top of page

Sarah Kawahara is a Canadian born director/choreographer well known for her television and touring show productions. She won her first Emmy (television award) for best choreography for CBS “Scott Hamilton: Upside Down.” She won her second Emmy for best choreography for the Opening Ceremonies of the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City. Also the American Choreography Award for Outstanding Achievement in Television Variety or Special for the Opening Ceremony-Salt Lake 2002 Olympic Winter Games.

At age 17, she joined Ice Capades as a principal and toured for seven years. She began her choreography career with Peggy Fleming, creating “ICE” for Radio CIty Music Hall/Shipstad Productions.  She continued to choreograph Scott Hamilton’s numbers until he retired. Other clients include Kurt Browning, Ilia Kulik, Michelle Kwan, Kristi Yamaguchi, Dorothy Hamill, Robin Cousins, Charlie Tickner, Tollar Cranston, John Curry, Torvill and Dean, Surya Bonaly, Chen Lu, Nancy Kerrigan, Tai Babilonia and Randy Gardner, Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov, Oksana Baiul, Marina Klimova and Sergei Ponomarenko, Victor Petrenko, Pang Qing and Tong Jian. Currently running shows are with Royal Carribean Cruiselines for Bietak Productions and Disney on Ice.

 

CHOREOGRAPHY CREDITS

Films

  • “Blades of Glory,” Dreamworks

  • “Go Figure,” Disney Channel

 

Television specials

  • “An Evening on Ice”  starring Peggy Fleming

  • “Ice Capades” TV Specials  50th Anniversary

  • “Wizard of Oz on Ice” starring Oskana Baiul  

  • “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”

  • “Michelle Kwan:Princesses on Ice”

  • “Scott Hamilton and Friends”

  • “Scott Hamilton: Upside Down”

 

Touring shows

  • Hercules on Ice

  • The Spirit of Pocahontas

  • Anastasia on Ice

  • Festival on Ice

  • Holiday on Ice

  • Stars on Ice

  • Ice Capades

  • Champions on Ice

  • Disney on Ice; Worlds of Fantasy,100 Anniversary of Disney Magic

  • Dancin’ on Ice

  • Broadway on Ice

  • Royal Carribean Cruiseline/Bietak Productions; IceGames, How to Train Your Dragon, Frozen in Time, Seasons, Ice Odyssey

 

bottom of page