- 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
- Blue Angels’ air show acrobatics
- In Mildred Holt, 105, Johnny Carson met his match
- Washington Ballet’s uneven ‘Noche Latina’
- ‘First Position’: Dancers at a breaking point
- 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
- Washington Ballet’s 2012-2013 season: ‘The Sun Also Rises,’ ‘Dracula’
- Twyla Tharp on ‘Come Fly Away’ and experiments
- Washington Ballet plunges down rabbit hole
- Ballet Preljocaj’s ‘Snow White’ shines
- Teresa Reichlen reaches new stage of ballet
- ‘Necessary Weather’ dance seems unnecessarily serious
- Designer Jean Paul Gaultier’s twist on ballet is a unique ‘Snow White’
- Keigwin + Company at the Kennedy Center
- Dance review: ‘Le Sacre du Printemps’ by Bowen McCauley Dance
- Critic’s review of Company E’s debut, “Next: Israel”
- Twyla Tharp keeps everyone on their toes in ‘All American’
- Remembering Anthony Shadid, journalist and father
- What the African American Museum can learn from Holocaust and Indian museums
- Indian Museum plans major changes in exhibits
- Alvin Ailey dance troupe shines under new leadership
- In documentary ‘Pina,’ a physical examination of choreographer’s legacy
- American Ballet Theatre presents mixed repertory program
- Under Mark Morris, Handel oratorio becomes a visual feast
- Spring preview — Dance: Hot acts, plus old favorites
- Joffrey Ballet documentary honors the revolution that was choreographed
- Mark Morris’s “L’Allegro”: Imagination Unbound
- From memoir of war and loss, ‘Into Sunlight’ seeks to heal
- Mariinsky Ballet shines in Fokine program
- Mariinsky Ballet’s Fokine works: History revisited
- Will Signature’s ‘Hairspray’ lead to a permanent wave of dance on D.C. stages?
- What the Republican candidates reveal through their body language
- Ron Paul’s slight stature and high-pitched passions set him apart at debates
- Newt Gingrich: A Republican master of the stage
- Michele Bachmann: titanium or steel?
- Personality-wise, Rick Perry is a flip-flopper
- Mitt Romney’s body language speaks of physical modesty, discipline
- American Ballet Theatre’s ‘The Nutcracker” at the Kennedy Center
- Top 10 in dance for 2011
- Unique Cunningham bids D.C. an unsettling farewell
- Herman Scissorhands: Cain’s magical gestures
- Washington Ballet’s ‘Nutcracker’ is, once again, plenty sweet
- Merce Cunningham dancer Steve Paxton recalls early days
- Gift ideas for dancers (and dance lovers)
- Merce Cunningham, as remembered by his dancers
- Beyonce: “Countdown” video and the art of stealing
- State Ballet of Georgia enchants at Lisner Auditorium
- State Ballet of Georgia enchants at Lisner Auditorium
- Nina Ananiashvili: Dancing to serve her country
- Washington Ballet’s “The Great Gatsby”
- Ballet Hispanico: Stilettos and the human heart
- Beijing Dance Theater: ‘Haze’ in more ways than one
- Bolshoi Theater re-opening comes to the big screen
- Merce Cunningham: The ‘naked honesty’ of life as his dancer
- Hope Solo’s revealing moment: It’s more than skin deep
- ‘Footloose’: Dancing lets off steam, loses heat of original film
- Suzanne Farrell Ballet: Big dreams, small scale
- Washington Ballet’s ‘Nutcracker’ to have live music
- Pixels and pirouettes: Live ballet in movie theaters
- In Jacob’s Pillow archives, moving history
- Passionate tales underlie Washington’s art
- A decade of Suzanne Farrell is celebrated with a costume exhibition at The Kennedy Center
- China’s high-energy ballet is on trend
- Fashion designers and dancers: a perfect fit
- ABT star David Hallberg joins Bolshoi Ballet
- For DJs of Fashion Week, intuiting tempo makes or breaks a collection
- At Fashion Week, spring 2012 collections showcase movement
- Fired by Cirque du Soleil, Matthew Cusick Landed on His Feet
- Fall 2011 dance season heralds return of favorites
- Focus on Twyla Tharp highlights Washington Ballet’s 2011-2012 season
- Mark Morris’s ‘L’Allegro’ is a vision writ large
- Mayor and dance lover Rahm Emanuel wants to put a new spin on Chicago
- Celebrities’ tell-all dance moments
- “Easy Rider” sculptor Patrick Dougherty explains natural architecture
- Nature meets art: Modern outlook, primal impact at Dumbarton Oaks
- From Ronald K. Brown, dance that bears witness
- At Dance Place show, Karen Reedy’s company offers a lesson in generosity
- Dance: Sarah Kaufman’s nods for Kennedy Center Honors
- Caracalla’s ‘Zayed’: Over the top and all over the map
- Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, leaving ballet behind
- ‘Giselle in 3D’: Dancing is impressive, the filming less so
- Caracalla Dance Theatre balances its dreams and those of its funders
- In unraveling choreography, Broadway’s ‘Spider-man’ loses superpowers
- Naked ambition: Sarah Small’s ‘Delirium Construction’ brims with life
- Royal Danish Ballet’s earthy, pretty ‘Napoli’
- Royal Danish Ballet’s ‘A Folk Tale’ has the human touch
- From Cuban Ballet, a ‘Don Quixote’ worthy of the name
- Royal Danish Ballet’s Nikolaj Hubbe, stepping boldly into the lead
- Original, with passion? Ballet Nacional de Cuba gets close, but no cigar
- Dancing in Jefferson Memorial? Our Founding Father would approve.
