Sarah Kaufman
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

Latest by Sarah Kaufman

‘The Sun Also Rises’: Washington Ballet’s voyage to Hemingway’s world

‘The Sun Also Rises’: Washington Ballet’s voyage to Hemingway’s world

REVIEW | Set in a fantasized Spain and Paris in the 1920s, it’s restrained, but full, enthusiastic and great fun.

Ballets Russes: The ascent of men

Ballets Russes: The ascent of men

The innovative company redefined the feminized ballet world with its modernism and masculine dancers.

Monica Bill Barnes & Company puts on a funny, affecting evening of dance

Monica Bill Barnes & Company puts on a funny, affecting evening of dance

Troupe brings its smart, kooky humor and compassion to the Kennedy Center Terrace Theater.

Isadora Duncan is captured in ‘Once Wild’

Isadora Duncan is captured in ‘Once Wild’

New theater production portrays famed dancer as seen through her adopted daughter’s eyes.