01/06/2023
Meet choreographer JEN ❤️‍🔥]
How long have you been teaching dance fitness?
✨ I’ve been dancing since I was a baby — almost 24 years, but have been teaching dance fitness for just over 7 years!
What are you most passionate about?
✨ Besides dancing, I have a passion for helping others achieve a healthy sense of self image, reframing the narrative on diet culture & redefining ideas of what true health & wellness is for the mind, body, & soul. That, iced coffee, & live concerts are what fuels me.
Dance fitness combines my passion for dance & choreography with my desire to work on my own health & fitness and share that with others. Dance fitness also expands to a wider audience than dance technique classes, so I get to meet people of all different walks of life and help brighten their day in an hour. Dance connects us in such a universally special way without even speaking a word. My favorite part is witnessing people finding their confidence in my class. Like, “wow, I helped them realize how amazing they really are!”
What certifications do you hold?
✨Zumba Fitness, Les Mills BodyPump, Spinning Indoor Cycling, Barre Intensity, Aerial Yoga, 305 Fitness, Pound Fit, ACE Certified Personal Trainer
What are your top 3 Choreo Creating Hacks?
✨ Listen to the song you want to use over and over to get an idea of how it sounds. Then start to move around and see how your body reacts naturally to each part of the music. You’ll gravitate towards certain movements without even realizing it.
✨ Start with one part of your body. Get the feet moving the way you want them to, then you can add the arms to embellish the movement.
✨ Break the song into sections. Label them A, B, C, etc. Choreograph a move for each letter section. Use that same move each time that section of music happens in the song. Dance fitness choreo is different from choreographing for a dance technique / composition class. You don’t want to overcomplicate it. Keep it simple & when in doubt, take away an added element. Chances are when you do that, it will be the perfect level of difficulty for anyone — challenging but not discouraging.
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