New York Dance and Performance Awards: The Bessies

Carmelita Tropicana and Jock Soto host the Bessie Awards, which will feature performances by Camille A. Brown, Lisa Nelson and Storyboard P, who received this year's Outstanding Emerging Choreographer Award. The constellation of starry presenters includes Kyle Abraham, Ping Chong, Rennie Harris and Robin Dunn, and the event will honor Steve Paxton, winner of the 2015 Lifetime Achievement Award in Dance.