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28th Annual Fred & Adele Astaire Awards
06/07/2010 - By Gerald W. Lynch Theater

28th Annual Fred & Adele Astaire Awards

From the glam of old Hollywood to the hip-hop of New York streets, dance in all its magic was celebrated with gusto at the 2010 Fred & Adele Astaire Awards June 6th at the beautifully appointed Gerald W. Lynch at John Jay College, an ideal venue for

dance. The Douglas Watt Lifetime Achievement Award named for the late esteemed critic and co-founder of the Awards was presented to the legendary director and choreographer Kenny Ortega of “This is it” and “High School Musical” fame by Grammy winner Roberta Flack. The gracious host for the evening was Ben Vereen who also performed with award winning actor and director Lee Roy Reams.

The two hour + show featured numerous show-stoppers and magical moments: Reams dancing with a stream of leading ladies including Carol Lawrence, Sondra Lee, Mercedes Ellington and Melanie La Patin; touching tributes to their fathers by Ava Astaire and Patricia Watt; a marvelous dance salute to Michael Jackson choreographed by Bronwen Carson; performances by cast members of “Fela”, “Come Fly Away”, “Ragtime” and “Memphis”; Ronald K. Brown’s acclaimed Evidence, A Dance Company performing “Exotica” to commemorate their 25th Anniversary; “Dancing With The Stars” Cheryl Burke, Tony Dovolani and Maksim Chmerkovskiy and Peta Roby. The exuberant youngsters from The Art of Dance and GEO amazed with their talent and athleticism; a brilliant finale “Puttin’ on The Ritz” choreographed by Tricia Brouk drew the audience to its feet and the delightful banter between two show business legends Kenny Ortega and Roberta Flack was a delight. All of this and so much more made this one of the most unforgettable nights at the theater.

Among those applauding wildly were acclaimed actor & director Bob Balaban, award winning choreographer Patricia Birch, Tony award winning director Jerry Mitchell, Reginald Van Lee with Joyce Mullins-Jackson, Jean Shafiroff, Caroline Lieberman, “Real Housewives of New York” star Sonja Morgan, Lauren and Bob Roberts, Roberta Silbert, Alexander Dube.

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