2 New Hot events for the New Year

With the New Year in high gear, how have your fitness goals been going?

If you’re looking for a way to keep up the momentum, we have 2 great events we want to share with you!

1. Fridays 7:30-8:45: Ladies Salsa Series with Ashanti Altovese

Women can learn the sensual and energetic dance of Salsa during an 8 week workshop series that focuses on basic footwork, body movement, timing, musicality, and styling. There is no partner necessary and after the class, students are invited to attend a Salsa party from 9:00p.m. until 11:00p.m. to practice their new moves (Salsa party happening every other Friday starting January 14th). With each class, students build on their knowledge by executing Salsa fundamentals within choreographed moves that are common in social dancing. Build confidence, get fit, and learn to Salsa with Ashanti Altovese over the course of 8 weeks and become Salsalicious! (we’ve also got a video below of her performing at our Winter Showcase).


To sign up for Ashanti's class, click here

About Ashanti: Ashanti Altovese Griffin, a professional Salsa dancer with 20 years experience in dance performance, competition, and instruction, is dedicated to female empowerment through dance. As the director of the Dancesport Divas® performance team and dance fitness program, host of the television pilot "Salsa Superstars", CEO of Danscents! The Official Fragrance of Dancesport, and a dance fitness expert and lifestyle guide for Examiner.com and Ballroom Fantasy.com, Ashanti promotes self-confidence in women. With a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology and work experience as a product developer for the Eastman Kodak Company and Kraft Foods, Ashanti utilizes her technical background coupled with her artistic abilities to provide women with products and services that help them discover their inner dancer.

2. Valentine's Showgrrrl Workshop: Sensuality in Motion

A special workshop with Kristina Nekyia happening February 13th, 3-5 PM.

A showgrrrl is a powerful, sexy, self-directed woman of the stage. She is part of you. Find that confident, fully embodied, sensual, raw energy and let it imbue your movements with a new fire. Drawing on the movements of belly dance and burlesque, this workshop addresses how to be sexy onstage in a way that is strong, classy, and completely real. Learn the common pitfalls and cliches to avoid, and strut your stuff in a fun, burlesque style routine. Be your own saucy Valentine!

To sign up for Kristina's workshop, click here

About Kristina:

Kristina Nekyia is a belly dancer, circus contortion dancer, burlesque queen, pin up nymph, actress, fire eater, director, and writer based in Hollywood, California. She was the 2010 First Runner-Up for the title of Queen of Burlesque at the Burlesque Hall of Fame competition in Las Vegas, and she founded and directed The Nekyia, a company of showgrrrls specializing in circus, belly dance, and burlesque.