Chita Rivera Award for Outstanding Female Dancer in an Off-Broadway Show
The Chita Rivera Award for Outstanding Female Dancer in an Off-Broadway Show was an annual award presented to a female dancer for their work on an Off-Broadway production. The award was added in the 2015-2016 season, the final year the awards were known as the Fred and Adele Astaire Awards.
The award was established in 2016, and was subsequently replaced by the gender-neutral Outstanding Dancers in an Off-Broadway Show in 2023.
Winners and nominees
2010s
Year |
Recipient |
Production |
Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
2016 |
Rumi Oyama |
Sayonara |
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Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer |
The Robber Bridegroom |
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Ellen Zolezzi |
Cagney |
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2017 |
Lyrica Woodruff |
Finian's Rainbow |
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Emily Padgett |
Sweet Charity |
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Nikka Graff Lanzarone |
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Asmeret Ghebremichael |
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Yesenia Ayala |
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2018 |
Monica Bill Barnes |
One Night Only |
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Anna Bass |
One Night Only |
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Elizabeth Carena |
Ghost Light |
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Tiffany Mann |
Jerry Springer: The Opera |
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Kenita Miller |
Bella |
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2019 |
Irina Dvorovenko |
The Beast in the Jungle |
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Emma Degerstedt |
Smokey Joe's Cafe |
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Dionne D. Figgins |
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Mia Dilena |
Alice by Heart |
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Naomi Kakuk |
The Beast in the Jungle |
2020s
Year |
Recipient |
Production |
Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
2020 |
No awards ceremony held due to COVID-19 pandemic. |
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2021 |
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2022 |
No award given. |
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2023 |
Gaby Diaz |
Only Gold |
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