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No matter what your punch card (example: 4 class pass, Groupon, unlimited month) you may attend any class you would like, whenever you would like to take it. No registration is necessary, except for specialty events such as Ladies Nights or workshops. Please "like" us on Facebook and check our website regularly to stay updated on class cancellations.
New to Dance Life?
Even if you aren't interested in belly dance, we recommend all new students start or supplement with Fundamentals classes for their first four to eight weeks. Unless you are an experienced dancer or dance fitness class attendee, Fundamentals will help you build the necessary amount of body awareness to help you be successful in all the rest of our dance and fitness classes. 
Find the Best Class For You
All of our classes are ranked by difficulty or intensity level. Whether it's dance or fitness-related, be sure to check the letter in brackets before or after the name to get an idea of whether the class is right for you. The scale is as follows:
(B) Beginner level or low intensity
(B+) "Begintermediate" level or mild intensity
(I) Intermediate or moderate intensity
(A) Advanced or high intensity
Cancellation Policy
We try to hold classes as regularly as possible, but sometimes life gets in the way.  If a teacher is sick or absent from the studio, we do our best to fill it with the same or a similar class. If we aren't able to do that, we try to offer any class we can so you can still get your dance or fitness in. In the event a class is outright canceled, we will post immediately to Facebook and the website, so be sure to check those out for the latest updates. If inclement weather is happening in the preceding hours before class, be sure to keep a close eye on Facebook and the website; Facebook updates are to the minute. As a courtesy to our customers, we try to contact regular attendees via email if a class is canceled less than 24 hours before it's scheduled to happen, so be sure we have your correct address if you would like to receive those notifications!
Registration Desk
Please check in at the registration desk prior to every class. If your contact information changes, please leave your new email, phone number, name or address should we need to contact you for class cancellations.

Plumbing
Help us keep things flowing with our plumbing by not flushing anything unusual like tampons and baby wipes
Shoes in the Studio
If you choose to wear shoes during class, please wear indoor shoes (or outdoor shoes that have been well-cleaned of any dirt) to keep the dance floor clean. Please do NOT wear shoes from the outdoors on to the dance floor. 
Social Media
Dance Life runs social media ads on everything from Groupon to Madison Perks to LivingSocial; only one social media coupon is allowed per customer, and these deals are currently only valid for customers who have never attended class at Dance Life. Keep an eye out in these newsletters for deals especially for our loyal customers, including the Dance-On, Middle Eastern Eggs, and product discounts.

Referral System
Get free classes for referring your friends and family. (O ffer currently only valid for customers who have purchased a 4, 8, or 16 class pass or an unlimited month, not applicable to Groupon punch cards or newcomer deals). Pick up a referral card at the front desk; enter your name, and the name of the person you're referring in the appropriate blanks. Your friend then gets four free classes. When your friend uses all four punches and purchases a 4, 8 or 16 class punch card or an unlimited month, you receive four free classes!
Rentals 
Dance Life is available for any kind of rental including parties, private ladies nights, private classes, and more. Do you know we also hold our own parties? Email us to receive more information or obtain a booking; price catalogue available at the front desk or by email upon request.
Private Lessons
If you would like one-on-one time with any of our teachers to better understand class material or choreography, to learn a full routine for performance, etc, they are all available for hire for private lessons. Private lessons must be purchased separately and can't be used with a punch card or unlimited month. 
Lost and Found
Lost and Found is located in the changing room; there are two lockers with no doors, which contain all of the lost and found items. We clear this every first Sunday of the month so be sure to check for lost water bottles, clothing items, shoes, etc. 
Offer for Social Media Members
Did you find Dance Life through Groupon, LivingSocial, Madison Perks, or other social media?

If so, we have a special offer just for you:

After you complete your coupon, your first unlimited month is only  $49 .

 Ask at the front desk for more details!

Completed your social media coupon, but already made your first punch card purchase? Don't worry, you still qualify. Speak to the receptionist to get set up with your $49 unlimited month.

$5 Drop Ins
June Drop Ins
Drop in to any of these classes for only $5:

Either Burlesque Fitness or Hula Hoops Thursdays at 7

Hula Hoop Fitness Saturdays at 9a

PiYo Sundays at 10a


Hey Dance Lifers! 

Happy June and welcome to our newsletter. Check out our brand new class, Ballet Fitness, on Sundays plus all of the oodles of belly dance and burlesque technique, choreography and combos that Arielle has planned to film and offer online. 

