Sarah Reich (born May 24, 1989) is a

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instructor, choreographer and performer. She is best known as a featured artist for Postmodern Jukebox, touring the U.S. and Europe in 2015 and 2016. In addition to performing tap-percussion solos with numerous featured vocalists, her rendition of a ''Star Wars'' medley was featured in ''Slate'' and ''People'' magazines. She appears alongside vocalist Sara Niemietz in London, for an

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, Postmodern Jukebox feature shoot, covering " Ex's & Oh's" in 2016. Featured in ''Dance Spirit Magazine's'' “20 Hot Tappers Under 20” in 2009, Reich is widely recognized in professional dance circles. She has performed on American reality television show

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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). In 2015, ''

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'', Gia Kourlas, praised Reich's presentation at Tony Waag's "Tap Forward" at the Tap City festival.

Early life

Sarah Reich was born in

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. 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.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Reich, Sarah 1989 births Living people American female dancers American people of Hungarian descent American people of Mexican descent American tap dancers Entertainers from Culver City, California 21st-century American women