Chita Rivera Awards | Red Carpet Press Event Video
First of all, Chita Rivera is an icon and I have always admired her. I spent time with her in the studio when she set work on Georgina Pazcoguin. She was restaging a piece for an American Dance Machine performance at The Joyce.
In June we filmed the Press Event for the Chita Rivera Awards.
And I got first-hand experience in acting like paparazzi. The press loved it and so did I. I left the event invigorated.
Have I mentioned how much I love to interview people?! Well, I do, and I’m continuously working on getting better and better at it! The Press Event for the Chita Rivera Awards was fast-paced so I had to keep all my interviews short and sweet.
In September we filmed the red carpet at the Chita Rivera Awards.
And let me tell you, I had to work REALLY hard on not being starstruck!!!
I love musical theater, I always have! To stand right in front of the cast of Come From Away (my favorite musical right now), to interview Robbie Fairchild (whom I adore), to be in the presence of David Hyde Pierce, Bebe Neuwirth and Chita Rivera herself… I call this Musical Theater Heaven!!!
Once the show began, it took every ounce of me not to cry. I just kept thinking to myself, “Wow, am I grateful we can film these shows so people can see them years down the road!” The Chita Rivera Awards was a night to remember.
Browse through the 2016-2017 Chita Rivera Awards Dance In Theater Nominations here!
Nel Shelby is Owner & Filmmaker for Nel Shelby Productions, her New York City-based company dedicated to dance videography and editing. Nel shares her mission to preserve and promote the art of dance with her husband, Christopher Duggan, a dance and wedding photographer. They collaborate on projects with dance companies of worldwide renown, up-and-coming choreographers, dance educators, dance schools and more. Nel is Video Producer at Jacob’s Pillow and Vail Dance Festival and is also the proud Director and Producer of PS DANCE! — a New York Emmy-nominated documentary about dance education in NYC’s public schools.