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{{Short description|Former Academy Award (1935–1937)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}}

The '''Academy Award for Best Dance Direction''' was presented from 1935 to 1937, after which it was discontinued due to pressure from the directors' branch. It is the only category for which a [[Marx Brothers]] film received an Oscar nomination, for the dance number "[[All God's Chillun Got Rhythm]]" in ''[[A Day at the Races (film)|A Day at the Races]]'' (1937).

==Winners and nominees==
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%"
|- bgcolor="#bebebe"
! width="5%" | Year
! width="25%" | Film(s)
! width="25%" | Dance number(s)
! width="45%" | Nominees
|-
| rowspan=8 style="text-align:center" | '''[[1935 in film|1935]]'''<br />{{small|[[8th Academy Awards|(8th)]]}} <br/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1936 |title=The 8th Academy Awards - 1936 |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=8 October 2014 |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] |access-date=February 7, 2018 }}</ref>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Broadway Melody of 1936]]''''' <br/> '''''[[Folies Bergère de Paris]]'''''
| '''"I've Got a Feeling You're Fooling"''' <br/> '''"Straw Hat"'''
| '''[[Dave Gould]]'''
|-
| ''[[All the King's Horses (film)|All the King's Horses]]'' <br/> ''[[The Big Broadcast of 1936]]''
| "Viennese Waltz" <br/> "It's the Animal in Me"
| [[LeRoy Prinz]]
|-
| ''[[Broadway Hostess]]'' <br/> ''[[Go into Your Dance]]''
| "Playboy from Paree" <br/> "Latin from Manhattan"
| [[Bobby Connolly]]
|-
| ''[[Gold Diggers of 1935]]''
| "[[Lullaby of Broadway (song)|Lullaby of Broadway]]" <br/> "The Words Are in My Heart"
| [[Busby Berkeley]]
|-
| ''[[King of Burlesque]]''
| "Lovely Lady" <br/> "Too Good to Be True"
| [[Sammy Lee (choreographer)|Sammy Lee]]
|-
| ''[[She (1935 film)|She]]''
| "Hall of Kings"
| [[Benjamin Zemach]]
|-
| ''[[Top Hat]]''
| "Piccolino" <br/> "Top Hat"
| [[Hermes Pan]]
|-
| rowspan=8 style="text-align:center" | '''[[1936 in film|1936]]'''<br />{{small|[[9th Academy Awards|(9th)]]}} <br/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1937 |title=The 9th Academy Awards - 1937 |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=8 October 2014 |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] |access-date=February 7, 2018 }}</ref>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[The Great Ziegfeld]]'''''
| '''"[[A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody]]"'''
| '''[[Seymour Felix]]'''
|-
| ''[[Born to Dance]]''
| "Swingin' the Jinx Away"
| [[Dave Gould]]
|-
| ''[[Cain and Mabel]]''
| "1000 Love Songs"
| [[Bobby Connolly]]
|-
| ''[[Dancing Pirate]]''
| "The Finale"
| [[Russell Lewis (choreographer)|Russell Lewis]]
|-
| ''[[Gold Diggers of 1937]]''
| "Love and War"
| [[Busby Berkeley]]
|-
| ''[[One in a Million (1936 film)|One in a Million]]''
| "Skating Ensemble"
| [[Jack Haskell]]
|-
| ''[[Swing Time (film)|Swing Time]]''
| "Bojangles of Harlem"
| [[Hermes Pan]]
|-
| rowspan=8 style="text-align:center" | '''[[1937 in film|1937]]'''<br />{{small|[[10th Academy Awards|(10th)]]}} <br/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1938 |title=The 10th Academy Awards - 1938 |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=8 October 2014 |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] |access-date=February 7, 2018 }}</ref>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[A Damsel in Distress (1937 film)|A Damsel in Distress]]'''''
| '''"Fun House"'''
| '''[[Hermes Pan]]'''
|-
| ''[[Ali Baba Goes to Town]]''
| "Swing Is Here to Stay"
| [[Sammy Lee (choreographer)|Sammy Lee]]
|-
| ''[[A Day at the Races (film)|A Day at the Races]]''
| "[[All God's Chillun Got Rhythm]]"
| [[Dave Gould]]
|-
| ''[[Ready, Willing, and Able (film)|Ready, Willing and Able]]''
| "[[Too Marvelous for Words]]"
| [[Bobby Connolly]]
|-
| ''[[Thin Ice (1937 film)|Thin Ice]]''
| "Prince Igor Suite"
| Harry Losee
|-
| ''[[Varsity Show (film)|Varsity Show]]''
| "The Finale"
| [[Busby Berkeley]]
|-
| ''[[Waikiki Wedding]]''
| "Luau"
| [[LeRoy Prinz]]
|-
|}

==See also==
* [[List of Academy Award–nominated films]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Academy Awards}}

[[Category:Retired Academy Awards|Dance Direction]]