Sarah Reich

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Sarah Reich
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Sarah moments before a show.
Born (1989-05-24) May 24, 1989 (age 35)
Culver City, California, U.S.
Occupation(s)Performer, choreographer, instructor
Website www.sarahreich.com

Sarah Reich (born May 24, 1989) is a tap dance instructor, choreographer and performer. [1] [2] She is best known as a featured artist for Postmodern Jukebox, touring the U.S. and Europe in 2015 and 2016. [3] [4] [5] In addition to performing tap-percussion solos with numerous featured vocalists, [1] her rendition of a Star Wars medley was featured in Slate and People magazines. [6] [7] She appears alongside vocalist Sara Niemietz in London, for an MTV, Postmodern Jukebox feature shoot, covering "Ex's & Oh's" in 2016. [8]

Featured in Dance Spirit Magazine's “20 Hot Tappers Under 20” in 2009, Reich is widely recognized in professional dance circles. [9] She has performed on American reality television show So You Think You Can Dance as a member of Chloe Arnold's Syncopated Ladies, who won the eleventh season's dance crew battle, and also previously appeared as a guest performer in the eighth season with Jason Samuels Smith's tap company Anybody Can Get It (ACGI). [10] In 2015, The New York Times , Gia Kourlas, praised Reich's presentation at Tony Waag's "Tap Forward" at the Tap City festival. [11]

Early life

Sarah Reich was born in Culver City, California. Her mother is Mexican and her father is Hungarian. She started at age five to dance tap. When she was 12 years old she danced salsa in clubs with her sister. Then she mixed tap steps with popular salsa and merengue steps. [12]

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References

  1. 1 2 Smith, Janet (26 August 2015). "Tap Music Project sensation Sarah Reich composes with her feet". Straight. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  2. ↑ RyanPCasey (2017-09-06). "Meet the Choreographer Who's Tapping Into Pop Culture–Literally". dancemagazine. Archived from the original on 2017-09-15. Retrieved 2017-09-15.
  3. ↑ Duckett, Jodi. "REVIEW: Postmodern Jukebox off the charts with energetic, retro fun". The Morning Call . Retrieved 4 December 2015. The concert had an almost vaudevillesque variety show feel, with a lot of action on stage and performers – especially bassist/singer Casey Abrams from "American Idol," tambourine man Tim Kubert and tap dancer Sarah Reich, getting silly at times and emcee LaVance Colley directing things with wit and style.
  4. ↑ Akabas, Lev. "A Show and a Chat: Postmodern Jukebox at the State Theatre". The Cornell Daily Sun . Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  5. ↑ Weingarten, Rachel (15 May 2015). "Postmodern Jukebox: Behind the Retro-Pop YouTube Sensation". Parade . Retrieved 4 November 2015.
  6. ↑ Sharan Shetty (29 December 2015). "The Tap Awakens in This Terrific Dance Cover of the Star Wars Soundtrack". Slate . Archived from the original on 15 April 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2016. The folks at Postmodern Jukebox have a new video out, but this time around there's no old-timey cover of a new-fangled tune. Instead, we get a dance—specifically, a tap dance, one that sees renowned tapper Sarah Reich shuffle and shimmy her way through the Star Wars soundtrack
  7. ↑ ALEX HEIGL (20 July 2015). "Tap Dance and Star Wars Combine with 'The Tap Awakens' from Postmodern Jukebox". People . Archived from the original on 16 April 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2016. Was there a Darth Bojangles?
  8. ↑ Mike Pell (12 April 2016). "This Cover Version Of Elle King's 'Ex's & Oh's' Will Blow You Away". United Kingdom: MTV . Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  9. ↑ "Sarah Reich Bio". thefloorproductions.com. Archived from the original on 16 April 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2016. Sarah was featured in an article titled "20 Hot Tappers Under 20" in Dance Spirit Magazine, and selected as one of the top 25 dancers to look out for in 2009 in Dance Magazine. Sarah received an award for Performing Artist of The Year at the 2005 OMNI Awards. She has also been featured in numerous television shows including So You Think You Can Dance, the Jerry Lewis Telethon, Secret Talents of the Stars, and Sabado Gigante.
  10. ↑ "Faculty: Sarah Reich". Broadway Dance Center. Archived from the original on 16 April 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2016. Recently Sarah was seen as a guest performer on FOX's Hit Television Series, "So You Think You Can Dance" with Emmy-Award Winner Jason Samuels Smith's tap company, Anybody Can Get It (ACGI). She is also a member of Chloe Arnold's Syncopated Ladies and is the Artistic Director of her own company, Tap Con Sabor with the goal to expose tap to the Latino community throughout Los Angeles and abroad. For eight years, Sarah has worked alongside her mentor and tap legend, Harold Cromer teaching at numerous tap festivals and events. Previously she extensively trained with Cyd Glover, Paul & Arlene Kennedy and Becky Twitchell studying technique, performance, musicality and improvisation, making Sarah one of the most well-rounded tap dancers in the business.
  11. ↑ Kourlas, Gia (9 July 2015). "'Tap Forward' Showcases Contemporary Tap". The New York Times . Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  12. ↑ "Sarah Reich presentará en el país un tap con mucha influencia latina". La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 September 2017.
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