Academy Award for Best Dance Direction

The Academy Awards for Best Dance Direction (1935–1937 only)

• 1935 Dave Gould – Broadway Melody of 1936 ("I've Got a Feeling You're Fooling") and Folies Bergere ("Straw Hat")
  • Busby Berkeley – Gold Diggers of 1935 ("Lullaby of Broadway") and ("Words Are in My Heart")
  • Bobby Connolly – Broadway Hostess ("Playboy from Paree") and Go into Your Dance ("Latin from Manhattan")
  • Sammy Lee – King of Burlesque ("Lovely Lady") and ("Too Good to Be True")
  • Hermes Pan – Top Hat ("Top Hat")
  • LeRoy Prinz – All the King's Horses ("Viennese Waltz") and The Big Broadcast of 1936 ("Elephant Number – It's the Animal in Me")
  • B. Zemach – She ("Hall of Kings")
• 1936 Seymour Felix – The Great Ziegfeld ("A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody")
  • Busby Berkeley – Gold Diggers of 1937 ("Love and War")
  • Bobby Connolly – Cain and Mabel ("1000 Love Songs")
  • Dave Gould – Born to Dance ("Swingin' the Jinx")
  • Jack Haskell – One in a Million ("Skating Ensemble")
  • Hermes Pan – Swing Time ("Bojangles")
  • Russell Lewis – Dancing Pirate ("The Finale")
• 1937 Hermes Pan – A Damsel in Distress ("Fun House")
  • Busby Berkeley – Varsity Show ("The Finale")
  • Bobby Connolly – Ready, Willing and Able ("Too Marvelous for Words")
  • Dave Gould – A Day at the Races ("All God's Children Got Rhythm")
  • Sammy Lee – Ali Baba Goes to Town ("Swing Is Here to Stay")
  • Harry Losee – Thin Ice ("Prince Igor Suite")
  • LeRoy Prinz – Waikiki Wedding ("Luau")

See also: Academy Awards