Sunday, 17 June 2012

Va Va Vooma

Sugardance partnered up with a very special client to put together a diet and fitness dvd. Vooma is a three part dvd featuring a diet, dance and strength section and is a must see to keep those Winter kilos at bay.



Patricia Lewis has been coming to Zumba classes at the studio since 2011 and fell in love with the music and moves. She has a natural rhythm and stage presence, and took to this dance exercise like a pro. It is great watching her let go and enjoy herself. As a result of all this moving and shaking, she began to see fantastic results in her body shape and wanted to share her experience the public. There's no big secret in her message, work hard and be dedicated...but also make it fun. She followed these three easy steps...

  • 1 - Strength section: building a strong body 
Well-known fitness trainer, Jenni Rivet, took Patricia through her paces. Classes two to three times a week spent building a strong core, focusing the mind and challenging the body to go further. Jenni worked with Princess Diana and is a real professional who respects her clients. Jenni's classes are all about results and Patricia is definitely looking fabulous.

  • 2 - Dance section: turn on the music...after a while you will forget you're exercising
Sick of running on the treadmill? Bored with the same old same old? Sugardance will have you burning fat and loving it with a variety of dance fitness and movements classes aimed at helping you make your exercise regime something you look forward to. Patricia saw the benefits of dance as a legitimate cardio workout, whether it's Zumba, Contemporary/Jazz, Ballet or Pole Dancing, dance has an abundance of good effects, but most people highlight the music as the key element. Choose a class that suits your vibe and style and you will want to exercise. 

  • 3 - Diet section: you are what you eat and you look tasty... ha ha.
Patricia is a sensible woman and knows that exercise alone will not do the trick. If you want a glowy complexion and youthful energy, you need to stay away from certain foods. She also knows that we are are all individuals and might require different eating plans. She enlisted the help of weight loss specialists, Sure Slim to find the right plan for her. This was a smart move and meant that the combination of regular exercise and healthy eating was bound to show results and it certainly has. 

  • Behind the scenes: getting to know you
Chantelle Nicholson and Julie Robert, dance instructors at Sugardance, had the pleasure of working with Patricia for over three months, carefully putting together the dance section of the Vooma dvd. We hang out at the studio in the evenings brain storming moves and coming up with routines to seven of her own tracks. Her music is catchy and there is always a good beat. The film crew had worked with Patricia during her singing days and they rocked! It was one of the best wrap parties we've experienced. Check them out at www.3minutefilm.com. We even enlisted the help of some of our kids and adult dancers from the studio so the viewer is in for a real treat. 



The dvd is due for release by the end of August 2012.



Thursday, 3 May 2012

Shake It Up

The ball is rolling and the vibe at Sugardance is on the up. For many years the studio's focus has been on kids and finally the adult side is picking up. People are trying out different classes and falling in love with new styles. Suddenly someone who used to only attend Zumba classes, can be seen letting it go in contemporary or spinning around in pole dancing. At the end of the day, we all love to move and use our bodies and Sugardance is a great place to do that. In the last month alone the studio has welcomed yoga, ballet and pole dancing teachers and the choice of classes keeps growing...

Ballet
Belly Dancing
Hip Hop
Contemporary/Jazz
Nia
Pole Dancing
Yoga
Zumba





Your first class is always FREE !!!

Friday, 25 November 2011

Free as a bird with NIA

I love my body for its mobility and my mind for its creativity. That's what I came away with after a workshop with NIA master, Kathy Wolstenholme

Sugar Dance Studios hosted this dynamic woman for a workshop entitled 'juice'. What a delicious word that is and what a great way to spend an hour and a half! I almost didn't go...i'd had a busy day (you know the usual lame excuse)...but as the owner of the studio I wanted to show my support. It always amazes me how exercise lifts my spirits and washes away negative clouds of tension and stress. We all arrived carrying the burdens of the day in our bodies but left feeling energized and uplifted!

Kathy is originally from the USA and was instrumental in bringing NIA out to South Africa. She now lives in Cape Town and is touring the country promoting the style and sharing her passion with lucky people like me.

