Sara Brendel

Sara Brendel is a native of St. Louis, MO with years of dance training and performance experience. She started her professional career dancing for Norwegian Cruise Lines and Princess Cruise Lines. She has worked industrial shows and special events for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Nissan Motors, Siemens Technologies, and several other companies with Event Show Productions. She performed in Branson, Missouri with the production shows "Dino's - Somewhere in Christmas" and "The Shoji Tabuchi Show”. Sara also danced in the Broadway-style production of "Katonga" at Busch Gardens, Tampa Bay. Sara has performed beside talented dancers with the Les Grand Ballets Canadians and appeared in the musicals “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat”, "The Music Man", and "42nd Street". Sara received her education from Columbia College Chicago and Webster University as a dance major with a concentration in choreography. As a highly sought after choreographer, Sara has set numerous nationally award-winning pieces and her work consistently receives choreography awards across the country. She has choreographed opening numbers for many special events including Aveda Beauty "Catwalks for Water” and Kids Artistic Revue "Star Showcase" as well as having her choreography featured on ESPN. Her work has also been performed by the Big Muddy Dance Company in St. Louis, MO and SueMo Dance Company in Milwaukee,WI. Sara's students have been accepted into prestigious dance programs at the Edge Performing Arts Center, Oklahoma City University, Chapman University and several other universities. Many of her students have successful dance careers performing with world tours, professional dance companies, production shows, music videos and cruise lines. Sara is a lead judge for Ultra Dance Competition, Rainbow Dance Competition, Kids Artistic Revue and KAR Live Dance Competition. She has had the honor of teaching and judging talented dancers across the country as well as internationally with Kids Artistic Revue Australia. Sara teaches with a holistic approach and encourages her students to push their limits.