SARA BRIANS DIRECTOR & CHOREOGRAPHER
Representation: Mark D. Sendroff, Esq. [email protected] | (212)-840-6400 https://SaraBrians.com | [email protected]
NEW YORK | REGIONAL | INTERNATIONAL THEATRE
GODSPELL THEATRE ASPEN DIRECTOR & CHOREOGRAPHER Aspen, Colorado
CITY OF ANGELS SCHAEBERLE STUDIO THEATRE DIRECTOR & CHOREOGRAPHER Pace University, NYC
NEWTON’S CRADLE DUKE THEATRE, NYC CHOREOGRAPHER & ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR NYMF Dir. Victoria Clark
FOLLIES ASTORIA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER CHOREOGRAPHER *NY Innovative Theatre Awards Dir. Dev Bondarin Nomination: Outstanding Choreography*
THE TROUBLE WITH DOUG (PROBLEMET MED DOUGLAS) CHOREOGRAPHER & ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR FREDERECIA TEATER, Denmark Dir. Victoria Clark
BIG FISH, CHICAGO, RING OF FIRE, ROCK OF AGES ALPINE THEATRE PROJECT MAN OF LA MANCHA, THE FULL MONTY Whitefish, Montana CHOREOGRAPHER Dir. Betsi Morrison
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG SCHAEBERLE STUDIO THEATRE CHOREOGRAPHER Pace University, NYC Dir. Amy Rogers
ANYONE CAN WHISTLE SCHAEBERLE STUDIO THEATRE CHOREOGRAPHER Pace University, NYC Dir. Amy Rogers
HOUDINI THE SEGAL THEATRE CHOREOGRAPHER Montreal, Quebec - Canada Dir. Byrna Wasserman
1 NEW YORK | REGIONAL | INTERNATIONAL THEATRE CONTINUED
THE GAY NO MORE TELETHON NY INT’L FRINGE FESTIVAL CHOREOGRAPHER Schimmel Theatre, NYC Dir. Dennis Erdmann
PIPPIN SCHAEBERLE STUDIO THEATRE CHOREOGRAPHER Pace University, NYC Dir. Amy Rogers
CONCERTS | INDUSTRIALS
WALL TO WALL LEONARD BERNSTEIN SYMPHONY SPACE, NYC ‘Fancy Free’ Galop, Waltz & Danzon Variations CHOREOGRAPHER
KICKING & SCREAMING SYMPHONY SPACE, NYC CHOREOGRAPHER Original Dance Works - Project Broadway Series “Grow” & “My Ears Are Ringing”
CAREER TRANSITIONS FOR DANCERS / ACTORS FUND MARRIOT MARQUIS, NYC BENEFIT GALA 2016 CHOREOGRAPHER
IOWA HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL THEATER DES MOINES CIVIC CENTER AWARDS SHOWCASE Des Moines, Iowa CHOREOGRAPHER June 2018, June 2017 & June 2013 Presented by Des Moines Performing Arts
CONSUMER ELECTRONICS SHOW – HISENSE LAS VEGAS CONVENTION CENTER CHOREOGRAPHER Producer: Mark Rubinsky / MC2 Dir. Steven Minning
FIVE STAR DIAMOND AWARD GALA BERLIN, GERMANY CHOREOGRAPHER Producer: Broadway Sings!
THE BECKET FUND NEW YORK CITY CHOREOGRAPHER Producer: Broadway Sings!
