Academy Award for Best Dance Direction facts for kids
The Academy Award for Best Dance Direction was a special Oscar award given out for a short time, from 1935 to 1937. This award honored the people who created the amazing dance routines in movies. It was stopped because other movie directors felt it wasn't needed.
Interestingly, a movie starring the famous Marx Brothers called A Day at the Races (1937) was nominated for this award. Their nomination was for a dance number called "All God's Chillun Got Rhythm". This was the only time a Marx Brothers film ever received an Oscar nomination!
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Who Won the Award?
The Academy Award for Best Dance Direction was only given out three times. Here are the talented people who won:
1935: The First Winners
In 1935, the first winners of this award were for two different films.
- Dave Gould won for his work on Broadway Melody of 1936 (for the dance "I've Got a Feeling You're Fooling") and Folies Bergère de Paris (for the dance "Straw Hat").
Many other talented dance directors were nominated that year, including LeRoy Prinz, Bobby Connolly, Busby Berkeley, Sammy Lee, Benjamin Zemach, and Hermes Pan.
1936: A Single Winner
In 1936, only one person won the award.
- Seymour Felix won for the dance number "A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody" in the movie The Great Ziegfeld.
Other nominees that year included Dave Gould, Bobby Connolly, Russell Lewis, Busby Berkeley, Jack Haskell, and Hermes Pan.
1937: The Final Award
The last time this award was given out was in 1937.
- Hermes Pan won for the "Fun House" dance in A Damsel in Distress.
Nominees for this final award included Sammy Lee, Dave Gould, Bobby Connolly, Harry Losee, Busby Berkeley, and LeRoy Prinz.
More About the Oscars
If you're interested in learning more about other movies that have been nominated for Academy Awards, you can check out the List of Academy Award–nominated films.
See also
In Spanish: Anexo:Óscar a la mejor coreografía para niños
