Photo Coverage: 30th Annual Fred & Adele Astaire Awards Honor Liza Minnelli & More!

By: Jun. 05, 2012
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Chita Rivera, Tony Danza, Susan Stroman, AlBert Maysles, John Turturro, Tamara Tunie, Karen Ziemba, Melissa Errico, and more were among the star presenters at last night's 30th Annual Fred & Adele Astaire Awards at New York University's Skirball Center for the Performing Arts. The Astaire Awards are the only awards show to honor excellence in dance and choreography on Broadway and in film and were first started in 1982 by the late Fred Astaire and the late Douglas Watt (a critic and writer for the NY Daily News and The New Yorker). BroadwayWorld was on hand for the evening and brings you photo coverage of the ceremony below!.

Honorees this year included Hugh Jackman, Ricky Martin, Matthew Broderick and the films The Artist and Footloose. Liza Minnelli was the recipient of the Douglas Watt Lifetime Achievement Award.

This year Astaire Awards also began a new tradition, paying tribute to the career and work of a choreographer and dancer during the awards. Last night, Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon were remembered. The ceremony was dedicated to Tony and Oscar-winning producer Marty Richards, a longtime friend of the awards.

The Astaire Awards are presented each year by Ava Astaire (Fred Astaire's daughter) and Patricia Watt (the daughter of Douglas Watt). The awards also feature direction from Joe Lanteri, who is the Executive Director of the New York City Dance Alliance and also a teacher at the Juilliard School.

For more information on The Astaire Awards, visit www.TheAstaireAwards.org.

Photo Credit: Jennifer Broski

Photo Coverage: 30th Annual Fred & Adele Astaire Awards Honor Liza Minnelli & More!

Photo Coverage: 30th Annual Fred & Adele Astaire Awards Honor Liza Minnelli & More!
Luke Spring

Photo Coverage: 30th Annual Fred & Adele Astaire Awards Honor Liza Minnelli & More!
Ava Astaire McKenzie, Patricia Watt

Photo Coverage: 30th Annual Fred & Adele Astaire Awards Honor Liza Minnelli & More!
Kathleen Raitt

Photo Coverage: 30th Annual Fred & Adele Astaire Awards Honor Liza Minnelli & More!
Kathleen Raitt

Photo Coverage: 30th Annual Fred & Adele Astaire Awards Honor Liza Minnelli & More!
Jessica Zippin

Photo Coverage: 30th Annual Fred & Adele Astaire Awards Honor Liza Minnelli & More!
John Turturro, AlBert Maysles

Photo Coverage: 30th Annual Fred & Adele Astaire Awards Honor Liza Minnelli & More!
Joe Lanteri

Photo Coverage: 30th Annual Fred & Adele Astaire Awards Honor Liza Minnelli & More!
Shannen O'Neill

Photo Coverage: 30th Annual Fred & Adele Astaire Awards Honor Liza Minnelli & More!
Rob Ashford

Photo Coverage: 30th Annual Fred & Adele Astaire Awards Honor Liza Minnelli & More!
Rob Ashford, Shannen O'Neill

Photo Coverage: 30th Annual Fred & Adele Astaire Awards Honor Liza Minnelli & More!
Christopher Gattelli

Photo Coverage: 30th Annual Fred & Adele Astaire Awards Honor Liza Minnelli & More!
Newsies dancers

Photo Coverage: 30th Annual Fred & Adele Astaire Awards Honor Liza Minnelli & More!
Newsies dancers

Photo Coverage: 30th Annual Fred & Adele Astaire Awards Honor Liza Minnelli & More!
Newsies dancers

Photo Coverage: 30th Annual Fred & Adele Astaire Awards Honor Liza Minnelli & More!
Chita Rivera

Photo Coverage: 30th Annual Fred & Adele Astaire Awards Honor Liza Minnelli & More!
Fosse dancers

Photo Coverage: 30th Annual Fred & Adele Astaire Awards Honor Liza Minnelli & More!
Fosse dancers

Photo Coverage: 30th Annual Fred & Adele Astaire Awards Honor Liza Minnelli & More!
Joe Morton

Photo Coverage: 30th Annual Fred & Adele Astaire Awards Honor Liza Minnelli & More!
Chita Rivera

Photo Coverage: 30th Annual Fred & Adele Astaire Awards Honor Liza Minnelli & More!
Tony Danza

Photo Coverage: 30th Annual Fred & Adele Astaire Awards Honor Liza Minnelli & More!
Marvin Hamlisch

Photo Coverage: 30th Annual Fred & Adele Astaire Awards Honor Liza Minnelli & More!
Dancers

Photo Coverage: 30th Annual Fred & Adele Astaire Awards Honor Liza Minnelli & More!
Mikhail Baryshnikov

Photo Coverage: 30th Annual Fred & Adele Astaire Awards Honor Liza Minnelli & More!
Mikhail Baryshnikov

Photo Coverage: 30th Annual Fred & Adele Astaire Awards Honor Liza Minnelli & More!
Mikhail Baryshnikov, Liza Minnelli, Tony Danza

Photo Coverage: 30th Annual Fred & Adele Astaire Awards Honor Liza Minnelli & More!
Liza Minnelli

Photo Coverage: 30th Annual Fred & Adele Astaire Awards Honor Liza Minnelli & More!
Liza Minnelli

Photo Coverage: 30th Annual Fred & Adele Astaire Awards Honor Liza Minnelli & More!
Liza Minnelli

Photo Coverage: 30th Annual Fred & Adele Astaire Awards Honor Liza Minnelli & More!
Marvin Hamlisch, Liza Minnelli, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Tony Danza

Photo Coverage: 30th Annual Fred & Adele Astaire Awards Honor Liza Minnelli & More!
Karen Ziemba

Photo Coverage: 30th Annual Fred & Adele Astaire Awards Honor Liza Minnelli & More!
Leslie Odom Jr.

Photo Coverage: 30th Annual Fred & Adele Astaire Awards Honor Liza Minnelli & More!
Leslie Odom Jr.

Photo Coverage: 30th Annual Fred & Adele Astaire Awards Honor Liza Minnelli & More!
Lee Roy Reams, Melissa Errico

Photo Coverage: 30th Annual Fred & Adele Astaire Awards Honor Liza Minnelli & More!
Lisa Nicole Wilkerson

Photo Coverage: 30th Annual Fred & Adele Astaire Awards Honor Liza Minnelli & More!
Josh Bergasse, Susan Stroman

Photo Coverage: 30th Annual Fred & Adele Astaire Awards Honor Liza Minnelli & More!
Ron Brown

Photo Coverage: 30th Annual Fred & Adele Astaire Awards Honor Liza Minnelli & More!
Kyle Dean Massey and Steppin' Out

Photo Coverage: 30th Annual Fred & Adele Astaire Awards Honor Liza Minnelli & More!
Kyle Dean Massey

Photo Coverage: 30th Annual Fred & Adele Astaire Awards Honor Liza Minnelli & More!
Steppin' Out

Photo Coverage: 30th Annual Fred & Adele Astaire Awards Honor Liza Minnelli & More!
Steppin' Out

Photo Coverage: 30th Annual Fred & Adele Astaire Awards Honor Liza Minnelli & More!
Steppin' Out

Photo Coverage: 30th Annual Fred & Adele Astaire Awards Honor Liza Minnelli & More!
Steppin' Out

Photo Coverage: 30th Annual Fred & Adele Astaire Awards Honor Liza Minnelli & More!
Kyle Dean Massey and Steppin' Out

Photo Coverage: 30th Annual Fred & Adele Astaire Awards Honor Liza Minnelli & More!



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