Paula Abdul is set to be honored with the Legacy Award for her distinguished contributions to the art and craft of choreography.
Abdul will be celebrated at the 15th World Choreography Awards. They have released its list of nominees ahead of its Nov. 17 ceremony.
The choreographers and teams behind “Wicked” (Christopher Scott), “Better Man” (Ashley Wallen), “Emilia Pérez” (Damien Jalet), Dua Lipa’s “Illusion” video (Charm La’Donna), Childish Gambino’s “Little Foot Big Foot” video (Shay Latukolan), the “Wonderful World of Disney Holiday Spectacular” (Tessandra Chavez), the Grammy’s “Fantasia” performance (Fatima Robinson), the Oscar’s “I’m Just Ken” performance (Mandy Moore) and “Beyoncé Bowl” (Tyrik J. Patterson, Charm La’Donna, Christopher Grant, Parris Goebel) are among this year’s nominees.
“This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see the very best dance content in the world on one stage, for one night only,” explains founder and producer Allen Walls.
An Emmy and Grammy award-winning singer, dancer, choreographer, actress, producer and television personality, Abdul has showcased her choreography talents both in front of and behind the camera over an illustrious career.
She is best known for her dance-pop discography and for serving as one of the inaugural judges on “American Idol.” She began her career as a cheerleader for the Los Angeles Lakers and later became the lead choreographer for the Laker Girls.
She also has choreography credits on several films including “Coming To America,” “Jerry Maguire” and “American Beauty” and has served as a judge on “The X Factor,” “Live to Dance,” “So You Think You Can Dance” and “The Masked Dancer”
The show will also feature live performances from Asadi & Xye, Monika Felice Smith and JA Collective.
The ceremony will take place at the Avalon Hollywood in Los Angeles.
See the full list of nominees below:
COMMERCIALS
Sergio Reis – Calvin Klein
Tanisha Scott – Walmart
Denna Thomsen – SiriusXM
Shay Latukolan- GAP x Jungle
Tyrik J. Patterson, Associate Marie Spieldenne – On Running
TELEVISION REALITY/VARIETY SHOW
Nastya Yurasova- “Allegiant Of Dance”
Derek Hough – “Dancing with the Stars,” “Beautiful Things”
Paris Cavanagh – “America’s Got Talent,” “Brent Street,” “The Search”
Mark Ballas & Derek Hough – “Dancing with the Stars,” “Libratango”
Paris Cavanagh – “America’s Got Talent,” “Brent Street,” “You Should See Me in a Crown”
DIGITAL CONTENT
Derrick Schradwer – “Musica”
Nina McNeely – “De Profvndis”
Ahsley Wallen – “Dubai Tourism”
Monika Felice Smith – “We Rise”
Nina McNeely – “She Dreamt Alone”
TELEVISION EPISODIC
Nastya Yurasova – “Life On Call”
Brooke Lipton – “Palm Royale”
Cris Judd – “Bob Hearts Abishola”
Kyle Hamagami – “Emily In Paris”
Shannon Lewis – “Saturday Night Live,” “Gladiator 2 The Musical”
TELEVISION AWARD SHOW/SPECIAL
Jay Revell – “Worlds 2024”
Mandy Moore – Academy Awards, “I’m Just Ken”
Tessandra Chavez – “Wonderful World of Disney Holiday Spectacular”
Fatima Robinson, Associate, Ria Rivera – Grammy Awards, “Fantasia”
Tyrik J. Patterson, Charm La’Donna, Christopher Grant, Parris Goebel, Associates, Taya Lee and Candice Savage – “Beyoncé Bowl”
DIGITAL CONTENT INDEPENDENT
Ja Collective – “Robot Research”
Robbie Blue – “F**k To The Beat”
Lombard Twins – “Fuga y Misterio”
Sergio Reis – “Somebody That I Used To Know”
Erica Klein – “Last Night I Heard Everything In Slow Motion”
MUSIC VIDEO
Charm La’Donna – Dua Lipa, “Illusion”
Zoi Tatopoulos – FKA twigs, “Eusexua”
Shay Latukolan – Jungle, “Let’s Go Back”
Keone Madrid – NCT Dream, “When I’m With You”
Shay Latukolan – Childish Gambino, “Little Foot Big Foot”
MOTION PICTURE
Damien Jalet – “Emilia Pérez”
Ashley Wallen – “Descendants: The Rise of Red”
Keone Madrid & Mariel Madrid – “Space & Time”
Ashley Wallen, Associate, Jenny Griffin – “Better Man”
Christopher Scott, Associates, Will Loftis, Emilio Dosal, Comfort Fedoke, Leah Hill – “Wicked”