Outstanding Choreographer/Creator:
Amanda Castro, Arielle Rosales, Brinda Guha
Can We Dance Here?
The Joyce Theater
Mai Le Ho
LayeRhythm:Rhythm Conductor
Nublu
Hyejin Jeong, Sung Hoon Kim, Jaeduk Kim
One Dance
David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center
Chanon Judson and mame Diarra Speis of Urban Bush Women
Haint Blu
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, Harlem, NYC
Wanjiru Kamuyu
A disguised welcome…” aka “An Immigrant’s Story
The Chocolate Factory Theater
nia love
UNDERcurrents
Harlem Stage
Kyle Marshall|
Onyx
The Joyce Theater
Sydnie L. Mosley, et al
PURPLE: A Ritual In Nine Spells
Clark Theater at Lincoln Center
Koma Otake
You
Danspace Project
Shamel Pitts | TRIBE
Touch of RED
New York Live Arts
Annie Rigney
Get Up My Daughter
For Martha Graham Company
The Joyce Theater
Hofesh Shechter
Cave
For Martha Graham Company
The Joyce Theater
Outstanding Revival:
Big Apple Contest (1939)
Frankie Manning, restaged by Evita Arce, Latasha Barnes, Nathan Bugh, Caleb Teicher, and Eyal Vilner as part of SW!NG OUT
The Joyce Theater
Castor & Pollux (1980)
Mark Morris
The Joyce Theater
Dance (1979)
Lucinda Childs
New York City Center
The Rite of Spring (1975)
Pina Bausch; Restaged by Josephine Ann Endicott, Jorge Puerta Armenta and Clémentine Deluy and a specially assembled company of 34 dancers from 14 African countries for The Pina Bausch Foundation, École des Sables & Sadler’s Wells
Park Avenue Armory
Outstanding Visual Design:
Bob Crowley (sets), Natasha Katz (lights), and Luke Halls (projections)
Like Water For Chocolate, American Ballet Theater
Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center
Reid & Harriet Design and Andrew Jordan (costume)
JEUX + A CHILD’S TALE, Christopher Williams
Baryshnikov Arts Center
Janet Wong (video design) and Robert Wierzel (lighting design)
Curriculum II, Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company
New York Live Arts
Tuçe Yasak (installation and lighting design), Hao Bai (video design)
Whale Fall Oracle, mayfield brooks
Performance Space New York
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Outstanding Performer:
LaTasha Barnes
SW!NG OUT! Caleb Teicher and their Braintrust
The Joyce Theater
Lena Engelstein
Deepe Darknesse, Lisa Fagan and Lena Engelstein
The Collapsable Hole
Tamisha Guy
Rain (1989), Bebe Miller/ A.I.M by Kyle Abraham
The Joyce Theater
Paul Hamilton
CEREMONIA, Antonio Ramos
Abrons Arts Center
Dyane Harvey
Purple: A Ritual In Nine Spells, Sydnie L. Mosley Dances
Clark Theater at Lincoln Center
Barrington Hinds
Curriculum II, Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company
New York Live Arts
Catherine Hurlin
Like Water for Chocolate, Christopher Wheeldon/American Ballet Theatre
Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center
Abdiel
Fort Greene Park
Edisa Weeks
3 Rites: Liberty, DELIRIOUS Dances
Mark O’Donnell Theater
Ensemble
The Rite of Spring, Pina Bausch; restaged with a specially created ensemble of dancers from countries across Africa
Park Avenue Armory
Ensemble
Weathering, Faye Driscoll
New York Live Arts
Ensemble:The Missing Element
The Beatbox House
Works & Process at SummerStage in Marcus Garvey Park
Outstanding Breakout Choreographer:
Baye & Asa
Fadi Khouri
Tiler Peck
Ogemdi Ude
Outstanding Sound Design or Musical Composition:
Amanda Castro, Arielle Rosales, Brinda Guha, Ryan Stanbury, Okai Musik, AJ Jagannath
Can We Dance Here?, Soles of Duende
The Joyce Theater
yuniya edi kwon, and Haruko Crow Nishimura & Joshua Kohl of Degenerate Art Ensemble
Boy mother/faceless bloom, Juni One Set (yuniya edi kwon, and Haruko Crow Nishimura & Joshua Kohl of Degenerate Art Ensemble)
New York Live Arts
Okwui Okpokwasili, Peter Born, Will Johnson, Deah Love Harriott
adaku, part 1: the road opens, Okwui Okpokwasili and Peter Born
BAM Fisher
Eyal Vilner Big Band
SW!NG OUT! Caleb Teicher and their Braintrust
The Joyce Theater