Miss Sarah
Sarah Gourley Idziak has been dancing for over 35 years. She spent her childhood years in the studio, at conventions, competitions, and working as an assistant teacher in the studio. In high school she was a member of the L.D. Bell Raiderettes, and served as Captain senior year. Her time on drill team lead to a job working for HTEDance, teaching camps and workshops for ten years. She currently does choreography for studios, pro, collegiate and high school teams across the country.
Sarah is a 2004 Cum Laude graduate of Oklahoma City University with a Bachelor of Performing Arts in Dance Performance. In college she was a member of the American Spirit Dance company and had the honor of taking class from some of the best in the business.
After college, she became a Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader from 2005-2010, serving as a group leader for 3 years. In that time she performed with artists such as Jason Aldean, The Jonas Brothers, Carrie Underwood, Kelly Clarkson, Sheryl Crow, Daughtry, Neal McCoy and more. She was a member of their prestigious traveling Show Group. Performances with the USO, and more, took her to places such as: Mexico, the Bahamas, Puerto Rico, Cuba, England, Belgium, The Netherlands, Germany, South Korea, Japan, China, Kuwait and Iraq. Traveling the world to dance was absolutely a life changing experience. On top of all that she has had the opportunity to work in radio, T.V., and movies. She has danced in the movies Tekken, and Disney’s Invincible. She has performed at the CMT music awards, the NBA All star game, appeared on the Today show, Good Morning America, Good Day live, Good Morning Texas, House Hunters, Wife Swap, Are You Smarter than a Fifth Grader?, and four seasons of CMT’s Making the Team. She continues to do work for the Cowboys as an alumni, the honor of choreographing and instructing tryout prep classes.
She continues her professional career performing in industrials and performances in the DFW area. The past several years she has been invested in her new passion as a competitive ballroom dancer in International Latin at Dance With Me USA.
Sarah loves that she has spent 20 years teaching in the competitive dance world and balances her time teaching with her love for her two beautiful children Piper and Roman.