Academy Award for Best Dance Direction
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The Academy Award for Best Dance Direction was a short-lived Oscar category from the 1930s that honored choreographers for outstanding dance sequences in motion pictures.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Academy Award for Best Choreography | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Academy Award category ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Oscar for Best Dance Direction NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appliesToWork | feature films ⓘ |
| awardCeremonyLocation | Los Angeles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardFor |
choreography in motion pictures
ⓘ
outstanding dance direction in film ⓘ |
| awardType | competitive award ⓘ |
| categoryScope | individual dance sequences rather than entire films ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| disestablished | late 1930s ⓘ |
| field |
choreography
ⓘ
dance ⓘ |
| firstAwarded | 1936 ⓘ |
| genreFocus | musical films ⓘ |
| hasCategoryDuration | 3 years ⓘ |
| hasNominee |
Bobby Connolly
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Busby Berkeley NERFINISHED ⓘ Fred Astaire NERFINISHED ⓘ Hermes Pan NERFINISHED ⓘ LeRoy Prinz NERFINISHED ⓘ Sammy Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ Seymour Felix NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWinner |
Bobby Connolly
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Busby Berkeley NERFINISHED ⓘ Dave Gould NERFINISHED ⓘ Hermes Pan NERFINISHED ⓘ LeRoy Prinz NERFINISHED ⓘ Sammy Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ Seymour Felix NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalContext | created during the Golden Age of Hollywood musicals ⓘ |
| inception | 1935 ⓘ |
| industry | film industry ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| lastAwarded | 1938 ⓘ |
| notableAspect | one of the shortest-lived competitive Oscar categories ⓘ |
| notableFor | recognizing choreographers as primary creative contributors ⓘ |
| notableWinner |
Dave Gould for "Broadway Melody of 1936"
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Hermes Pan for "A Damsel in Distress" ⓘ Seymour Felix for "The Great Ziegfeld" ⓘ |
| organizer | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Academy Awards NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| periodOfUse | 1930s ⓘ |
| presentedBy | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ⓘ |
| reasonForAbolition | category discontinued after Academy reorganization of craft awards ⓘ |
| selectionProcess | voted on by Academy members ⓘ |
| shortName | Best Dance Direction NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | discontinued ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered | films released in the mid-1930s ⓘ |
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Academy Award for Best Choreography