Movement Arts

Barre Stretch

As dancers know, the ballet barre is a wonderful prop designed to support the body in both static and dynamic movement leading to long, lean muscles. This class involves the dancer’s workout by combining the grace of the ballet barre, stretching, and some fitness exercises. This class is designed to shape and lift the entire body.

Some of the benefits include:

• Body shaping results along with long term strength, posture, and flexibility benefits.
• Increased flexibility and grace.
• Develop a strong core and longer, leaner muscles.
• Helps to increase stamina and energy.
• Develops muscle balance leading to a well-proportioned body with less risk for injury.
• Connects mind, body and breath and relieves stress.

Belly Dance Fitness

Belly dancing provides you with a way to stay healthy and fit, and a way to stay relaxed and open. This class will start with teaching the isolations that they'll incorporate into dance movements later. You will learn to incorporate all the moves together and voilà--you're belly dancing! This class is not just an exercise routine, but a class that will allow you to feel the most like a belly dancer.

Some of the benefits include:

• Improved posture and muscle toning.
• Burning up to 300 calories per hour aids weight loss.
• Stress reduction through the calming traditional movements.
• Exercises the carrying muscles without impact.

Zumba

Are you ready to party yourself into shape? That’s exactly what the Zumba program is all about. It’s an exhilarating, effective, easy-to-follow, Latin-inspired, calorie-burning dance fitness-party that’s moving millions of people toward joy and health. Zumba Fitness is the only Latin-inspired dance-fitness program that blends red-hot international music, created by Grammy Award-winning producers, and contagious steps to form a "fitness-party" that is downright addictive.

Some of the benefits include:

• Huge calorie burning exercise with fun moves to great music.
• Total body toning while engaging a ton of muscles at once.
• Enjoyable exercise to keep you coming back.
• Works for all ages.
• Great form of stress relief.