This is a list of winners of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Choreography. With the exception of 2013, the award is given at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremony.
Starting in 2019, separate awards are given for scripted programs and reality or variety programs.
Winners and nominations 1950s Year Program Episode Nominees Network 1955 The Jackie Gleason Show June Taylor CBS Max Liebman Spectaculars Rod AlexanderNBC Texaco Star Theatre "Here Comes Donald" Louis DaPron Your Hit Parade Tony Charmoli and Bob Herget 1956 Your Hit Parade "Show Biz" Tony Charmoli NBC The Jackie Gleason Show June Taylor CBS Max Liebman PresentsShower of Stars with Ethel Merman James Starbuck NBCCBS Max Liebman Spectaculars Rod AlexanderNBC Producers' Showcase "Peter Pan" Jerome Robbins 1959 An Evening with Fred Astaire Hermes Pan NBC Omnibus "Dancing: A Man's Game" Gene Kelly NBC
1970s Year Program Episode Nominees Network 1970 This Is Tom Jones "Mary Hopkins, Jose Feliciano and Shelley Berman" Norman Maen ABC Ann-Margret — From Hollywood with Love David WintersCBS The Red Skelton Hour Tom Hansen 1971 The Carol Burnett Show "Nanette Fabray and Ken Berry" Ernie Flatt CBS George M! Alan JohnsonNBC Hamlet Claude Chagrin 1972 Jack Lemmon in 'S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin Alan Johnson NBC The Carol Burnett Show "Mel Tormé and Nanette Fabray" Ernie Flatt CBS The Fabulous Fordies Tom Hansen NBC 1973 Liza with a Z Bob Fosse NBC The Carol Burnett Show "Family Show" Ernie Flatt CBS The Julie Andrews Hour "Robert Goulet and Joel Grey" Tony Charmoli ABC 1974 Mitzi... A Tribute to the American Housewife Tony Charmoli CBS The Carol Burnett Show "The Australia Show" Ernie Flatt CBS Sammy Davis Starring in NBC Follies Carl Jablonski NBC 1975 Queen of the Stardust Ballroom Marge Champion CBS Cher "Freddie Prinze and the Pointer Sisters" Dee Dee WoodCBS Shirley MacLaine: If They Could See Me Now Alan Johnson 1976 Gypsy in My Soul Tony Charmoli CBS Ann-Margret Smith Rob Iscove NBC The Carol Burnett Show "Roddy McDowall and Bernadette Peters" Ernie Flatt CBS Lola! Lester Wilson ABC Mary's Incredible Dream Tony Charmoli CBS 1977 America Salutes Richard Rodgers: The Sound of His Music Ron Field CBS The Carol Burnett Show "The Pointer Sisters" Ernie Flatt CBS Minstrel Man Donald McKayle The Shirley MacLaine Special: Where Do We Go from Here? Alan Johnson Swan Lake (Live from Lincoln Center) David Blair PBS 1978 The Sentry Collection Presents Ben Vereen: His Roots Ron Field ABC The Carol Burnett Show "The Final Show" Ernie Flatt CBS Mitzi... Zings Into Spring Tony Charmoli New York City Ballet: Coppelia (Live from Lincoln Center) George Balanchine and Alexandra Danilova PBS Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women Miriam Nelson NBC 1979 The 3rd Barry Manilow Special Kevin Carlisle ABC The Martha Graham Dance Company: Clytemnestra (Great Performances) Martha Graham PBS The Muppets Go Hollywood Anita Mann CBS
1980s Year Program Episode Nominees Network 1980 Outstanding Achievement in Choreography Shirley MacLaine... Every Little Moment Alan Johnson CBS Baryshnikov on Broadway Ron Field ABC Uptown — A Musical Comedy History of Harlem's Apollo Lester Wilson NBC Outstanding Individual Achievement - Special EventsAs a juried award, nominees had to garner 50% approval to win the award. The nominees did not meet the benchmark and no award was given. The 52nd Annual Academy Awards "Dancin' on the Silver Screen" Walter Painter ABC 1981 Lynda Carter's Celebration Walter Painter CBS Lily: Sold Out Tony Charmoli CBS Sixty Years of Seduction Lester Wilson ABC The Tempest Live with the San Francisco Ballet (Great Performances) Michael Smuin PBS The Tim Conway Show "219" Don Crichton CBS 1982 Fame "Come One, Come All" Debbie Allen NBC The 54th Annual Academy Awards Walter Painter ABC