For our new students, please be sure to check out the "New Student Info" Section to receive tips and service announcements regarding Dance Life. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to   email us .


Thank you!
Arielle Juliette
Owner of Dance Life


Schedule Notifications
Changes and Additions to our Schedule


Schedule Changes
On Thursdays 6/16 and 6/23, Xabeat will be covered by Burlesque Fitness with Nichole. On 6/30 and 7/7, Xabeat will be covered by Hula Hoop Fitness with Karin. 

On Sundays at 11am, OULA will be replaced by Ballet Fitness until Jeanette, our med student OULA instructor, finishes her busy season of clinical rotations and joins us again in November, possibly earlier. Kya has put together an excellent Ballet Fitness somewhat similar to Piyo or Piloxing but with a ballet flare. Check it out beginning June 11th!

Ballet Fitness (I)
Kya has been teaching Adult Intermediate Ballet with Dance Life for the last year, and has been dancing ballet for the last 10 years with Madison Ballet and Kehl Academy, and now she's ready to pick it up a notch with Ballet Fitness! With an emphasis on muscle conditioning and core engagement, ballet fitness will help build stronger muscles, increase endurance and strengthen your core, all while making you feel like a warrior. Expect to start class with a set of ballet stretches, then work into movement combos including 2nd position plies, arabesques, etc and elevation combos (kicks, plies, etc), with the second half of the class focusing on strengthening floor work on a mat- please bring one with you. W rist/ankle weights optional.   



Online Classes Coming Soon
Filming Begins This Month


During the month of June, Arielle will be converting her 7pm classes on Tuesday and Wednesday into classes that will be filmed to offer online. Attend and be a part of the filming, or stand to the side and take the class without being on camera, there will be options for all! 

How it works: each class will feature a different set of material that we will advertise ahead of time via the newsletter, website and Facebook. Tuesdays classes will feature belly dance, and Wednesdays classes will feature burlesque each week. If you'd like, you can sign a video waiver and participate in the class on camera, or you can stand to the right side of Rod in the main studio and attend the class without being filmed. You can still ask questions or otherwise make noise and aside from Arielle starting and stopping the camera when necessary, the classes will feel like a regular event. 

Arielle is anticipating that these classes will continue to be filmed content classes through July and August, so please do keep the requests coming as to what you'd like to see us film.

Current plan for class content- please be sure to check back in on Facebook and the website to see if we are actually on schedule with this material. Since Arielle doesn't yet have experience with filming online classes, the amount of time needed to cover material is just a guess at this point. 

Tuesday, 6/6: 
-Beginner level Drills for Skills
-Beginner level traveling patterns to practice at home
-Dive Deep into Technique: Hippo Nippo Chin. Learn the "hippo nippo chin" sideways reverse undulation, a fun and versatile sideways movement. 
-Learn a beautiful, flowy Hippo Nippo Chin combination to gain mastery over this total-body step. 

Wednesday, 6/7:
-The current Burlesque Fitness class will be filmed- this is the last time this class will be offered in the same structure it has for the past couple of years, so hop in on it while you can! 

Tuesday, 6/13:
-Easy Flow Warm Up- a dancier way to warm up
- Intermediate Layer Cake drills- drills to learn how to layer movements together more effectively
-Intermediate Traveling patterns to practice at home- get better at walking those moves!
-Learn a snippet of a beautiful song called "Scheherezade" which will help you increase your musicality and functional use of layered movements

Wednesday, 6/14:
-Basic Burlesque Drills- learn how to get loose
-Back Safety and Knee Health- does burlesque hurt your back or knees? It doesn't have to! Learn how to protect two of the most vulnerable body areas so you can enjoy the dance without hurting later on
-Dive Deep into Technique: Burlesque Grinds and Pelvic Rolls- get the secret to that sexy, organic movement that many belly dancers find so challenging.
-Exploring Badass and Sultry Burlesque Personas- learn an easy combo in four sets of 8 counts that will help you explore two of the most common burlesque personas. You deserve to feel like a sexy badass- we are worth looking at!

Tuesday, 6/20: 
-Conceal and Reveal Veil Combo- learn a longer intermediate veil combination that includes many of the basic veil moves plus lots of extras to add interest, excitement and mystery to your veil work

Wednesday, 6/21:
-Dive Deep into Technique: How to Walk in Burlesque- few things are more important than having a good walk. This deep dive into walking technique is chock full of the secrets to a fluid, slinky walk. 
-Sexy Walking Combo- you've got the technique, now put the walk to work with a 32 count combo that includes all the essentials.
-Dive Deep into Technique: Chest Circles. Learn the theory behind a chest circle and increase your awareness of what is arguably the most difficult stationary movement for most, plus tips for how to layer in a pelvic roll while you circle your chest. 

