Information about awards and hornors
presented to tap dancers and tap dancing ensembles
organized chronologically by year.
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Acia Gray | 2010 Hoofer Award |
Al Gilbert | 1991 OCU Living Treasures Award |
Al Heyward | 2001 OCU Heritage Preservation Award |
Al Heyward | 2015 Tap Preservation Award |
Ann Barzel (Chicago Times Writer and Critic) | 2001 Juba Award |
Ann Kilkelly | 2008 Tap Preservation Award |
Ann Miller | 2004 Hall of Fame Induction |
Apollo #1 Chorus Line | 2016 Hall of Fame Induction |
Arny Granat (Jam Productions co-founder) | 2009 Juba Award |
Art and Nancy Stone | 2002 OCU Heritage Preservation Award |
Arthur Duncan | 2005 Juba Award |
Arthur Duncan | 2005 OCU Living Treasures Award |
Arthur Duncan | 2008 OCU Honorary Doctorate |
Avi Miller | 2009 OCU Heritage Preservation Award |
Ayodele Casel | 2017 Hoofer Award |
B
Barbara Duffy | 2013 Hoofer Award |
Bertye Lou Allen (Wood?) (1905-2002) | Silver Belle | 2001 OCU Living Treasures Award |
Bill "Bojangles" Robinson | 2002 Hall of Fame Induction |
Bill Hood (American Airlines) | 2005 Juba Award |
Bill Irwin (Actor/Clown)| 1997 Juba Award |
Blake Wade | 2008 OCU Heritage Preservation Award |
Brenda Bufalino |2003 Hoofer Award |
Brenda Bufalino | 2009 Hall of Fame Induction |
Bunny Briggs (1922-2014) | 2002 OCU Honorary Doctorate |
Bunny Briggs (1922-2014) | 2002 OCU Living Treasures Award |
Bunny Briggs (1922-2014) | 2006 Hall of Fame Induction |
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Carl Schlesinger | 2015 Tap Preservation Award |
Carl Schlesinger | 2001 OCU Heritage Preservation Award |
Carnell Lyons | 2014 Hall of Fame Induction |
Charles "Honi" Coles (1911-1992) | 1990 OCU Living Treasures Award |
Charles "Honi" Coles (1911-1992)| 2003 Hall of Fame Induction |
Charles Gardner and Patti Eylar (philanthropists) | 2014 Juba Award |
Cholly Atkins | 1998 Juba Award |
Cholly Atkins (1913-2003) | 1999 OCU Living Treasures Award |
Cholly Atkins (1913-2003) | 2002 OCU Honorary Doctorate |
Cholly Atkins | 2011 Hall of Fame Induction |
Chuck Green | 2003 Hall of Fame Induction |
Class Act, The | 2009 Hall of Fame Induction |
Clayton "Peg Leg" Bates (1907-1998) | 1995 OCU Living Treasures Award |
Clayton "Peg Leg" Bates (1907-1998) | 2005 Hall of Fame Induction |
Cleo Hayes (1914-2012) Silver Belle | 2001 OCU Living Treasures Award |
Coi Narita | 2012 Tap Preservation Award |
Constance Valis Hill | 2010 Tap Preservation Award |
Cook and Brown | 2008 Hall of Fame Induction |
Copasetics, The | 2016 Hall of Fame Induction |
Cotton Club Boys and Girls | 2017 Hall of Fame Induction |
David Howard |
Ballet |
1998 OCU Honorary Doctorate |
Debbi Dee |
2011 OCU Living Treasures Award |
Deborah Mitchell |
2007 OCU Living Treasures Award |
Dianne Walker |
1998 OCU Living Treasures Award |
Donald O'Connor (1925-2003) |
2000 OCU Honorary Doctorate |
D
Danny Daniels | 2000 Juba Award |
Dean Diggins | 2013 Hoofer Award |
Deborah Mitchell | 2007 Hoofer Award |
Delilah Jackson | 2005 Tap Preservation Award |
Derick K. Grant | 2008 Hoofer Award |
Dianne Walker | 2004 Hoofer Award |
Dianne Walker | 2010 Juba Award |
Donald O'Connor | 2004 Hall of Fame Induction |
Donna LaPietra and Bill Kurtis (Kurtis Productions) | 2011 Juba Award |
Dormeshia Sumbry-Edwards | 2010 Hoofer Award |
Duke Ellington | 2017 Hall of Fame Induction |
E
Eddie Brown | 2007 Hall of Fame Induction |
Elaine Cohen (Live Marketing President) | 2009 Juba Award |
Elaine Ellis (1917-2013) | Silver Belle | 2001 OCU Living Treasures Award |
Eleanor Powell | 2002 Hall of Fame Induction |
