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Sara Brians is a New York City based director, choreographer and educator. She is currently the US Associate Choreographer for The Hills of California on Broadway directed by Sam Mendes, and is choreographing the upcoming production of Anything Goes at Gulfshore Playhouse this fall....Read more
Sara Brians is a New York City based director, choreographer and educator. She is currently the US Associate Choreographer for The Hills of California on Broadway directed by Sam Mendes, and is choreographing the upcoming production of Anything Goes at Gulfshore Playhouse this fall. With a varied career, she has worked on Broadway (42nd Street, Billy Elliot, Matilda, White Christmas, The Terms of My Surrender, and After the Night and the Music), across the globe, and with prestigious institutions including The Radio City Rockettes, The Kennedy Center, New York City Center, Goodspeed Opera House, The 5th Avenue Theatre, Asolo Repertory Theatre, Theatre Aspen and many more.
She loves developing new musicals in addition to directing and choreographing revivals, and has also directed and choreographed numerous industrials, concerts, and entertainment events. Her recent work includes choreography for regional productions of Rock of Ages, Guys and Dolls, Sunset Boulevard, and Mary Poppins. Her faculty credits include The Juilliard School, NYU, Pace University and Manhattan School of Music.
For more, visit SaraBrians.com and @brianssarak on instagram.
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Class Descriptions
Sara’s theater class centers on storytelling, character, musicality and performance. Class begins with a concise jazz based warm-up to fire up your technique, strengthen and stretch your body, and prepare your mind for learning choreography. Across the floor progressions will allow you to further develop and exercise your technique. The focus of class is the combination, which will always be driven by character and story, and inspired by the music. You will be challenged to grow in a supportive environment and your uniqueness will be joyfully celebrated in this class!
Sara’s tap class is rooted in strong, foundational technique. Warm-up and center exercises focus on musicality, rhythm, weight transfer, and agility. Across the floor exercises will develop your ability to transition technical exercises into traveling and turning phrases. Combinations encompass a broad range - and often a merging of – styles to support the development of both the visual and percussive artistry of tap dance. In Sara’s tap class you will sharpen your technical skills, learn tools to pick up choreography faster and hone your ability to work within a variety of tap dance styles.