Here's the Full List of the 2020 World Choreography Award Nominees

October 27, 2020

We at Dance Spirit are *huge* fans of awards shows—particularly, awards shows that highlight dance. So naturally, we’re extra-huge fans of the World Choreography Awards, which have recognized and celebrated all the fabulous choreography happening in movies, TV shows, commercials, and on stages for a full decade.

For the WCA 10th anniversary, the winners of the nine categories—spanning stage and screen—will be announced at the Virtual Live Stream Ceremony on December 8th. We can’t wait to see which of our fave choreographers takes home a “Choreo.” Get excited by checking out the full list of nominees below.


TELEVISION EPISODIC


ASHLEY WALLEN: “American Housewife”

JAMES ALSOP: “Soundtrack”

MARGUERITE DERRICKS: “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”


FRED TALLAKSEN: “Goliath”

KATHRYN BURNS: “The Morning Show”

TELEVISION AWARD SHOW/SPECIAL


JEMEL McWILLIAMS: Grammys — Janelle Monáe

TESSANDRA CHAVEZ: Christmas in Rockefeller Center — Derek Hough

DANI VITALE: American Music Awards — Halsey

CALVIT HODGE, Associate Choreographer and SARA BIV: Grammys — Camila Cabello

TESSANDRA CHAVEZ, DEREK HOUGH, and JULIANNE HOUGH: Holidays with The Hough’s

MUSIC VIDEO


TESSANDRA CHAVEZ: Blake McGrath, “Innervention”

ASHLEY WALLEN: P!nk, “Walk Me Home”

PARRIS GOEBEL: Sam Smith, “How Do You Sleep”

JA COLLECTIVE: Half·Alive, “Breakfast”

TESSANDRA CHAVEZ: Derek Hough, “Star is Born”

MOTION PICTURE


JAMAL SIMS: Aladdin

ANDY BLANKENBUELER: Cats

ADAM MURRAY: Rocketman

KENNY ORTEGA and JAMAL SIMS: Descendants 3

TYCE DIORIO, Associate Choreographer and PHILLIP CHBEEB: High Strung: Free Dance

TELEVISION REALITY SHOW/COMPETITION


SURESH MUKUND: “World of Dance,” “The Kings”

BRIAR NOLET, JORDAN CLARK, and ALLAIN LUPIEN: “World of Dance,” “Briar Nolet”

MANDY MOORE: “So You Think You Can Dance,” “Cats”

DERION LOMAN and MADISON OLANDT: “World of Dance,” “Derion and Madison”

DEREK HOUGH, MICHAEL DAMESKI, CHARITY ANDERSON, and ANDRES PENATE: “World of Dance,” “Pushin On”

COMMERCIALS


AARON SILLIS: Saint Laurent

DENNA THOMSEN: Reebok

KATHRYN BURNS: Pandora

FATIMA ROBINSON: “Grown-ish”

KAVITA RAO: Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

DIGITAL CONTENT INDEPENDENT


MICHAEL DAMESKI: “Empty Space”

KINJAZ: “Wow”

KEONE MADRID: “Rec Time”

TOBIAS ELLEHAMMER: “Scream”

JONATHAN REDAVID: “Come Together”

DIGITAL CONTENT

KINJAZ: “HyperFlex”

KIEL TUTIN: “Womxnly”

PARRIS GOEBEL: “Do You”

JULIANNE WATERS: “Dance Like A Dad”

LEO MOCTEZUMA: “Breathe On Me”

LIVE STAGE PERFORMANCE FOR BROADCAST


KINJAZ: Manband

KIEL TUTIN: iHeart Fiesta — JLo

KATHRYN BURNS : Yes, It’s Really Us Singing: The Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Concert

BRIAN and SCOTT NICHOLSON: Lollapalooza — Ariana Grande

CHRIS BROWN, JAQUEL KNIGHT, JOE BROWN, and JAMAL JOSEF: 7-11 Homecoming — Beyoncé