Qween Baba King Baba by Ni’Ja Whitson
Co-commissioned by Danspace Project and Abrons Arts Center
Gabrielle Hamilton
in Oklahoma! choreographed by John Heginbotham
St. Ann’s Warehouse
Samantha Hines
in Attractor by Dancenorth Australia, Lucy Guerin Inc., Gideon Obarzanek & Senyawa
The Joyce Theater
Tiler Peck
Sustained Achievement with New York City Ballet
Molly Poerstel
Sustained Achievement with Ivy Baldwin, Hilary Clark, David Dorfman, Jeanine Durning, Alex Escalante, Juliana F. May, Susan Rethorst, RoseAnne Spradlin, Larissa Velez-Jackson
Nola Sporn Smith
in metamorphosis by Stacy Grossfield
The Kitchen, Dance and Process
Taylor Stanley
in The Runaway by Kyle Abraham
New York City Ballet
David H. Koch Theater
Shamar Watt
Sustained Achievement in the work of nora chipaumire
Takaomi Yoshino (AKA Varvara Laptopova)
in ChopEniana by Alexandre Minz
Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo
The Joyce Theater
Outstanding Visual Design:
Design Team: Tei Blow, Sean McElroy, Eben Hoffer, & Hyung Seok Jeon
for The Art of Luv (Part 6): Awesome Grotto! by Royal Osiris Karaoke Ensemble (ROKE)
Abrons Arts Center
Design Team: Jeanne Medina and Ni’Ja Whitson (Costumes), Gil Sperling, featuring art works by Wangechi Mutu and Gavin Jantjes (Video), Tuçe Yasak (Lighting)
for Oba Qween Baba King Baba by Ni’Ja Whitson
Co-commissioned by Danspace Project and Abrons Arts Center
Mirella Weingarten (set design)
for Xenos by Akram Khan
Lincoln Center’s White Light Festival at Rose Theater
2019 Outstanding Sound Design / Music Composition Nominees
Joseph Kubera and Adam Tendler for interpretation of music of Julius Eastman, and M. Lamar for original composition inspired by Eastman
for Rambler, Worlds Worlds A Part by Kathy Westwater
Co-presented by New York Live Arts and Lumberyard Center for Film and Performing Arts
Leyya Mona Tawil
for Future Faith by Lime Rickey International
Abrons Arts Center
Conrad Tao and Caleb Teicher
for More Forever by Caleb Teicher
Guggenheim Works & Process