Sara Brians is an award winning, New York City based director, choreographer, and educator. She began her dance career as a Radio City Rockette, then, made her Broadway debut in the revival of 42nd Street. She has worked on six Broadway shows as a performer, resident and associate choreographer, including White Christmas, Matilda, Billy Elliot, The Terms of My Surrender, and ...read more
Sara Brians is an award winning, New York City based director, choreographer, and educator. She began her dance career as a Radio City Rockette, then, made her Broadway debut in the revival of 42nd Street. She has worked on six Broadway shows as a performer, resident and associate choreographer, including White Christmas, Matilda, Billy Elliot, The Terms of My Surrender, and After the Night and the Music.
Sara has a varied career as a choreographer, resident and associate choreographer, educator and performer, having choreographed and taught in NYC and across the US and the globe! In addition to Broadway, she has worked overseas in England, Scotland, Wales and Denmark, and in the U.S. at City Center Encores!, The Kennedy Center, 5th Avenue Theatre, Goodspeed Opera House, Asolo Repertory Theatre, and The Alley Theatre, in addition to numerous concerts in New York at Joe’s Pub, Town Hall, The 92nd Street Y, and Merkin Hall. Most notable, Sara has taught at the Banff Centre in Calgary.
Sara directed and choreographed Godspell at Theatre Aspen and choreographed Follies at the Astoria Performing Arts Center, for which she won an Outstanding Choreography award by the NY Innovative Theatre Awards.
Sara has directed and choreographed City of Angels, and choreographed Rock of Ages, Man of La Mancha, The Full Monty, Big Fish, Chicago, Ring of Fire, Merrily We Roll Along, and Anyone Can Whistle. She has choreographed original dance works for the Project Broadway concert Kicking and Screaming and Wall to Wall Bernstein, both at Symphony Space in NYC, and choreographed the Iowa High School Musical Theatre Awards (Iowa’s state version of The Jimmy Awards). She choreographed and associate directed, The Trouble With Doug in Denmark at the Fredericia Teater and Newton’s Cradle for the New York Musical Festival at the Duke Theatre in New York City.
Her television appearances include Good Morning America, The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, The Late Show with Jay Leno, and The Donnie and Marie Show. Her tap sounds can be heard on the recordings of Sherry! The Musical and the 30th Anniversary recording of Annie, both produced by James Lipton.
For more, visit SaraBrians.com.
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