Nominations for the 29th annual Fred & Adele Astaire Awards, which honor outstanding achievement in dance on Broadway and film, have been announced. The awards will be presented on May 15 at Skirball Center for the Performing Arts at New York University in a ceremony directed by Joe Lanteri. Catch Me If You Can leads the list with six nominations, and Broadway stars such as Daniel Radcliffe, Sutton Foster, Nick Adams, Aaron Tveit and Josh Gad received individual Astaire nods. Legendary dancer, choreographer and teacher Jacques D’Amboise will receive the 2011 Douglas Watt Lifetime Achievement Award. A complete list of nominations is as follows:
 	
 	Broadway Choreographer
 	Rob Ashford, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
 	Marguerite Derricks, Wonderland
 	Kathleen Marshall, Anything Goes
 	Jerry Mitchell, Catch Me if You Can 
 	Toby Sedgwick, War Horse
 	Susan Stroman, The Scottsboro Boys
 	Anthony Van Laast, Sister Act 
 	Danny Medford, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson
 	Casey Nicholaw, The Book of Mormon
 	
 	Female Dancer, Broadway
 	Rachel de Benedet, Catch Me if You Can
 	Sutton Foster, Anything Goes
 	Jennifer Frankel, Catch Me if You Can
 	J. Elaine Marcos, Priscilla Queen of the Desert
 	Patina Miller, Sister Act 
 	Laura Osnes, Anything Goes
 	Angie Schworer, Catch Me If You ...
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Catch Me If You Can, Daniel Radcliffe, Sutton Foster & More Earn Astaire Award Nominations
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