The 2022 Industry Dance Awards and Cancer Benefit Show will honor Adam Shankman, Allison Holder Boss, Jojo Siwa and more on October 12.
Will Thomas (So You Think You Can Dance) and Britt Stewart (Dancing With The Stars) will host the annual event that brings the global dance community together in celebration of creativity, industry innovation, and the fight against cancer. The ceremony at Avalon Hollywood will recognize dancers, educators, pioneers, and icons are recognized for their outstanding achievements and artistic contributions to their craft.
Special awards will be presented throughout the evening. Shankman, a two-time Emmy Award-nominated and Bob Fosse Award-winning director, producer, and choreographer, will receive the Dance Visionary Award. Holker Boss, a So You Think You Can Dance all-star and Dancing With the Stars pro, will receive the New Media Influencer award. TV personality Siwa will receive the Trailblazer Award; dancer/influencer Kim Hale will receive the Role Model Award; Robin Antin,...
Will Thomas (So You Think You Can Dance) and Britt Stewart (Dancing With The Stars) will host the annual event that brings the global dance community together in celebration of creativity, industry innovation, and the fight against cancer. The ceremony at Avalon Hollywood will recognize dancers, educators, pioneers, and icons are recognized for their outstanding achievements and artistic contributions to their craft.
Special awards will be presented throughout the evening. Shankman, a two-time Emmy Award-nominated and Bob Fosse Award-winning director, producer, and choreographer, will receive the Dance Visionary Award. Holker Boss, a So You Think You Can Dance all-star and Dancing With the Stars pro, will receive the New Media Influencer award. TV personality Siwa will receive the Trailblazer Award; dancer/influencer Kim Hale will receive the Role Model Award; Robin Antin,...
- 10/8/2022
- by Lynette Rice
- Deadline Film + TV
You voted for them, and now the Backstage Readers’ Choice Award nominees are finally here! We tabulated over 6,000 responses from Backstage readers to determine your favorite headshot photographers, acting studios, summer camps, and more. Check out the results below! Next, the voting process for finalists will open July 25 and close Aug. 7, and winners will be announced in our Sept. 1 print issue. Be sure to vote for the people you nominated, and spread the word! This is your chance to help out future aspiring actors by giving your seal of approval. On that note, congratulations to all of this year’s nominees—officially ranked among the best of the best, you’re all winners in our book! Vote Now: Readers’ Choice 2016 Finalists Favorite Headshot Photographer (NYC) Barry Morgenstein The Headshot Truck David Noles Peter Hurley Favorite Headshot Photographer (L.A.) Stephanie Girard Arthur Bryan Marroquin Cathryn Farnsworth Nicely Made Media Favorite...
- 7/19/2016
- backstage.com
Nakul Dev Mahajan is known as Hollywood’s Bollywood choreographer and has, along with training students in the art of Bollywood dance at his Bollywood dance academies, been making contestants naach to the Hindi film music beat on the popular dance reality show So You Think You Can Dance (Sytycd) since Season 4. With many memorable numbers including his first to ‘Dhoom Taana’ featuring Sytycd super couple Joshua and Katee, the choreographer has, with a folk classic flavor, given audiences a wonderful view into this amazing dance style.
I recently chatted with the choreographer, in two wonderful interviews, about all things bolly-naach including his two numbers on Sytycd so far this season, his special judging appearance on a popular Indian dance reality show and so much more. I could present everything we chatted about in our fun and always fabulous conversations but would take way to long to read so please check out the highlights…...
I recently chatted with the choreographer, in two wonderful interviews, about all things bolly-naach including his two numbers on Sytycd so far this season, his special judging appearance on a popular Indian dance reality show and so much more. I could present everything we chatted about in our fun and always fabulous conversations but would take way to long to read so please check out the highlights…...
- 8/24/2015
- by Stacey Yount
- Bollyspice
Rolex presented New York New York a helluva town -- Career Transition For Dancers' 29th Anniversary Jubilee on Monday, October 6th, 2014 at New York City Center, 131 West 55 Street btwn. 6th amp 7th Aves., NYC followed by dinner at The Grand Ballroom at The Hilton New York. Angela Lansbury received the 2014 Rolex Dance Award. James Earl Jones, Ms. Lansbury's Driving Miss Daisy co-star, presented her with the award. The 2014 Career Transition For Dancers Outstanding Contributions to the World of Dance Awards honorees went to Janice Galli Becker, Fe Saracino Fendi, and Joe Tremaine amp Tremaine Dance Conventions amp Competitions. Scroll down for photos of the performances and starry attendees...
- 10/9/2014
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
They're here! After two months of taking nominations from you, the Backstage readers, the nominees for the 2014 Readers' Choice Awards are finally here! Starting Aug. 1, you'll have until Aug. 14 to cast your votes for your favorites here! Congratulations nominees! NYC Headshot Photographer Barry Morgenstein, Barry Morgenstein Photography Peter Hurley, Peter Hurley Photography Xanthe Elbrick, Xanthe Elbrick Photography Douglas Gorenstein, Douglas Gorenstein Photography Taylor Hooper, Taylor Hooper Photography L.A. Headshot Photographer Paul Smith, Paul:Smith Photographer Cathryn Farnsworth, Cathryn Farnsworth Photography David Muller, David Muller Photography Joanna Degeneres, Joanna Degeneres Photography Stephanie Girard, Stephanie Girard Headshots NYC Dance Studio Broadway Dance Center Steps on Broadway The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre Peridance Capezio Center Ripley-Grier Studios L.A. Dance Studio Edge Performing Arts Center Millennium Dance Complex Debbie Reynolds Dance Studios Blackbird, Blackbird Dance Company Joe Tremaine, Tremaine Dance Conventions NYC Audition Technique Teacher Ted Bardy, Ted Bardy Studio John Pallotta,...
- 7/31/2014
- backstage.com
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