Love 2 Dance Instructors

Come check us out at Love 2 Dance Studio in Fairlawn, Ohio. 2872 W. Market St., Fairlawn, OH 44333

Summer Show Booked!

DDS Summer show booked at the downtown Akron main library for Friday July 31st 7-9 pm. Featuring dancers from DDS, Love 2 Dance, Cassandra Al Warda, Shanrae and Danielle Muad'dib!

Just a Reminder

Love to Dance Studio will be closed the week after the recital (June 1st- 7th) for summer break. Classes will resume with a full adult program June 8th. See you then!!

I Got Zumbafied!!

I did it!! If I look a little haggered in the picture it's because the weekend was a little greuling to say the least. Initially I had planned to go to a Zumba workshop in Youngstown, which would have been much easier but I waited until payday to purchase the workshop online and it was sold out! And that was at the early bird price too!! So I decided to go to the next closest one, which was in West Virginia, so that I could begin teaching in June as I had planned. I knew this was going to be pushing it because we had a hafla at Kan Zaman the night before. Craziness...why do I always do this stuff to myself?! I got home from the hafla at 1 am, which is actually really early on Kan Zaman time. I had my bags packed but we still had to get up at 5 am in order to be arrive promptly at the workshop. Thankfully, Joe drove with me because I really don't know how I would have coped with all of this without him. Still, anyone who knows me knows that I cannot sleep in a moving vehicle. Ever. As we were driving and the sun began to rise I started to notice I had a sore throat and felt feverish. Great. It was about a 3 hour drive and by the time we got there I was really more zombified than zumbafied lol. The class was hard. It was an 8 hour day but considering we spent a lot of time listening to the teacher and taking notes it was probably about 4-5 hours of exercise that day, an hour and a half of which was super intense. Throughout the day my fever and sore throat turned into full on flu. I would have found the class challenging if I was on my A-game and I wasn't anywhere near my A-game that day. Honestly I was proud of myself for just finishing the day. If it hadn't been for the difficulties it would have been a great experience that I would recommend to anyone who loves Zumba. My instructor was a good teacher and a really good dancer, especially at hip hop.

Now that all that's over I can't wait to start teaching! I start at Love 2 Dance Studio Fridays and Saturdays in June at 9 am so come and join me!!

We Grow Together

Many of you already know that Dance du Soleil has been operating out of the beautiful Love 2 Dance Studio, located in Fairlawn Ohio since January this year. Well, things have been going so well Andrea and I have decided to take a leap further integrating our two schools. I know changes can sometimes be hard but we believe this is going to be a fantastic opportunity for all of us in the end.

We are really excited to work together on studying a new style combining Andrea's classical dance knowledge and my traditional belly dance knowledge. In order to work together more and continue to develop this beautiful style we are going to be merging our classes and our performance troupes. The idea is for students to get the best of both Andrea and myself.

We feel we are on the verge of creating something very unique and wonderful for the city of Akron and we want anyone who loves bellydance to come and be a part of it. We plan on hosting several haflas and other events in the studio over the next year so if you are part of the bellydance community come and visit us! And for the students who want to be a part of it you don't need to be a professional you just have to Love 2 Dance!

Love 2 Dance has put together a package so that you can take ALL of the bellydance classes (Andrea's and Leyla's) at the studio for one price and it's an awesome deal. For a little bit more you can add the ballet or Zumba. Ladies this can be your gym membership this spring. Why go to a sweaty yucky gym when you can come and sweat and shimmy with us?

www.love2dancestudio.com

Congratulations to Lifesource Yoga for Being Voted as the Best Yoga Studio in Akron!!!

www.lifesourceyoga.com

Cardio Shimmy Class at Lifesource Yoga!!

Cardio Shimmy with Leyla
6 week course Wednesdays 5:30 pm- 6:30 pm. May 6th- June 10th
The owner of Lifesource Yoga has offered all students and previous students of Dance du Soleil one free week of unlimited classes so you can try this and all the other classes for free!! Just come a few minutes early for your first class to register.

http://www.lifesourceyoga.com/