MUSIC VIDEO
IT COULD BE THEATRE 80, ST. MARKS PLACE, NYC CHOREOGRAPHER & EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Dir. Liam Brady
2 ASSOCIATE | ASSISTANT | RESIDENT DIRECTOR & CHOREOGRAPHER
BROADWAY
THE TERMS OF MY SURRENDER BELASCO THEATRE, NYC MOVEMENT ASSISTANT Starring Michael Moore Dir. Michael Mayer Chor. Noah Racey
MATILDA THE MUSICAL SHUBERT THEATRE, NYC RESIDENT CHOREOGRAPHER & US NATIONAL TOUR ASSISTANT CHOREOGRAPHER: US TOUR Dir. Matthew Warchus Chor. Peter Darling
BILLY ELLIOT: THE MUSICAL Broadway: IMPERIAL THEATRE, NYC RESIDENT CHOREOGRAPHER Toronto: THE CANON THEATRE, Toronto Dir. Stephen Daldry Chicago: THE ORIENTAL THEATRE, Chicago Chor. Peter Darling
IRVING BERLIN’S WHITE CHRISTMAS MARRIOTT MARQUIS, NYC ASSOCIATE CHOREOGRAPHER Dir. Walter Bobbie Chor. Randy Skinner
AFTER THE NIGHT AND THE MUSIC Manhattan Theatre Club ASSISTANT CHOREOGRAPHER BILTMORE THEATER, NYC Dir. Daniel Sullivan Chor. Randy Skinner
NEW YORK | REGIONAL | INTERNATIONAL
GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES CITY CENTER ENCORES! ASSISTANT CHOREOGRAPHER New York, NY Dir. John Rando Chor. Randy Skinner
BROADWAY: 3 GENERATIONS THE KENNEDY CENTER ASSOCIATE CHOREOGRAPHER Washington, D.C. Dir. Lonny Price Chor. Randy Skinner & Josh Rhodes
OF THEE I SING CITY CENTER ENCORES! ASSISTANT CHOREOGRAPHER New York, NY Dir. John Rando Chor. Randy Skinner
3 ASSOCIATE/ASSISTANT DIRECTOR & CHOREOGRAPHER CONTINUED
NEW YORK | REGIONAL | INTERNATIONAL
IRVING BERLIN’S WHITE CHRISTMAS DOMINION THEATRE, WEST END ASSOCIATE CHOREOGRAPHER London, England Re-Mount of Original Choreography Plymouth & Southampton, England / Chor. Randy Skinner Edinburgh, Scotland / Cardiff, Wales
PULSE ASOLO REP ASSOCIATE CHOREOGRAPHER Sarasota, FL Chor. Noah Racey, Dir. Jeff Calhoun
SHOW BOAT GOODSPEED OPERA HOUSE ASSISTANT CHOREOGRAPHER East Haddam, Connecticut Chor. Noah Racey Dir. Rob Ruggiero
THE GERSHWIN’S AN AMERICAN IN PARIS THE ALLEY THEATRE ASSOCIATE CHOREOGRAPHER Houston, TX Dir. Gregory Boyd Chor. Randy Skinner
LONE STAR LOVE 5th AVENUE THEATER ASSISTANT CHOREOGRAPHER Seattle, WA Dir. & Chor. Randy Skinner Creative Consultant: John Rando
BROADWAY CLOSE UP: SONGS OF JULE STYNE MERKIN CONCERT HALL ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Lincoln Center, NYC Dir. Noah Racey
ALL SINGIN’ ALL DANCIN’ & NYC TOWN HALL Other “Broadway by the Year” Concerts ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR & ASSOCIATE CHOREOGRAPHER Dir. & Chor. Noah Racey
STORMY WEATHER (NYC Staged Reading) MANHATTAN BALLROOM, NYC ASSISTANT CHOREOGRAPHER Dir. Sheldon Epps & Michael Bush / Chor. Randy Skinner
BABES IN ARMS (NYC Staged Reading) RIPLEY GRIER, NYC ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR-CHOREOGRAPHER Starring Rosie O’Donnell Dir. & Chor. Randy Skinner
WONDERLAND (NYC Staged Reading) RIPLEY GRIER, NYC ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR Dir. Gregory Boyd
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PRIVATE LESSONS WITH CELEBRITY CLIENTS (Theatre Dance, Tap, Jazz, Ballet)
BROADWAY DANCE CENTER, New York City Guest Teacher | Theater Jazz & Tap
PACE UNIVERSITY, New York City Adjunct Faculty | Musical Theatre Department Musical Theatre Dance Styles & Ensemble Practicum (Developed new curriculum)
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC, New York City Adjunct Faculty | Musical Theatre Department Tap Technique
DUKE UNIVERSITY, Durham, North Carolina Guest Artist | Choreographer, Developmental Kurt Weill Musical “Love Life”
THE BANFF CENTRE, Banff, Alberta, Canada Master Teacher | Musical Theatre Master Class Intensive
THE GROWING STUDIO, New York City Theatre Dance Master Class
CAMP BROADWAY, New York City Master Class Teacher | Theatre Dance & Repertoire
BROADWAY KID COACHES, Founding Member
NXT STOP, Texas Theatre Dance Master Class
APEX Theatre Company, Florida
OHIO DANCE MASTERS OF AMERICA Musical Theatre Audition & Technique Workshop
STAGE DOOR SCHOOL OF DANCE, LONG ISLAND Tap, Jazz, Ballet, Theatre Dance Master Classes (Children and Faculty) Choreographer | Annual Recital Opening Number (Multiple Years)
Master Teacher of Children’s Theatre Dance & Tap Classes
SELECTED TRAINING
TECTONIC THEATRE PROJECT: Moment Work Training Labs, Levels 1 & 2 (Leigh Fondakowski)
5 SELECTED TRAINING CONTINUED
MOVEMENT THEATRE STUDIO: The Ensemble Director: Creating Original Theater (Emmanuelle Delpech)
ATLANTIC ACTING SCHOOL: 6 Week Summer Intensive
OTHER
200 Hour Yoga Alliance Certified Yoga Teacher (YogaWorks)
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