Fitness

Capoeira Dance Workout with Saul Capoeira is a unique dance art form, which has strong roots in Afro-Brazilian music and dance. It is an excellent physical activity for all ages and levels. Its harmony of forces promotes flexibility, endurance, self-discovery and power. Capoeira dance also develops personal discipline, self-confidence and balances the mind, body and soul. The main goal of this high-energy class is to have fun and learn the secret of the "Capoeira smile".
Champagne Pilates with Cera Work-a-day blues getting you down? Finding it hard to stick to your Friday workout? Champagne Pilates combines the workout you need with the drunken slackery you crave! 45 minutes of intense, focused, strengthening Pilates, followed by 15 minutes of boozin' and laughs with your fellow Pilates compatriots.
$5 Pilates with Cera Pilates is an effective method of gaining and maintaining muscular balance based on the work of Joseph Pilates. Working through simple, focused sequences, we find and correct imbalances of weakness and undue tension. Improved posture provides for increased strength , flexibility, and a whole new confidence! Whether tense "computer shoulders" are causing neck pain, a mal-aligned gait is slowing you down, or a little extra around the tummy is causing wardrobe dilemmas, Pilates has something for everyone. See for yourself why the Pilates method has taken the health and fitness world by storm!
Lunch Hour Pilates with Cera Pilates is an effective method of gaining and maintaining muscular balance based on the work of Joseph Pilates. Working through simple, focused sequences, we find and correct imbalances of weakness and undue tension. Improved posture provides for increased strength , flexibility, and a whole new confidence! Whether tense "computer shoulders" are causing neck pain, a mal-aligned gait is slowing you down, or a little extra around the tummy is causing wardrobe dilemmas, Pilates has something for everyone. See for yourself why the Pilates method has taken the health and fitness world by storm!
Vinyasa Yoga with Christie Christie teaches Vinyasa Yoga and challenges students to open their physical body and deepen their mental awareness, moving toward balance. Vinyasa yoga synchronizes ujjayi breath with a fluid sequence of poses building internal heat to cleanse the body and ultimately the mind.

Contemporary

Hip Hop Fusion with Cera A mixed level class fusing Hip Hop, Funk, and Jazz. This pulse-racing class is all about building your own dance style using two of dance's favorite styles, Jazz and Hip Hop. Students will learn strong technique masked in the fun and funk of hip-hop and jazz. After a strong warm up and conditioning, the class will do across the floor work followed by a high-energy yet accessible combination that will give you a workout and have you workin' it.
World Fusion/Modern with Cera Cera's approach to Modern comes from Graham, Ailey, and Dunham techniques. Focus is on alignment, technique, musical interpretation, and performance. Combinations, floor barre, and across the floor exercises draw on movements from Cera's diverse dance training, including Kathak, Persian, Middle Eastern, Flamenco, and Afro-Caribbean movements.

World Dance

Salsa Rueda Mixed Level Salsa Rueda with Nick & Serena Learn all the basic, beginning, and intermediate moves for Salsa Rueda. Come be part of the exciting global community of Salsa Rueda! See a video of Nick & Salsa Rueda in action. About Nick - For over 14 years, Nick was a martial arts and movement instructor. Partner dancing and salsa were a natural progression. For the past 8 years, Nick has been teaching Salsa and in particular, Cuban style Salsa, bringing to it his existing concepts of connection, balance, and fluidity. Nick combines decades of Cuban tradition with modern movement concepts of space, timing, and flow. Presently, he teaches club-style Salsa, Rueda de Casino, cha cha cha, son, and several martial arts. Nick has trained and taught all over the U.S., including extended periods in Miami, New York, and Texas. He has also taught in Hawaii, and all over California. He has taught at numerous Salsa Congresses, Festivals and Cruises and is the co-star of "The Quick And Dirty Guide To Salsa vol. 4".

Bellydance

Beginning Bellydance with Cera In this class we will build the foundation for solid dance technique that will last a lifetime. Using Pilates, Yoga, and a thorough understanding of anatomy, our warm up and drills will help us build strength, alignment, and posture that will serve us in our dance and daily lives. This class is broken into layers of skeletal and muscular movements, learning first about moving the skeleton in space, and then about how to layer muscular isolations on top of that. This builds the foundation for layering and complicated traveling movements that can seem very difficult - but with a thorough understanding of your own body, become a snap! This formula is designed to produce freedom and ease of movement for all dancers, and to increase your learning curve by leaps and bounds - AND it's fun =) This class is learning a drum solo for the Student Showcase - come join in!
American Cabaret Bellydance with Nanna This Multi-Level class entails explanation and training in essential Belly Dance movements such as; principal steps, isolations, accents, shimmies, variations, combinations, and transitions. Classes also incorporate strengthening and conditioning stretches and exercises, short dances, and musical recognition. Not your standard form of American Cabaret, Nanna constructs her method based on a classic, down-to-earth, and distinctive style all her own.
Dark Fusion Bellydance with Ariellah Ariellah's belly dance classes are tribal fusion and dark fusion oriented and revolve around yoga, muscle strengthening, and drills. She pays close attention to technique, posture and creating an environment where the student gains full knowledge of the movements and works toward strong and precise arm, chest and hip work. In her class students also learn a choreography over a 6 week period.
Funk Fusion Bellydance Combos with Cera This high-energy class builds on the foundations learned in our mixed level and beginning classes. Layering, Combos, fast-paced choreography, and fusion spanning from hip hop to classical Persian forms challenge your rhythm, musicality, and body awareness in every class. Great for an Intermediate level dancer, or advanced beginner looking to push their skills to the next level!
Fusion Bellydance Drills and Basics with Gibson Pearl Fusion Bellydance Drills & Basics explores the rhythm, isolations, and nuances of Tribal Fusion bellydance. Every class starts with a warm-up session of stretching and conditioning, followed by drills and breakdowns of moves and transitions. While the focus will be on technical stuff, there will be dancing at the end of every class for musicality and rhythm training--and for fun, of course!