- Sarah Kaufman
- Critic
Sarah Kaufman received the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Criticism and has been The Washington Post’s dance critic since 1996. But after logging serious sit-time in opera houses, church basements, fairground tents and lawn chairs, what moves her most is seeing grace happen where she least expects it
In Mildred Holt, Johnny Carson met his match
Drinking a highball and wearing pearls, my great-grandmother tickled “Tonight Show” host in 1987, becoming his oldest guest ever.
Cliches burden Washington Ballet’s ‘Noche’
There were many cliches in the uneven “Noche Latina” from the Washington Ballet. But Luis R. Torres danced remarkably.
‘First Position’: Dancers at a breaking point
The witty, gorgeously rendered “First Position” documentary follows several hopefuls at a ballet competition, but doesn’t tell the full story about Odenton, Md. native Rebecca Houseknecht.
- Inspiration behind ‘The Dance of Life’
- At CityZen, chefs cook up sweet moves
- Choreographer Kyle Abraham’s ‘Radio Show’ weaves together pictures of loss
- Eiko and Koma’s ‘Caravan Project’ at University of Maryland
- Dance Review: Sokolow’s ‘Lyric Suite’ gets sterling restaging
- Noism at Kennedy Center Terrace Theater
- Septime Webre’s trippy ‘Alice (in Wonderland)’ is dazzling
- Twyla Tharp’s ‘Come Fly Away’: Frank and Ava’s turbulent duet
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