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Astaire Awards
Ben VereenPatricia Watt, Kenny Ortega
Ben Vereen hosted the 28th Annual Fred & Adele Astaire Awards honoring excellence in dance on stage and in film Monday, June 7, 2010 at the Gerald Lynch Theater in NYC. The star studded event celebrating dancers and dance featured performances by cast members of Fela, Come Fly Away, Ragtime & Memphis as well a special numbers by Ronald K. Brown’s Evidence, A Dance Company, “Dancing With the Stars” Tony Dovolani and Lee Roy Reams performing with ladies who once danced with Fred Astaire. The evening was directed by Lee Roy Reams and produced by Patricia Watt. Director & Choreographer Kenny Ortega received the The Douglas Watt Lifetime Achievement Award. Photography: Barry Grordin
Ben VereenPatricia Watt, Kenny Ortega
Ben Vereen hosted the 28th Annual Fred & Adele Astaire Awards honoring excellence in dance on stage and in film Monday, June 7, 2010 at the Gerald Lynch Theater in NYC. The star studded event celebrating dancers and dance featured performances by cast members of Fela, Come Fly Away, Ragtime & Memphis as well a special numbers by Ronald K. Brown’s Evidence, A Dance Company, “Dancing With the Stars” Tony Dovolani and Lee Roy Reams performing with ladies who once danced with Fred Astaire. The evening was directed by Lee Roy Reams and produced by Patricia Watt. Director & Choreographer Kenny Ortega received the The Douglas Watt Lifetime Achievement Award. Photography: Barry Grordin
The other award winners were: For Excellence In Dance On Stage: Choreographer Bill T. Jones – Fela Male Dancer Charlie Neshyba-Hodges – Come Fly Away
Cast Members from “Fela”
Female Dancers Nicole Chantal de Weever & the Female Ensemble – Fela (Hettie Vyrine Barnhill, Lauren de Veaux, Elasea Douglas, Rujeko Dumbutshena, Catherine Foster, Shaneeka Harrrell, Chanon Judson, Shakira Marshall, Afi McClendon, Oneika Phillips, Jill Vallery, Iris Wilson, Aimee Graham Wodobode ) For Excellence In Dance On Film: Choreographer (Fictional Film): Marguerite Derricks – Fame Director (Documentary Dance Film): Adam Del Deo and James D. Stern – Every Little Step
Jill Zarin, Robin Cofer, Jeanne Shafiroff, Cassandra Seidenfeld LysterLee Roy Reams, Caroline LiebermanWendy Diamond, Lucky, Bob BalabanCassandra Seidenfeld Lyster, Roberta Flack, Robin CoferCharlotte D’Amboise, Anna Bergman, Mary MacLeodJeanne Shafiroff, Countess LuAnn de LessepsCheryl Burke, Maksim Chmerkovskiy (Dancing With The Stars)Ben Vereen, Kenny OrtegaThe Art of Dance KidsRoberta FlackJohn Selya, Holley FarmerKatlean DeMonchy, Karine PlantaditBryan Fenkart, Tyrone A. Jackson, Jermaine Rembert, James Brown111, Cary TedderJeanne Shafiroff, John Wegorzewski