The birth of dance shape

2 years ago around this time of year I launched my @dance.shape concept at the studio I was working at. The Space Santa Monica, formally known as Cardio Barre Santa Monica, almost underwent change of ownership, I remember being asked if there was anything I’d like to teach on the schedule and thinking of course, I’ve got many things I could teach! I held two workshops, 1 in November and 1 in December then went on to teach two 6 week series’ where we built on the basics of dance starting with Ballet! In week 3 we moved on to Jazz and in week 5 we were learning Contemporary dance. As my 2nd series was ending along came Bellabooty Trifecta Cardio and then Cardio Ballet by The Ballet Spot a few months later! I learned during this pandemic I wouldn’t have been able to teach Dance Shape classes while teaching for The Ballet Spot. I sometimes view all of this as divine timing. I would probably still be teaching for both brands if this pandemic hadn’t occurred causing the studio housing those brands to close permanently July 2020. In this time I’m Grateful to have created Dance Shape, a program that brings and brought me so much joy and happiness I will have to say that’s the only silver lining about this lockdown. Being with my dog every day I can say has also been another silver lining, she and I have both gained weight. I was having a hard time keeping weight on and DK would skip meals on mornings that I worked, even some nights. We’ve gotten in a nice groove!

I do worry for this world though! As I turn on the news after not turning it on for about a week, I see violence, anger and lies. It’s really looking ugly out there! Let’s all try to look inside ourselves and maybe get a workout in a couple times a week. I’m going to be offering a couple of complimentary community Dance Shape classes this season, look out for those details soon 😎