Join Louis
for a step out of the ordinary-
Cardio Ballroom Classes
“Dancing With
the Stars” dancer Louis Van Amstel, center, leads
a class at
Anisa's School of Dance in Sherman Oaks.
(Stephen Osman, Los Angeles Times) -
October 29, 2007
A
class titled cardio ballroom, taught by "Dancing
With the Stars" dancer Louis Van Amstel, offers
especially intense dance workouts. Van Amstel, came up with
the concept -- it's structured like an aerobics class,
no partners needed. Van Amstel leads this high-energy,
hourlong workout at Anisa's School of Dance in Sherman
Oaks. It begins with a warm-up, then segues into basic
salsa, cha-cha and jive steps, progressively adding
variations, all to speaker-busting levels of Mariah
Carey, Cher, Gwen Stefani and ABBA.
"We realized
that ballroom works on a fitness level," Van Amstel
says after a recent class, his shirt and pants soaked
with sweat. "It's the best way to make people lose
weight because you're not really here for a fitness
class, you're here to dance."
The class also
satisfies dancing jones for people who can't or don't
want to get a partner with whom to salsa the night away.
Van Amstel,
who recently released a set of dance DVDs, says he eventually
wants to have a studio and teach ballroom and other
dance forms.
In the meantime,
in the few weeks they've been running, the cardio ballroom
classes are still growing, he says. "We're trying
to bring back fitness through enjoying life."
During
the course of the cardio ballroom class, expressions
change from furrowed brows to ear-to-ear grins as steps
are mastered and inhibitions disappear. Vanessa Foster
of Beverly Hills calls it one of the best workouts she's
had -- and she has a trainer three times a week. "That
never comes close to this," she says.
Monday, Wednesday and Friday
9:30am - 10:30am Regular level class
10:30am - 11:30am Regular level class
Tuesdays and Thursdays
9:30am - 10:30am ADVANCED level class
10:30am - 11:30am BEGINNER level class
Saturdays
10:00am - 11:00am Regular level class
11:00am-12:00pm BEGINNER level class
Anisa's School of Dance
14252 Ventura blvd.
Sherman Oaks, CA 91423
818-908-8008
*This unique fitness class is completely PARTNER FREE!*
GIFT CERTIFICATES AVAILABLE!
Single class $25.00
5 class series $95.00 - Save $30
10 class series $180.00 - Save $70
20 class series $335.00 - Save $165
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Tuesdays and Thursdays
5:15am - 6:15am BEGINNER level class
Richard Simmons' Slimmons Dance Studio
9306 Civic Center Dr.
Beverly Hills, Ca 90210
310-275-4663
GIFT CERTIFICATES AVAILABLE!
Introductory Special!!! SAVE $$$
$20.00 single class
$92.50 5 class series
$175.00 10 class series
$330.00 20 class series
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Taught
by Professional Dancer Louis Van amstel
No partners
needed!!
This unique fitness class uses
ballroom technique that is
completely partner free.