Ain't Misbehavin' Arthur Faria NBC Baryshnikov in Hollywood Peter Anastos and Michael KiddCBS Shirley MacLaine... Illusions Alan Johnson 1983 Fame "Class Act" Debbie Allen NBC The 55th Annual Academy Awards Walter Painter ABC The Catherine Wheel Twyla Tharp PBS Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever Lester Wilson NBC 1984 Dance in America: A Song for Dead Warriors — San Francisco Ballet (Great Performances) Michael Smuin PBS Dance in America: Choreographer's Notebook — Stravinsky Piano Ballets by Peter Martins (Great Performances) Peter Martins PBS Fame "Fame Takes a Look at Music '83" Debbie Allen Syndicated The 1984 Tony Awards Albert Stephenson CBS 1985 Dance in America: Baryshnikov by Tharp with the American Ballet Theatre (Great Performances) Twyla Tharp PBS The 57th Annual Academy Awards Scott Salmon ABC Fame "The Rivalry" Debbie Allen Syndicated Night of 100 Stars II Albert Stephenson ABC A Solid Gold Christmas Anita Mann Syndicated 1986 Sylvia Fine Kaye's Musical Comedy Tonight III (Great Performances) Walter Painter PBS Copacabana Grover DaleCBS Solid Gold "Salute to Frank Sinatra" Anita Mann Syndicated 1987 Liberty Weekend 1986 — Closing Ceremonies Michael Peters and Dee Dee Wood ABC Happy Birthday, Hollywood Walter PainterABC Moonlighting "Big Man on Mulberry Street" Bill Landrum and Jacqui Landrum 1988 Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration Alan Johnson CBS Celebrating Gershwin (Great Performances) Patricia Birch PBS The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour "Four Swans" Toni Basil CBS The Tracey Ullman Show "The Pits" Paula Abdul Fox 1989 The Disney/MGM Studios Theme Park Grand Opening Walter Painter NBC The Tracey Ullman Show "The Wave Girls", "D.U.I.", "The Cure", "Maggie in Peril, Part 1" Paula Abdul Fox The Debbie Allen Special Debbie Allen ABC
1990s Year Program Episode Nominees Network 1990 The 17th Annual American Music Awards Paula Abdul, Dean Barlow and Michael Darrin ABC In Living Color "Episode 105" Rosie Perez Fox Polly Debbie Allen NBC Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music "Peanut Butter Ballet" Jacques d'Amboise PBS 1991 Motown 30: What's Goin' On! "African American Odyssey" Debbie Allen CBS After the Shock Lester Wilson USA The Josephine Baker Story George Faison HBO 1992 Paul Taylor's "Speaking in Tongues" (Dance in America / Great Performances) Paul Taylor PBS The 64th Annual Academy Awards Debbie Allen ABC Comic Relief V Lester Wilson HBO In Living Color "Episode 307" Rosie Perez Fox Stompin' at the Savoy Norma Miller CBS 1993 The Jacksons: An American Dream Michael Peters ABC The 65th Annual Academy Awards Debbie Allen ABC Bob Hope: The First 90 Years Don Crichton NBC In Living Color "Episode 419" Rosie Perez Fox Liza Minnelli: Live from Radio City Music Hall Susan Stroman NPT 1994 Comedy Hall of Fame Linda Talcott NBC 1995 Two by Dove (Great Performances / Dance in America) Ulysses Dove PBS The 22nd American Music Awards Jamie KingABC The 67th Annual Academy Awards Debbie Allen House of Buggin' "Episode 102" Ken Roberson Fox In Search of Dr. Seuss Vincent Paterson and Smith Wordes TNT 1996 1995 Miss America Pageant Anita Mann and Charonne Mose NBC Comic Relief VII Vincent PatersonHBO The Ice Princess Michael Seibert 1995 MTV Video Music Awards Michael Jackson performance Travis Payne and LaVelle Smith Jr. MTV Pride and Prejudice "Part 1" Jane Gibson A&E 1997 Scott Hamilton: Upside Down Sarah Kawahara PBS 3rd Rock from the Sun "A Nightmare on Dick Street" Marguerite Derricks NBC The Drew Carey Show "New York and Queens" Keith Young ABC Miss Evers' Boys Dianne McIntyre HBO Mrs. Santa Claus Rob Marshall ABC The Wrecker's Ball: Three Dances by Paul Taylor Paul Taylor PBS 1998 Fame L.A. "Pilot" Marguerite Derricks and Peggy Holmes Syndicated 1997 Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon Anita Mann Syndicated Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella Rob MarshallABC The 70th Annual Academy Awards Daniel Ezralow 1999 Dance in America: A Hymn for Alvin Ailey (Great Performances) Judith Jamison PBS Goodwill Games Opening Celebration Marguerite Derricks TBS Janet: The Velvet Rope Michael Andrews, Teresa Espinosa, Tina Landon and Robert Vinson HBO The 71st Annual Academy Awards Debbie Allen ABC Tracey Takes On... "Drugs" Joseph MaloneHBO UniverSoul Circus "Straps" Jean Claude Belmat
