- Sarah Kawahara
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Sarah Kawahara is a Canadian figure skater and choreographer. She won an Emmy Award in 1997 for Scott Hamilton Upside Down and was the first skater to win the Best Choreography Emmy. She won her second Emmy in 2002 for choreographing the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2002 Winter Olympics. She joined the Ice Capades at age 17 and skated with them for seven years. She currently lives in California.
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Films she has choreographed for
TV specials she has choreographed
- An Evening on Ice
- Concert on Ice
- Nancy Kerrigan, Special Dreams on Ice
- Reflections on Ice: Michelle Kwan skates to the Music of Mulan
- Michelle Kwan skates to Disney's Greatest Hits (2000)
- Michelle Kwan, Princesses on Ice
- Scott Hamilton and Friends
Scott Hamilton Upside Down
Touring shows she has choreographed
- The Wizard of Oz on Ice
- The Spirit of Pocohontas
- Hercules on Ice
- Anastasia on Ice
- Holiday on Ice
- Stars on Ice
- Ice Capades
- Champions on Ice
- Disney on Ice
Skaters she has choreographed programs for
- Scott Hamilton
- Kurt Browning
- Ilia Kulik
- Michelle Kwan
- Kristi Yamaguchi
- Dorothy Hamill
- Robin Cousins
- Charlie Tickner
- John Curry
- Christopher Bowman
- Surya Bonaly
- Chen Lu
- Nancy Kerrigan
- Tai Babilonia & Randy Gardner
- Ekaterina Gordeeva & Sergei Grinkov
- Oksana Baiul
- Marina Klimova & Sergei Ponomarenko
- Victor Petrenko
- Pang Qing & Tong Jian
- Beatrisa Liang
- Miami University Synchronized Skating Team in their World Silver Medal (2007) routine.
References
External links
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Choreography Tony Charmoli (1976) · Ron Field (1977) · Ron Field (1978) · Kevin Carlisle (1979) · Alan Johnson (1980) · Walter Painter (1981) · Debbie Allen (1982) · Debbie Allen (1983) · Michael Smuin (1984) · Twyla Tharp (1985) · Walter Painter (1986) · Michael Peters / Dee Dee Wood (1987) · Alan Johnson (1988) · Walter Painter / Paula Abdul (1989) · Paula Abdul / Dean Barlow / Michael Darrin (1990) · Debbie Allen (1991) · Paul Taylor (1992) · Michael Peters (1993) · Linda Talcott (1994) · Ulysses Dove (1995) · Anita Mann / Charonne Mose (1996) · Marguerite Derricks / Sarah Kawahara (1997) · Marguerite Derricks / Peggy Holmes (1998) · Judith Jamison / Marguerite Derricks (1999) · Rob Marshall (2000)
Complete list: (1955–1975) · (1976–2000) · (2001–present)
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Choreography Jim Moore / George Pinney / Jon Vanderkolff (2001) · Doug Jack / Sarah Kawahara / Kenny Ortega / Debra Brown (2002) · Sandra Bezic / A.C. Ciulla / Christopher Dean / Jamie Isley / Michael Seibert (2003) · Jason Samuels Smith (2004) · Christopher Dean (2005) · Charles Klapow / Kenny Ortega / Bonnie Story (2006) · Wade Robson / Mia Michaels / Rob Marshall / John Deluca (2007) · Wade Robson (2008) · Rob Ashford / Tyce Diorio (2009) · Mia Michaels (2010) Mia Michaels / Tabitha and Napoleon D'umo (2011)
Complete list: (1955–1975) · (1976–2000) · (2001–present)
Categories:- Canadian figure skaters
- Figure skating choreographers
- Emmy Award winners
- Canadian sportswomen
- Canadian sportspeople of Japanese descent
- Living people
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