You'll get the latest updates on this topic in your browser notifications. Jazzercise President Shanna Nelson. From left: Shanna, Judi and Skyla, all modeling fitnesswear trends through the decades. Jazzercise instructor Skyla Nelson. The class was originally called Jazz Dance for Fun and Fitness.
But, in , a former student suggested changing the name to Jazzercise to reflect the mix of jazz dance and exercise. Although it also went on to spur a slew of competitors, its customers remain loyal and Jazzercise now offers more than 32, classes every week in 25 countries.
All of its instructors go through a certification process, and the vast majority were inspired to teach after taking classes themselves. We take pride in welcoming all different fitness levels, dancers and non-dancers into our studios.
You can sense our community. One instructor, Shanna Missett Nelson, even went on to become President of the company. Or a workout for your Mom but not for you? And yet Jazzercise persists: today, according to the company, there are more than seven thousand franchises, serving roughly two hundred and fifty thousand customers in twenty-five countries and grossing somewhere between ninety-five million and a hundred million dollars per year. Pepper from a wine glass and wore blue tie-dyed pants, a black sweater, and a tangle of necklaces.
The leg warmers, she said, were more of a Jane Fonda thing. Back in , Missett was a twenty-five-year-old jazz dancer living in Evanston, Illinois, with her husband, who was working as a TV-news reporter, and her one-year-old daughter.
She continued dancing with Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago and planned to pursue a career on the stage. But her students, mostly stay-at-home mothers, kept dropping out.
How can I improve? We want to look like one. There was no real fitness industry back then, and exercise was mostly weight lifting and military-style calisthenics. I want to lose five pounds.
In , one outdoor Jazzercise class in Chicago drew 6, participants. In the years since, the company has continued to keep up with changing fitness trends, Nelson said. Today it offers 10 different classes that feature kickboxing, high-intensity interval training and strength training, among others. She was starting her sophomore year at the University of Arizona, Tucson, when she decided to become a Jazzercise instructor. But she is very happy that now a third generation of her family will be there to carry on her vision many years in the future.
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