2000s Year Program Episode Nominees Network 2000 Annie Rob Marshall ABC Cher: Live in Concert – From the MGM Grand in Las Vegas Dorian Sanchez HBO Ice Wars Brian Boitano and Marguerite Derricks CBS Introducing Dorothy Dandridge Kim Blank HBO The Drew Carey Show "Drew and Kate Boink" Jerry Mitchell ABC 2001 Blast! Jim Moore, George Pinney and Jon Vanderkolff PBS Bojangles Henry Tang Showtime Grounded for Life "Mrs. Finnerty, You Have a Lovely Daughter" Kenny Ortega Fox Miss America 2000 Barry Lather ABC Peter Pan Starring Cathy Rigby Patti ColomboA&E Target Stars on Ice Sandra Bezic, Christopher Dean, Lea Ann Miller, Michael Seibert and Jayne Torvill 2002 The 74th Annual Academy Awards Debra Brown ABC Opening Ceremony Salt Lake 2002 Olympic Winter Games Doug Jack, Sarah Kawahara and Kenny Ortega NBC MADtv "Episode 701" Monie Adamson Fox Madonna Live: The Drowned World Tour Debra Brown, Jamie King and Alex Magno HBO Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration Glenn Douglas Packard and Brian Thomas CBS Target Stars on Ice Sandra Bezic, Christopher Dean, Michael Seibert and Jayne Torvill A&E 2003 Smucker's Stars on Ice Sandra Bezic, A.C. Ciulla, Christopher Dean, Jamie Isley and Michael Seibert A&E Boston Public "Chapter 61" Joseph Malone Fox Celine in Las Vegas: Opening Night Live Mia Michaels CBS Meredith Willson's The Music Man Kathleen Marshall ABC 2004 2003 Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon Jason Samuels Smith Syndicated MADtv "Episode 925" Monie AdamsonFox Malcolm in the Middle "Dewey's Special Class" Fred Tallaksen Smucker's Stars on Ice 2004 Christopher Dean and Jamie Isley A&E 2005 Smucker's Stars on Ice 2005 Christopher Dean A&E A Christmas Carol Dan Siretta NBC MADtv "Episode 1023" Monie Adamson Fox Reefer Madness Mary Ann Kellogg Showtime 36th NAACP Image Awards Jeffrey Page, Anthony Talauega and Richmond Talauega Fox 2006 High School Musical Charles Klapow, Kenny Ortega and Bonnie Story DisneyDancing with the Stars "Episode 208 (Freestyle)" Cheryl BurkeABC "Episode 204 (Paso Doble)" Cheryl Burke, Nick Kosovich "Episode 208 (Jive)" Tony Dovolani Malcolm in the Middle "Bomb Shelter" Fred Tallaksen Fox The Suite Life of Zack & Cody "Commercial Breaks" Travis Payne Disney 2007So You Think You Can Dance "Calling You" Mia MichaelsFox "Ramalama (Bang Bang)" Wade Robson Tony Bennett: An American Classic Rob Marshall and John DeLuca NBC Dancing with the Stars "Episode 303A" Louis Van Amstel ABC 2008 So You Think You Can Dance "Hummingbird and Flower", "The Chairman's Waltz" Wade Robson Fox Dancing with the Stars "Para Los Rumberos" Julianne Hough ABC High School Musical 2 "What Time Is It?", "Fabulous", "Work This Out", "I Don't Dance", "You Are the Music in Me", "For One" Kenny Ortega, Charles Klapow and Bonnie Story DisneySo You Think You Can Dance "Table", "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" Mandy MooreFox "Transformers", "Fuego" Shane Sparks 2009 The 81st Annual Academy Awards "Musicals Are Back" Rob Ashford ABC So You Think You Can Dance "Adam and Eve", "Silence" Tyce Diorio Fox Dancing with the Stars "Great Balls of Fire" Derek Hough and Julianne Hough ABCSo You Think You Can Dance "A Los Amigos" Dmitry ChaplinFox "Bleeding Love" Tabitha and Napoleon D'umo "Mercy" Mia Michaels
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