Ellen Hunt (Blue Cross Blue Shield) | 2006 Juba Award |
Ernest "Brownie" Brown | 2004 Hoofer Award |
Ernest "Brownie" Brown (1916-2009) | 2004 Juba Award |
Ernest "Brownie" Brown (1916-2009) | 2004 OCU Living Treasures Award |
Ernie Smith | 2013 Tap Preservation Award |
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Fay Ray (1919-2013) | Silver Belle | 2001 OCU Living Treasures Award |
Fayard Nicholas (1914-2006) | 2002 OCU Honorary Doctorate |
Fayard Nicholas (1914-2006) | 2002 OCU Living Treasures Award |
Fayard Nicholas (1914-2006) | 2004 Juba Award |
Fawn Ring (WTTW Chicago) | 2001 Juba Award |
Fred Astaire | 2002 Hall of Fame Induction |
Fred Kelly | Gene Kelly's Brother | 1996 Juba Award |
G
Gene Medler | 2010 Juba Award |
Gene Kelly | 2014 Hall of Fame Induction |
George T. Nierenberg | 2014 Tap Preservation Award |
Geraldine Rhodes-Kenney (1930-2017) Silver Belle | 2001 OCU Living Treasures Award |
Germaine Ingram | 2016 Tap Preservation Award |
Germaine Salsberg | 2009 OCU Heritage Preservation Award |
Glenn Baruck (Leo Dancewear)| 2002 Juba Award |
Gregory Hines | 2001 Hoofer Award |
Gregory Hines | 2001 Juba Award |
Gregory Hines | 2004 Hall of Fame Induction |
Gus Giordano (1923-2008) | Giordano Dance Chicago | 1992 OCU Living Treasures Award |
H
Harold Cromer | 2007 Juba Award |
Harold Nicholas (1921-2000) | 2017 OCU Honorary Doctorate |
Heather Cornell | 2015 Hoofer Award |
Harriet Browne | 2016 Hall of Fame Induction |
Henry LeTang (1915-2007) | 2002 OCU Honorary Doctorate |
Henry LeTang (1915-2007) | 2015 Hall of Fame Induction |
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Idella Davis (Sammy Dyer School Creative Director)| 2011 Juba Award |
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Jacqui Malone | 2011 Tap Preservation Award |
Jacqui Malone | Steppin on the Blues Author | 2000 OCU Heritage Preservation Award |
James "Buster" Brown (1913-2002) | 1993 OCU Living Treasures Award |
James "Buster" Brown | 2002 Hoofer Award |
James "Buster" Brown (1913-2002) | 2002 OCU Honorary Doctorate |
James "Buster" Brown | 2013 Hall of Fame Induction |
Jane Goldberg | 2004 Tap Preservation Award |
Jared Grimes | 2018 Hoofer Award |
Jason Samuels Smith | 2012 Hoofer Award |
Jeni LeGon (1916-2012) | 2002 Hall of Fame Induction |
Jeni LeGon (1916-2012) | 2002 OCU Honorary Doctorate |
Jeni LeGon | 2004 Juba Award |
Jeni LeGon (1916-2012) | 2002 OCU Living Treasures Award |
Jerome Robbins Dance Division | 2017 Tap Preservation Award |
Jimmy Payne, Sr. (Afro-Caribbean dancers0| 2003 Juba Award |
Jimmy Slyde (1927-2008) | 1998 OCU Living Treasures Award |
Jimmy Slyde | 2002 Hoofer Award |
Jimmy Slyde (1927-2008) | 2002 OCU Honorary Doctorate |
Jimmy Slyde | 2007 Juba Award |
Jimmy Slyde | 2008 Hall of Fame Induction |
Joan Hill (Leon Collins Partner, Tap Notation System) | 2008 Juba Award |
John Bubbles | 2002 Hall of Fame Induction |
Julie Cartier (Especially Tap Chicago founder)| 2011 Juba Award |
K
K. C. Patrick | 2003 OCU Heritage Preservation Award |
Karen Callaway Williams | 2015 Hoofer Award |
Katherine Kramer | 2018 Hoofer Award |
L
Lane Alexander | 2009 Juba Award |
Laurence Jackson | 2002 Hall of Fame Induction |
LaVaughn Robinson | 2004 Hoofer Award |
Lee Allen Smith | Event Producer | 2008 OCU Heritage Preservation Award |
Leila Handelman (The Saints Arts Volunteers)| 2002 Juba Award |
Leonard Reed (1907-2004) | 2000 OCU Living Treasures Award |
Leonard Reed (1907-2004) | 2002 OCU Honorary Doctorate |
Leon Collins | 2007 Hall of Fame Induction |
Leticia Jay | 2018 Tap Preservation Award |
