The nominees for the 2015 Fred and Adele Astaire Awards, which honor dancers and choreographers on Broadway and Hollywood:
Best Female Dancer:

Annaleigh Ashford – You Can’t Take it With You
Leanne Cope – American in Paris
Jill Paice – American in Paris
Megan Fairchild – On the Town
Erin Davie – Sideshow
Emily Padgett – Sideshow
XiaoChuan Xie – The King and I
Melanie Moore – Finding Neverland
Best Male Dancer:
Robert Fairchild – American in Paris
Clyde Alves – On the Town
Tony Yazbeck – On the Town
Jay Armstrong Johnson – On the Town
Phillip Attmore – On the Twentieth Century
Rick Faugno – On the Twentieth Century
Drew King – On the Twentieth Century
Richard Riaz Yoder – On the Twentieth Century

Christian Borle – Something Rotten!
Alex Sharp – The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Best Choreographer:
Christopher Wheeldon – American in Paris
Joshua Bergasse – On the Town
Christopher Gattelli – The King and I
Warren Carlyle – On the Twentieth Century
Casey Nicholaw – Something Rotten!
Scott Graham & Steven Hoggett for Frantic Assembly – The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Steven Hoggett – The Last Ship
Mia Michaels – Finding Neverland
Lifetime Achievement Award: Joel Grey
Outstanding Contribution to Musical Theatre and Film: Harvey Weinstein
The winners of the Astaire awards will be announced at a ceremony on June 1, 2015

