{"id":150581,"date":"2024-05-24T11:47:22","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T15:47:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=150581"},"modified":"2024-05-24T11:52:23","modified_gmt":"2024-05-24T15:52:23","slug":"wright-state-alum-tilly-evans-krueger-wins-award-for-best-dancer-in-broadway-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2024\/05\/24\/wright-state-alum-tilly-evans-krueger-wins-award-for-best-dancer-in-broadway-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Wright State alum Tilly Evans-Krueger wins award for best dancer in Broadway show"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tilly Evans-Krueger received the 2024 Chita Rivera Award for Outstanding Dancer in a Broadway Show for her performance in<\/span>\u00a0\u201cThe Outsiders.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n

Wright State University dance alum Tilly Evans-Krueger was honored as the best dancer in a Broadway show this year for her performance in \u201cThe Outsiders.\u201d<\/p>\n

Evans-Krueger received the 2024 Chita Rivera Award for Outstanding Dancer in a Broadway Show during a ceremony in New York on May 20.<\/p>\n

The Chita Rivera Awards for Dance and Choreography celebrate outstanding dance and choreography on Broadway, off-Broadway and in film. The awards are presented annually by the New York City Dance Alliance Foundation.<\/p>\n

Evans-Krueger is a performer and associate choreographer in \u201cThe Outsiders,\u201d which opened on April 11 in the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre on Broadway.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Outsiders\u201d is nominated for 12 Tony Awards, including Best New Musical.<\/p>\n

Dance Magazine said Evans-Krueger \u201cpossesses a magnetic presence, ethereal movement quality and contagious passion.\u201d<\/p>\n

Evans-Krueger graduated from Wright State in 2014 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance<\/a>.<\/p>\n

She performed in the Broadway production of \u201cMoulin Rouge.\u201d Her off-Broadway credits include \u201cIllinoise,\u201d \u201cThe Lucky Ones,\u201d \u201cThe Wrong Man\u201d and \u201cWorking: A Musical.\u201d She was also the movement coordinator for the off-Broadway play \u201cJonah.\u201d<\/p>\n

She has also performed with the Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, Spectrum Dance Theater in Seattle and BODYTRAFFIC dance company in Los Angeles. She has worked with choreographers Peter Chu, Sonya Tayeh and Camille A. Brown.<\/p>\n

Her film and television credits include \u201cSaturday Night Live,\u201d \u201cRent Live,\u201d \u201cMover\u201d and Better Nate than Ever.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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