Lloyd Storey and Frank Colvard (Detroit Sultans Tap Ensemble) | 1996 Juba Award |
Lou Conte | 2006 Juba Award |
Ludie Jones | 2016 Hall of Fame Induction |
Luke Cresswell (Stomp) | 1995 Juba Award |
Lynn Dally | 2006 Hoofer Award |
M
Mable Lee | 2008 Hall of Fame Induction |
Maceo Anderson | 1994 OCU Living Treasures Award |
MacArthur Foundation (suporter of the arts) | 2014 Juba Award |
Madeleine Nichols | 2003 Tap Preservation Award |
Marda Kirn | 2001 Tap Preservation Award |
Marion Coles, Silver Belle | 2001 OCU Living Treasures Award |
Marshall and Jean Stearns | 2009 Tap Preservation Award |
Maurice Hines | 2010 Hall of Fame Induction |
Maurice Hines | 2016 Juba Award |
Max Pollak | 2011 Hoofer Award |
MCA Stage | 2010 Juba Award |
Melba Huber | 1993 OSU Lifetime Achievement in Dance Educaiton |
Melba Huber | 1999 OCU Heritage Preservation Award |
Mercedes Ellington | 2009 Hoofer Award |
Michelle Dorrance | 2014 Hoofer Award |
Michelle Dorrance | 2016 Juba Award |
Muriel Foster (Sammy Dyer School President) | 2007 Juba Award |
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New York Tap Dance Day Committee | 2001 Tap Preservation Award |
Nicholas Brothers | 2002 Hall of Fame Induction |
Nicholas Young | 2016 Juba Award |
O
Ofer Ben | 2009 OCU Heritage Preservation Award |
P
Patricia Goulding | 2006 OCU Heritage Preservation Award |
Paul Draper (1909-1996) | 2013 Hall of Fame Induction |
Peggy Sutton (Mayfair Academy of Fine Arts) | 2011 Juba Award |
Prince Spencer (1917-2015) | 1998 Juba Award |
Prince Spencer (1917-2015) | 2002 OCU Living Treasures Award |
Prince Spencer (1917-2015)| 2002 OCU Honorary Doctorate |
R
Rahm Emanuel (55th Chicago Mayer) | 2013 Juba Award |
Ralph Brown | 2018 Hall of Fame Induction |
Randy Skinner | 2009 Hoofer Award |
Randy Skinner | 2011 Juba Award |
Ray Bolger | 2015 Hall of Fame Induction |
Richard M. Daley (54th Chicago Mayor) | 2001 Juba Award |
Richard Weinberg | 1997 Juba Award |
Robert L. Reed (1957-2015) | 2000 OCU Heritage Preservation Award |
Roxanne Butterfly | 2016 Hoofer Award |
Rusty Frank | 2006 Tap Preservation Award |
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Sali Ann Kriegsman | Collection | 1999 OCU Heritage Preservation Award |
Sali Ann Kriegsman | 2002 Tap Preservation Award |
Sally Sommer | 2013 Tap Preservation Award |
Sam Weber | 2010 Juba Award |
Sam Weber | 2017 Hoofer Award |
Sammy Davis, Jr. | 2005 Hall of Fame Induction |
Sammy Dyer (Sammy Dyer School) | 2003 Juba Award |
Sarah Petronio | 2005 Hoofer Award |
Savion Glover | 1998 Juba Award |
Shelly Hoselton (Talent Forum / Footprints Tap Ensemble) | 2011 Juba Award |
Silver Belles Tap Ensemble | 2001 OCU Living Treasures Award |
Skip Cunningham | 2007 Juba Award |
Steve Condos | 2002 Hall of Fame Induction |
Stump and Stumpy | 2008 Hall of Fame Induction |
Susan and Ted Oppenheimer (philanthropists)| 2012 Juba Award |
Susan Goldbetter | 2007 Tap Preservation Award |
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Tap Happenings Performance and Film | 2018 Hall of Fame Induction |
Ted Louis Levy | 2016 Hoofer Award |
Tina Pratt | 2008 Hoofer Award |
Tommy Sutton (Mayfair Academy of Fine Arts) | 2003 Juba Award |
Tommy Sutton (1918-1995) | 1989 OCU Living Treasures Award |
Tommy Tune | 2015 Juba Award |
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Whitman Sisters | 2012 Hall of Fame Induction |
William Henry "Master Juba" Lane | 2016 Hall of Fame Induction |
V
Vic Anderson (Target) | 1997 Juba Award |
Ann Miller | 1994 Flo-Bert Award |
Arthur Duncan | 2004 Flo-Bert Award |
