Ballet, Tap, and All That Jazz

I love this studio. I love that it’s minutes from my house. I love the variety of classes. I love Piloxing (Pilates and boxing). I love Selena (Piloxing instructor). I love the Groupon deals. It’s all great.
Parking is easy (metered spots on Baltimore or a lot across the street at Franklin’s). Classes are reasonably priced. The studio is a good size and always clean.
The Piloxing class is AMAZING. It’s so fun and such a great workout. I’m sore for days. But it works your entire body; core, balance, arms, legs, cardio. Plus, you get to throw some punches! Also, Selena is great at keeping the energy up. You can tell she’s really rooting for you to get through the workout. I come home from the class Tuesday nights always in such a great mood. Looooooooove it!

Update to my previous review — I tried their Hula Hoop Fitness demo class last Thursday and it was SO MUCH FUN. And it was a serious workout too! I really hope they add it to the schedule because I would definitely go to these classes. What a fun way to work out!

I just tried out their African dance class and loved it! I took it in college, which was a looooong time ago, and was really excited to find this class so close to my house! The teacher was great! Totally helpful and didn’t make me feel lame for being so out of shape. It was a lot of fun and I am definitely going back!

I’m so thrilled that we now have a dance studio in downtown Hyattsville! Yay! I went and took Zumba with Nataki the other day and it was a really fun workout. I left feeling like I had infinitely more street cred after all the booty poppin’. It seems like they’re always running deals online and I got the groupon for 10 classes, which makes it SUPER cheap. I can’t wait for my daughter to be old enough to try their pre-​ballet class. The studio is very nice and clean, and the owner seems very nice.

A person who is not excited when her (or his) area finally gets a dance/​fitness studio, that person should check for vital signs. It could be you’ve turned into a zombie without noticing. (Apparently it happens with alarming frequency these days).
For those of us in the College Park area who are alive and have been trekking all over to get our dance on (or to take the kids to dance class) — there is now Ballet, Tap & all that Jazz. It should really be called Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Modern, Hip-​hop, African, Belly Dance & more, but it would be hard to get that on the door. I’m especially psyched that they offer barre, since I’m pretty sure this is a first for the entire county and I know this class is the only one anywhere near walking distance from my house.
OK, so. Yesterday I went to their Open House, intending to take the adult ballet demo class, grab a print schedule and leave. Normally, I’m not much of a hanger-​outer in a new environment. However, I arrived during the African dance demo and wound up wishing I’d gotten there in time to take part in that one. It looked like a lot of fun. In all I watched 4 teachers: African, ballet for children, ballet for adults, hip-​hop (these two taught by the same teacher) & belly dancehall. (It was developed locally and is doubleplus fun.)
I was really impressed with all of the teachers. The teacher who worked with the little ones was very good at educating the kids AND the parents. They all made it fun while explaining what was going on. Basically, if someone is smiling while they’re dancing AND teaching, that person really likes dancing and teaching. (Also, in really good shape. Whew!)
I wound up hanging around after the adult ballet demo (which impressed me) and somehow found myself taking part in the hip-​hop class. It was nice of the instructor not to chase me out for being a disgrace to the style. And then the belly dancehall, which was so insanely fun I forgot there were people sitting and watching the classes. I’ve never been interested in anything except ballet, but after those demos, I suspect I’ll be branching out. Also, sweating a lot more.
Final verdict: YAY!