Culture Writer, The New York Times
Roslyn Sulcas grew up in Cape Town, South Africa, where she studied dance before completing a master’s degree in literature at the University of Cape Town and a doctoral diploma in social history at Paris VII University at Jussieu. While studying in Paris, she began to write about dance, becoming the Paris correspondent for Dance Magazine, Dance & Dancers and Dance International, as well as writing for magazines and newspapers in the U.S. and Britain.
In 1996, Ms. Sulcas moved to New York, where she worked as an editor and freelance dance writer. In 2005, she began to review and write about dance for The New York Times, covering a broad spectrum of dance forms. In 2011, she moved to London, where she covers dance, theater, film, visual arts and other cultural topics in Britain and Europe for The New York Times.