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=Chita Rivera Awards Categories=

Broadway

 * Chita Rivera Award for Outstanding Choreography in a Broadway Show
 * Chita Rivera Award for Outstanding Dancer in a Broadway Show
 * Chita Rivera Award for Outstanding Ensemble in a Broadway Show

Retired Awards

 * Chita Rivera Award for Outstanding Male Dancer in a Broadway Show
 * Chita Rivera Award for Outstanding Female Dancer in a Broadway Show

Off-Broadway

 * Chita Rivera Award for Outstanding Dancer in an Off-Broadway Show
 * Chita Rivera Award for Outstanding Choreography in an Off-Broadway Show
 * Chita Rivera Award for Outstanding Ensemble in an Off-Broadway Show

Retired Awards

 * Chita Rivera Award for Outstanding Male Dancer in an Off-Broadway Show
 * Chita Rivera Award for Outstanding Female Dancer in an Off-Broadway Show

Film

 * Chita Rivera Award for Outstanding Choreography in Film
 * Chita Rivera Award for Outstanding Direction in a Documentary Release

Special Recognition

 * Douglas Watt Lifetime Achievement Award
 * Ambassadors for the Arts Award
 * Douglas and Ethel Watt Critics’ Choice Award

Broadway
The 2000 Astaire Awards were the first in the 19-year history of the program where nominees were announced in each category, adding an element of suspense and broadening the scope of the awards in an effort to increase awareness and appreciation for the importance of dance on Broadway. Fred & Adele Astaire Awards (renamed for 2008 return)

Chita Rivera Award for Outstanding Choreography in a Film
Formerly, "Outstanding Choreography for a Theatrical Release"

2020s
(THREE YEAR HIATUS SO NO 2005, 2006, 2007)

Douglas Watt Lifetime Achievement Award
Inaugural award presented in 2008 (https://www.playbill.com/article/astaire-awards-honoring-tune-ashford-liff-olivo-and-scott-presented-june-2-com-150550)

Renamed Lifetime Achievement Award at inaugural Chita Rivera Award