Awards And Honors

c.1946
c.1946

  • DONALDSON AWARD Billion Dollar Baby

1947
1947

  • ANTOINETTE PERRY AWARD FOR BEST CHOREOGRAPHER High Button Shoes

  • DONALDSON AWARD High Button Shoes

1948
1948

  • NEW YORK DRAMA CRITICS AWARD High Button Shoes

  • NY DRAMA CRITICS AWARD High Button Shoes

1950
1950

  • DANCE MAGAZINE AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT

1951
1951

  • DONALDSON AWARD The King and I

1952
1952

  • DONALDSON AWARD Two’s Company

1953
1953

  • SYLVANIA AWARD Ford 50th Anniversary Show

1954
1954

  • DONALDSON AWARD The Pajama Game

1955
1955

  • EMMY AWARD FOR BEST CHOREOGRAPHER Peter Pan (televised)

1956
1956

  • LOOK MAGAZINE AWARD Peter Pan (televised)

  • BOX OFFICE BLUE RIBBON AWARD King and I (film)

1957
1957

  • DANCE MAGAZINE AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT

1958
1958

  • ANTOINETTE PERRY AWARD FOR BEST CHOREOGRAPHER West Side Story (musical)

  • LONDON EVENING STANDARD DRAMA West Side Story (musical)

1959
1959

  • CITY OF NEW YORK CITATION bestowed by Mayor Wagner Ballets: U.S.A.

  • THEATRE DES NATIONS AWARD named Best Choreographer

1961
1961

  • ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURE ARTS & SCIENCES AWARD (Oscar) Best Director – West Side Story (with Robert Wise) Honorary Award for Brilliant Achievements in the Art of Choreography on Film

  • LAUREL AWARD, WRITERS’ GUILD OF AMERICA WEST West Side Story (film)

  • SBI GOLD OWL AWARD – BEST CHOREOGRAPHY West Side Story (film)

  • SCREEN DIRECTORS GUILD AWARD West Side Story (Film)

1964
1964

  • CHEVALIER DE L’ORDRE DES ARTS ET DES LETTRES

1965
1965

  • ANTOINETTE PERRY AWARD Fiddler on the Roof (Best Director 1965) Fiddler on the Roof (Best Choreographer 1965)

  • DRAMA CRITICS AWARD Best Musical – Fiddler on the Roof

1967
1967

  • BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY CREATIVE ARTS AWARD Theater

1971
1971

  • CITY OF PARIS AWARD International Dance Festival, Best Ballet: Les Noces

1974
1974

  • HONORARY DEGREE FROM OHIO UNIVERSITY

1976
1976

  • HANDEL MEDALLION OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK

  • CAPEZIO DANCE AWARD

1979
1979

  • AMERICA-ISRAEL ARTS, SCIENCES & HUMANITIES AWARD

  • THEATRE HALL OF FAME

1980
1980

  • HONORARY DOCTORATE, CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK Graduate School and University Center of CUNY

1981
1981

  • KENNEDY CENTER HONOREE John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Washington, D.C. December 6, 1981

  • INTERNATIONAL DANCE, FILM & VIDEOTAPE FESTIVAL & CONFERENCE Dedicated to Jerome Robbins Sponsored by the Dance Collection of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, and the International Dance Council, Inc./UNESCO

1982
1982

  • AMERICA-ISRAEL CULTURAL FOUNDATION’S KING SOLOMON Award for Artistic Achievement

1984
1984

  • BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY CREATIVE ARTS AWARD Dance

1985
1985

  • AMERICAN ACADEMY & INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND LETTERS Honorary Member

  • HONORARY DOCTORATE OF FINE ARTS, NEW YORK UNIVERSITY

  • ASTAIRE AWARD Lifetime Achievement in Dance — Given by the Anglo-American Contemporary Dance Foundation

1988
1988

  • HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN BALLET PRIZE Royal Danish Theatre

  • NATIONAL MEDAL OF ARTS AWARD National Endowment for the Arts

1989
1989

  • ANTOINETTE PERRY AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL Jerome Robbins’ Broadway

1990
1990

  • COMMONWEALTH AWARD OF DISTINGUISHED SERVICE IN THE DRAMATIC ARTS Bank of Delaware

  • COMMANDEUR DE L’ORDRE DES ARTS ET DES LETTRES

1993
1993

  • FELLOW OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS & SCIENCES Honorary Member

  • Chevalier dans l’Ordre National de la Legion d’Honneur

1997
1997

  • GOVERNOR’S ARTS AWARD