Trade Dance Awards Honors Alan Shankman, Allison Holker, JoJo Siwa – Deadline

The 2022 Trade Dance Awards and Most cancers Profit Present will honor Adam Shankman, Allison Holder Boss, Jojo Siwa and extra on October 12.

Will Thomas (So You Assume You Can Dance) and Britt Stewart (Dancing With The Stars) will host the annual occasion that brings the worldwide dance neighborhood collectively in celebration of creativity, trade innovation, and the combat towards most cancers. The ceremony at Avalon Hollywood will acknowledge dancers, educators, pioneers, and icons are acknowledged for his or her excellent achievements and creative contributions to their craft.

Particular awards will likely be introduced all through the night. Shankman, a two-time Emmy Award-nominated and Bob Fosse Award-winning director, producer, and choreographer, will obtain the Dance Visionary Award. Holker Boss, a So You Assume You Can Dance all-star and Dancing With the Stars professional, will obtain the New Media Influencer award. TV persona Siwa will obtain the Trailblazer Award; dancer/influencer Kim Hale will obtain the Position Mannequin Award; Robin Antin, the artistic director and co-owner of PLAYGROUND LA and creator of The Pussycat Dolls, will get the Dance Icon Award, and Joe Tremaine, the Bob Fosse Award-winning instructor and choreographer, will earn the Lifetime Achievement Award.

Further classes will embody Greatest Hip-Hop Efficiency, Greatest Jazz Efficiency, Greatest Open/Ballet/Acro, Greatest Faucet, Greatest Lyrical, Greatest Novelty/Musical, Individuals’s Selection, and Choreography of the yr. 

The award ceremony will likely be introduced by Government Producer Noah Lands and directed/choreographed by Jackie Sleight. Adrian Ruiz and Matthew Diaz-Caldwell return as producers. Sponsors are Applause, Past The Stars, Vitality, Groove, KAR, Masquerade, Rainbow Dance, Highlight, Flip It Up, Adrenaline Dance, Hollywood Vibe, LA Dance Magic and Revive.