Sarah Kawahara is a Canadian figure skater and choreographer who has won two Emmy Awards.
Personal life
Born September 18, 1954 in Vancouver, Canada, Kawahara is of Japanese ancestry and lives in California. Her father is Hideo Kawahara (1920/1921-2011). She married actor Jamie Alcroft. They have three children together: Alysse Alcroft, Hayley Kiyoko Alcroft and Thatcher Alcroft.
Career
Kawahara was coached by Osborne Colson. She joined the Ice Capades at age 17 and skated with them for seven years. In 1997, she became the first skater to win the Best Choreography Emmy Award, receiving the award for Scott Hamilton Upside Down. She won her second Emmy in 2002 for choreographing the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2002 Winter Olympics.
Kawahara has choreographed for numerous competitive skaters, including synchronized skaters. She was a coach and choreographer for the film I, Tonya and for the television series Spinning Out.
Work as a choreographer
Films
Blades of Glory
Go Figure
I, Tonya
TV specials
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
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
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
Canadian female figure skaters
Figure skating choreographers
Primetime Emmy Award winners
Canadian sportswomen
Place of birth missing (living people) Living people Canadian sportspeople of Japanese descent Canadian expatriate sportspeople in the United States 1961 births