- At Tomb of the Unknowns, a ritual of remembrance
- Washington Ballet powers ahead and closes strong
- Trey McIntyre Project, dancing its dreams at full bore at Harman Hall
- Trey McIntyre Project brings dances with regional rhythms to D.C.’s Harman Hall
- Washington Ballet names new executive, Peter M. Branch, to succeed Russell Allen
- Dana Tai Soon Burgess’s ‘America’s Cloud’ treats Civil War grief
- ‘Sleep No More’: Part ‘Macbeth,’ part ‘Hitchcock’ and part haunted house
- Just ‘Dance’: Work by Lucinda Childs captures the essence of the art form
- Lucinda Childs’s ‘Dance,’ back in motion at the University of Maryland
- Washington Ballet soars in ‘Le Corsaire’ at Kennedy Center
- Music videos get a kick out of ballet
- Sarah Kaufman reviews New York City Ballet program with ‘Episodes’
- New York City Ballet’s illuminating program of black and white
- Washington Ballet to premiere new ‘Alice’ next season
- Dance review: Promise and grace from young dancers in ‘Proteges III’
- Elegant craft but no strong emotion from Paul Taylor Dance Company
- Virginia Johnson, choreographing Dance Theatre of Harlem’s rebirth
- Shantala Shivalingappa, a study in complexity and grace
- Kennedy Center follows familiar path in 2011-12 dance season
- Dance takes a starring role in ‘The Adjustment Bureau’
- ‘Samanvaya’: Harmony in motion, sealed with a look
- A pyrotechnic bikini? Lady Gaga gives D.C.’s ‘little monsters’ what they want.
- Oscars favor extreme weight loss or gain — but is it acting?
- New York Fashion Week 2011: Showmanship by Michael Kors, Thom Browne, Derek Lam
- New York Fashion Week 2011: Showmanship by Michael Kors, Thom Browne, Derek Lam
- At 18, model Karlie Kloss conquers the runways at New York's Fashion Week
- At 18, model Karlie Kloss conquers the runways at New York's Fashion Week
- Male models move in style but without grace
- Male models move in style but without grace
- Ginger Rogers at 100: Even with Astaire, always taking the lead
- Mariinsky's 'Giselle': Less is more
- Mariinsky's 'Giselle': Less is more
- In Mark Morris Dance Group's anniversary tour, girlpower enchants with grace
- Ginger Rogers at 100: Even with Astaire, always taking the lead
- In Mark Morris Dance Group's anniversary tour, girlpower enchants with grace
- Full-length story ballets, taking plenty of time to get to the pointe
- Full-length story ballets, taking plenty of time to get to the pointe
- High energy from Ailey troupe at Kennedy Center
- High energy from Ailey troupe at Kennedy Center
- D.C. gets a foothold with Mark Morris
- Local dancers are winning plum jobs with the famed Mark Morris Dance Group
- Highlights of the spring dance season
- A 'Bright Stream' to channel fun
- Liz Lerman set to move on from her namesake dance company
- Washington choreographer Liz Lerman to step down as director of Dance Exchange
- ABT's 'Bright Stream' seamlessly blends comedy and history
- In the studio with Bill T. Jones and his set for 'Fondly Do We Hope ... Fervently Do We Pray'
- American Ballet's artful nod to JFK
- American Ballet Theatre's fitting salute to JFK at Kennedy Center
- In the studio with Bill T. Jones and his set for ‘Fondly Do We Hope ... Fervently Do We Pray’
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