We told you back in May that the Chita Rivera Awards, which hadn't been held since 2019, would be back for 2022. The nominations were a mix of both the 2020 and 2022 Broadway seasons as well as the 2021 film year. In short, COVID-19 really did a number on all awards shows, no matter how niche! After the jump the winners (and nominees) of this prize honoring dancers and choreographers in movies and on stage.
OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY FOR A THEATRICAL RELEASE
A surprising result here since tick, tick BOOM was not a dance-heavy movie musical.
OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A DOCUMENTARY RELEASE
IMDb has no listing at all for the documentary First Try but it does have its own website and it's currently streaming on the service Broadway On Demand. Josh Prince is the choreographer of Trevor the Musical which is streaming on Disney+ and inspired by the Oscar winning 1994 short Trevor. He founded "Dance Lab New York" and the documentary is on that experience as well as the journeys of three other choreographers: Tilly Evans-Kruger, Ja'Malik, and Ariel Rivka.
OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY OF A BROADWAY SHOW
It's interesting that both the 2020 Tony winner (Moulin Rouge) and the 2022 Tony winner (MJ the Musical) lost this choreography prize.
OUTSTANDING MALE DANCER IN A BROADWAY SHOW [TIE]
Myles Frost, playing Michael Jackson, won the Tony for Best Actor in a Musical. Jared Grimes was nominated in Featured Actor in a Musical, which proved to be the lone nomination for the troubled production of Funny Girl that's still making headlines.
OUTSTANDING FEMALE DANCER IN A BROADWAY SHOW
Though for colored girls is not a musical, the critically acclaimed revival also managed a Tony nomination in the Choreography category, which is fairly rare for a straight play.
OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE IN A BROADWAY SHOW
OFF BROADWAY SPECIAL RECOGNITION (no nominees just winners)