Barry Harris | jazz pianist, composer and teacher |
Wikipedia | 1998 Flo-Bert Award |
Bernard Manners | 1991 Flo-Bert Award |
Bob Audy (1931-2017) Choreographer and instructor | 2007 Flo-Bert Award |
Brenda Bufalino (American and International Tap Dance Orchestras) 1999 Flo-Bert Award |
Bross Townsend (1933-2003) jazz pianist |
Wikipedia | 1996 Flo-Bert Award |
Bunny Briggs | 1999 Flo-Bert Award |
Cab Calloway (1907-1994) | dancer and bandleader |
Wikipedia | 1992 Flo-Bert Award |
Cholly Atkins (1913-2003) | Honi Coles' partner | 1993 Flo-Bert Award |
Chuck Green | 1991 Flo-Bert Award |
Clayton "Peg Leg" Bates | 1991 Flo-Bert Award |
Cobi Narita | 2005 Flo-Bert Award |
Cotton Club Girls | 1992 Flo-Bert Award |
Deborah Mitchell (New Jersey Tap Ensemble founder) | 2007 Flo-Bert Award |
Delilah Jackson, founded Flo-Bert, Ltd. and the Flo-Bert Awards | 2001 Flo-Bert Award |
Dianne Walker | 2003 Flo-Bert Award |
Donald O'Connor | 1997 Flo-Bert Award |
Ernest Brown Hoofer's Club, Copasetics, Cook&Brown | 2003 Flo-Bert Award |
Frank Ownes, pianist/arranger/composer | 2002 Flo-Bert Award |
Frankie Manning, member of Whitey's Lindy Hoppers | 2004 Flo-Bert Award |
Gene Kelly | 1994 Flo-Bert Award |
George Hillman | 1991 Flo-Bert Award |
George Wein, originator of the Newport Jazz Festival | 2004 Flo-Bert Award |
Gregory Hines brother of Maurice Hines | 1998 Flo-Bert Award |
Harold Cromer Stumpy of the tap team Stump and Stumpy | 2005 Flo-Bert Award |
Henry LeTang taught Gregory Hines;[7] choreographer of the movies Tap and The Cotton Club, Broadway plays Eubie, Black and Blue and Sophisticated Ladies | 1995 Flo-Bert Award |
Jane Goldberg tap performer and historian;[5] 2002 Flo-Bert Award |
Jean Bach | 2008 Flo-Bert Award |
Jeni LeGon member of the Whitman Sisters | 2001 Flo-Bert Award |
Jerry Ames, founder and artistic director of Jerry Ames Tap Dance Company | 2006 Flo-Bert Award |
Jimmy Slyde | 1991 Flo-Bert Award |
Jo Rowan | 2006 Flo-Bert Award |
John Bedford | 2006 Flo-Bert Award |
LaVaughn Robinson | 2005 Flo-Bert Award |
Leonard Reed inventor of the Shim Sham Shimmy | 2000 Flo-Bert Award |
Lionel Hampton, musician | 1995 Flo-Bert Award |
Lon Chaney | 1991 Flo-Bert Award |
Mable Lee singer-dancer, one of the original Apollo Girls | 2004 Flo-Bert Award |
Maceo Anderson original member of The Four Step Brothers, early innovator of the acrobatic tap style | 1994 Flo-Bert Award |
Maurice Hines brother of Gregory Hines | 2008 Flo-Bert Award |
Melba Huber | 1996 Flo-Bert Award |
Mercedes Ellington, choreographer, dancer, producer | first black member of the June Taylor Dancers, granddaughter of Duke Ellington | 2009 Flo-Bert Award |
Milt Hinton, jazz bassist | 1997 Flo-Bert Award |
Nicholas Brothers | 1992 Flo-Bert Award |
Paul Draper partner of Larry Adler | 1993 Flo-Bert Award |
Peggy Spina | 2008 Flo-Bert Award |
Phil Black | 1996 Flo-Bert Award |
Prince Spencer one of the Four Step Brothers;[7] 2009 Flo-Bert Award |
Ralph Guild | 2006 Flo-Bert Award |
Randy Skinner | 2010 Flo-Bert Award |
Rockettes of Radio City | 1996 Flo-Bert Award |
Ruth Williams, founder of the Ruth Williams Dance Studio in Harlem | 1996 Flo-Bert Award |
Sali Ann Kriegsman | 1997 Flo-Bert Award |
Savion Glover star of Bring in da Noise, Bring in da Funk | 2000 Flo-Bert Award |
Silver Belles | 1992 Flo-Bert Award |
Stanley Donen, film director (Singing in the Rain, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers) | 2003 Flo-Bert Award |
Tommy Tune | 2003 Flo-Bert Award |
Yvette Glover, mother of Savion Glover | 2007 Flo-Bert Award |
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