According to Kathy, I am walking battery pack sustained and enhanced by food, water, air & MOVEMENT! In the same way that being driven, recharges a car battery, MOVEMENT recharges my battery. I let go of my insecurities and let the music sing to me, playing its rhythms through my 13 joints. I stretched out my limbs and shook about, I even rolled around on the floor and shouted out loud! It was a brilliant experience to be so free and unconfined.

Nia is the hottest form of easy & fun fitness right now. It’s not just the sweat you will work up in a Nia workout, that makes it hot … The soul of Nia is JOY experienced through natural movement, to inspirational music. JOY is the greatest antidote to stress & the thread that connects us to one another. Nia is powerful WHOLE BODY martial arts & dance movement. It moves you from the inside out and is the way to free & enliven your spirit!

Sugar Dance Studios offers Nia classes. View the timetable or browse the website for more other classes on offer.

Thursday, 10 November 2011

Free as a bird with Nia

I love my body for its mobility and my mind for its creativity. That's what I came away with after a workshop with Nia master, Kathy Wolstenholme

Sugar Dance Studios hosted this dynamic woman for a workshop entitled 'juice'. What a delicious word that is and what a great way to spend an hour and a half! I almost didn't go...i'd had a busy day (you know the usual lame excuse)...but as the owner of the studio I wanted to show my support. It always amazes me how exercise lifts my spirits and washes away negative clouds of tension and stress. We all arrived carrying the burdens of the day in our bodies but left feeling energized and uplifted!

Kathy is originally from the USA and was instrumental in bringing NIA out to South Africa. She now lives in Cape Town and is touring the country promoting the style and sharing her passion with lucky people like me.

According to Kathy, I am walking battery pack sustained and enhanced by food, water, air & MOVEMENT! In the same way that being driven, recharges a car battery, MOVEMENT recharges my battery. I let go of my insecurities and let the music sing to me, playing its rhythms through my 13 joints. I stretched out my limbs and shook about, I even rolled around on the floor and shouted out loud! It was a brilliant experience to be so free and unconfined.

Nia is the hottest form of easy & fun fitness right now. It’s not just the sweat you will work up in a Nia workout, that makes it hot … The soul of Nia is JOY experienced through natural movement, to inspirational music. JOY is the greatest antidote to stress & the thread that connects us to one another. Nia is powerful WHOLE BODY martial arts & dance movement. It moves you from the inside out and is the way to free & enliven your spirit!

Sugar Dance Studios offers Nia classes. View the timetable or browse the website for other classes on offer.

Tuesday, 10 May 2011

North Coast Big 5 Competition

Ballito is a "small town" by most standards. We have a couple of local newspapers and big billboards, but mostly word of mouth is your greatest hope of successful advertising. It was a refreshing change when Jess from Sugar Rush invited me to be a part of the North Coast Big 5 Competition...at no cost to me. Tuesday the 3rd May saw the inaugural event taking place. A wonderful initiative by Sugar Rush  who really go out of their way to promote businesses in the area. They partnered with the North Coast Courier and Enterprise Ilembe and hosted a great evening out. The catering was done by Et Voila (info@etvoila.co.zaand the samoosas and other snacks were outstanding and traditional Zulu dancers added a Kwa-Zulu Natal touch. 


There were 5 categories...Health & Lifestyle which Sugar Dance entered, Activities, Entertainment, Community and Destinations. Who doesn't want to win? I certainly do not mind winning, especially when the organizers threw in a surprise by announcing that the winners would have a feature on national TV breakfast show Expresso on SABC 3!!! But alas, Sugar Dance was close, but lost out to Fashion Hair Lab. 


Winners: 

Activities – Crocodile Creek
Entertainment – The Litchi Orchard - congratulations to the Eb family !!
Destinations – Chaka’s Rock Chalets
Health & Lifestyle – Fashion Lab Hair Studio - well done Jana Van Rooyen :)
Community – Luthuli Museum


Thank you Jess and Gill and the rest of your team from Sugar Rush for creating a platform for businesses like mine. Next year I will work even harder to get the winning votes !!!



Sugar Dancer
www.sugardance.co.za
julie@sugardance.co.za