A Step Ahead - Educational Dance and Exercise
Mission Statement:
Mission Statement:
Mission Statement: Our goal is to bring the joy of dancing to everyone whether they feel they can dance or not!! Dancing promotes social, physical, intellectual and emotional health and creates fun exercise and activity.
P.O. Box 13634, Mill Creek, Washington 98082 - (206)619-6527
Dance Pulse Exercise Class
* Sculpt/Tone *
* Cardio *
* Cardio *
* Stretch/Re-focus sections *
* Awesome Download-able sections and
* complete workout DVDs coming in
2012!!!!
* Awesome Download-able sections and
* complete workout DVDs coming in
2012!!!!
For More Information:
Detailed Class Description (click here) or See us in ACTION!
Frequently Asked Questions (click here)
An aerobic workout that makes you look, feel and express like a dancer!
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What this unique workout - Dance Pulse can do for you!
Do you enjoy dance? There is NOTHING like this anywhere!! Strength, tone and warm up section created to use your own body which creates the defined lines, elongated and toned body of a dancer!
Then after a mini dance lesson to get the most of the choreography, get ready to shine through easy-to-follow choreography that uses the music as a reason to move and not just for background! You will FEEL like that dancer doing real choreography!
Finally, stretching is VITAL to a healthy body. We dim the lights and use calming music to rejuvenate and stretch out those hard worked muscles which increases your physical, mental AND emotional health! Yes, exercise should feel like a party but it should also get you a complete workout!!! You'll get that with the Dance Pulse experience!
"I haven't sweat like this since I was 16 years old!" - Becki B.
"Dance Pulse is a fusion between a dance and aerobic class!"
- Ellen C.
"It's just plain fun!" - Jenny L.
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** Dance Elite Dance Studio **
13112 39th Ave Suite E/F
Everett, Washington 98208
Mondays @ 4:45-5:45 pm
Instructor Pam Shinsato - Creator
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Lake Stevens Community Education
TBA...
Dawn Russell - Certified Dance Pulse Instructor
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Dance Pulse Class Description
Purpose:For the non-experienced to experienced dancer to enjoy a full body workout by using the music as a reason for movement and not just as background while focusing on improving intellectual, physical, emotional, spiritual, social and dance health.
Benefits:
+ Strengthen the heart muscle
+ Increase flexibility
+ Increase body awareness
+ Increase oxygen to the body
+ Learn musicality and feeling movement through music
+ Camaraderie through choreography and make new friends
+ Strengthen, tone and elongate muscles that are common to dancers
+ Build dance techniques at various levels
+ Move/dance to different styles of music
+ Use of different muscles/parts of the body using different choreography
+ Increase memory and cognitive strength through learning choreography
+ Increase coordination
+ Find personal level of challenge
+ Increase awareness and strength of the core area
+ RELIEVE stress!
+ Enjoy movement with others with like goals
+ Enjoyment of moving and dancing, of course!
Format (I hour):
Sculpt and Tone: 15 minutes -(ends with a mini lesson on choreography)
For a long, lean, dancer type body, we warm up muscles, stretch, tone, strengthen, define dance placement, increase body/mind connection and movement focusing on the types of techniques in ballet, jazz, yoga and pilates styles.
Cardio Dance: 35 minutes -
SIMPLE, directed choreography of non-stop cardio dancing to different styles of music adding some formations including group and partnerships. Pop, Latin, country, rock and roll, 50’s, cultural, etc. choreography with the emphasis on their different strength points will be repeated every class for reinforced memory of choreography with a change in a new routine every 4 weeks.
Stretch and Refocus: 10 minutes
Cool down, relaxation, body awareness, breath focus, stretch to calming music and sounds using yoga and dance type movement.
Copyrighted format and choreography 2009
Created by Pam Shinsato – dancer/choreographer, aerobics/fitness instructor
