Clash Cardio w/ ILANA " ILLY" Warner
A perfect open level class for Afro & Soca Lovers looking for a good sweat! Beginners get familiar with basic sequencing through a simplified version of ILLYs Dance CLASH routines and avid movers/dancers are welcomed to build stamina and endurance. Class starts with a warm up which builds into the Dance CLASH routine for the day. We follow up with a body weight burn out and close with a light stretch! Class is conducted with predominately Soca music but Afro music is occasionally thrown in the mix as well. Dance movement is inspired by Caribbean Soca, Traditional west African and Afro street styles.
A lover of music, dance and culture, Ilana ILLY Warner engages in teaching and learning an array of dance styles from traditional West African and Afro Street styles to SOCA and Caribbean Contemporary. As a small island ambassador she consistently represents her Kittitian roots in whatever way possible including in the 2017 New Traditions Festival in the featured “My Caribbean Spirit Project” and 2017 edition of FIYAH Dancehall Theater. In 2019 she performed for Machel Monday with an array of artists including Cima Funk, Ding Dong, Ashanti and Machel Montano. In addition 2019 brought her performing on stage with Mr. Killa and music videos for Voice the Artiste and Lyrikal’s “Rukshun”. She is also a 2015 Certified Group Fitness Instructor with the Aerobic and Fitness Association of America (AFAA).
Hip House w/ Vonecia
This class is an upbeat dance aerobics workout that fuses Old School Hip-Hop and House vibes to improve cardio fitness and tone the body.
Vonecia is passionate about empowering others through dance to live their best lives in every season. Growing up in Tampa, FL, dance had always played an important role in her life as a form of bonding with her family, and her moves are largely inspired by her dad who used to breakdance and pop & lock. She went on to participate in and create choreography for performance groups while in college at the University of Florida. After moving to NYC and in between working as an elementary educator, dance became a more significant outlet for her personally, which led her to take up group fitness training in 2019 as a Shape Up NYC instructor. She teaches weekly classes at Fit4Dance as well as special events throughout NYC.
Lit Fit w/Laci Chisholm
Lit Fit is a fun, high energy dance fitness class that will leave you smiling and drenched with sweat! Each class is filled with dance routines from different genres designed for you to follow along without direct instruction. The more you come the easier it gets! It's important to know that it usually takes 5-6 classes before you start to feel comfortable with the movements so don’t give up! Just relax, breathe, have fun and don't worry about what you look like in the mirror! Either way you're going to get an amazing workout especially with Laci!
Born in Rock Hill, South Carolina, Laci Chisholm has been dancing nearly as long as she has been walking. A gifted and outgoing child, Laci’s desire to express herself has driven her passion for dance and given her a remarkable creative outlet. Laci studied dance intensely throughout her adolescence perfecting her craft and developing her ability to share the skill of dance with others. With a strong performance background Laci has studied several genres of dance including African, Jazz, Haitian, Hip-Hop, and Tap. While attaining her undergraduate degree at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Laci never lost her zeal for dancing. She was the principal dancer of Opeyo, her college’s Hip-Hop dance team. In addition to performing with her collegiate dance troupe, Laci took a serious interest in sharing her love of dance with others. She nobly founded an after school hip-hop dance class for students due to a lack of resources in the community. Having had such success in building relationships with children through dance Laci assumed several positions after graduating where she was responsible for choreographing and teaching both competition routines and recital pieces respectively for Cheer America and the Academy for Performing Arts in North Carolina.
Laci moved to New York City in the summer of 2006. She studied with the Hip Hop Dance Conservatory for a year and has performed at the legendary Apollo Theater and on the Rachael Ray Show. Though she loves to perform, Laci found her calling in education, receiving her Masters of Science in Education from Hunter College and has spent most of her career in that field, though dance was never far from her heart. She started Fit4Dance in 2014, with the intent of providing fun, challenging, and effective dance fitness classes to beautiful women across New York City. It has been her lifelong dream to operate a dance studio offering a variety of dance + fitness formats that have helped her maintain a healthy, fit, body.
Laci is a certified Zumba instructor, a graduate of the Shape-Up NYC Instructor Training Program, a certified group fitness instructor through the Aerobics and Fitness Association of America (AFAA) and American Council on Exercise (ACE). Laci truly believes that dance has the ability to elevate the spirit, focus the mind, and center the body. This belief is evident in her high energy classes where her infectious smile and encouraging words will almost make you forget you're even exercising!