News - REVIEWS and UPDATES
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Thursdays Int/Adv THEATER JAZZ 11:30 Steps
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January Guest Teacher, Oberlin College MT
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March Choreographer, Newly revised 'Flower Drum Song'
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May 'Hotel On The Corner Of Bitter And Sweet' Seattle Benefit Performance
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August Director Choreographer 'Rent', Syracuse
New York Stage Review
The Frogs: They're Back And Bouncier Than Ever
by Sandy Mac Donald
...a cadre of lithe dancers carrying out Lainie Sakakura's alternately antic/erotic choreography for amphibians and Dionysians..."
MASTERVOICES' THE FROGS Made a Little-known Sondheim Score Soar at Jazz At Lincoln Center
By Rebecca Kaplan
"The choreography by Lainie Sakakura was utterly enchanting. The dancers moved themselves so fluidly and gracefully, they became frogs on stage, leap-frogging across one another, doing froggish jumps and other amphibian acrobatics, while maintaining the creepy mood of the number."
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AsAmNews: Rockettes of Color Alumnae: who they are and their hope to serve multiple generations
Cre8sian Project - Amazing Asians in the Arts: Lainie Sakakura
Live & In Color: What I Didn’t Know I Needed
Joy Sauce: These AA+PI dancers are supporting Rockettes of color, past and present
Lucille Lortel Theatre IG Live: Interview with Viet Vo in Celebration of AAPI Month
Rockettes of Color Alumnae: ROCA Talk with Lainie Sakakura
Playbill: The Unsung Stories of Broadway's Long-running Ensemblists