Tuesday, 6/27:
-Dive Deep into Technique: Undulations and Belly Rolls. Break your undulations apart to learn how to put them back together again in the most fluidly functional way. Understand undulations on a different level and how to get the most out of your spine, wherever it's at right now PLUS exercises to develop abdominal plasticity and control. 
-Walking your Standing Wave: Moving an Undulation. Learn how to travel with your undulation in all directions.
-Undulation Combination: learn an easy combination featuring undulations, figure 8s, gooey arms, and hippo nippo chins to Raul Ferrando's "Wishful Thinking". 

Wednesday, 6/28:
-Burlesque Floor Work: get Part 1 of Arielle's exclusive choreography to "Desire" and expand your floorwork vocabulary. Learn all the usual grinds, humps, flairs and rolls PLUS specialty moves like demon legs and exorcist rolls. Bring knee pads. 
 
Donation Items Needed
Donate in our Auction!


We're looking for donations for our auction during Inappropriate Song Night. There's no single more impactful thing for the studio than donating or participating in our auction, so whatever you would like to offer, we will take! Beauty products, still packaged adult toys, foods, gift certificates, gift baskets, samples, services, we appreciate anything at all and thank you for your support of Dance Life. 

Reply to this email to let us know what you'd like to donate, or if you have any questions! 

 
Upcoming Events
Belly Dance Ladies 'n' Kids Night
Date: June 23rd, 2017
Held at Dance Life from 6pm-8pm
Cost: $20 for one adult and one child, plus $5 for each child after that, or $15 for one adult


Instructor Min and her kids

You've asked, and we're delivering! Join Arielle for a kid-friendly night of belly dance fun. Learn an easy to follow drum solo good for all ages! Modifications will be offered for all levels of dancers, so whether you have several years' experience or none at all, there will be something for everyone. Bring your own drinks and snacks and come have some fun.

Kids of all ages are welcome, as is anyone who is attending without children who would like to learn a short and fun drum solo!

To register, you have two options. You may purchase a ticket here, and your registration and payment will be complete. If you'd prefer to avoid a ticket fee, register on the Dance Life events page here, and pay in house, either before the event or at the door. 


Lap Dance Ladies Night
Date: July 28th, 2017
Held at Dance Life from 6pm-8pm
Cost: $25


A great way to get in touch with your inner sex kitten, this workshop by instructor Kellie will teach you the art of the lap dance through an easy-to-follow routine. Learn how to tease and tantalize your partner; building anticipation with a sassy approach, seductive floor work, and sensual lap dance. You will leave feeling sexy and confident, and your audience will be begging for an encore. 

Get loose, have fun, and make some new friends. Adult beverages provided.

To register, you have two options. You may purchase a ticket here, and your registration and payment will be complete. If you'd prefer to avoid a ticket fee, register on the Dance Life events page here, and pay in house, either before the event or at the door. 


Inappropriate Song Night
Date: August 4th, 2017
Held at Dance Life from 6pm-11pm 
Cost: $15 for show, suggested $5 donation for dance party


Cis and trans women and nonbinary individuals 18+ only, join us  for an outrageous night of fun! On the evening of August 4th  we will offer the fabulous variety show that we call Inappropriate Song Night, plus additional open dance time after the performances end. 


If you've never attended, ISN is a safe and silly space for people to be whatever they want to be. Some people come dressed to the nines, some people come to bring something to the stage, and some come just to let their hair down and have fun. We socialize until 7pm, and then those who have signed up to do so take to the stage. Performers showcase a variety of musical, dancing, or comedy acts ranging from sexy to silly, from classy to raunchy.

Courtesy panties are required, otherwise no holds barred! You've never been to an event like this!

Besides just spectating, if you'd like, you may participate in any of the following:
  • -Join the opening Courtesy Panty Parade (wear whatever you like!)
  • -Bid in a live sexy auction, where we will offer you a variety of fun and sassy goods and services.
  • -Get up and dance during the "follow the bouncing butt" segment featuring our top burlesque fitness routines.
  • Play in one of our interactive games
After the performances end, we'll open up the dance floor for everyone to get loose and maybe even try some new moves.

Interested in performing at ISN? We are looking for a variety of acts so bring us whatever you've got! A funny or inappropriate song, dance, costume, theme, etc. is suggested but not required. This is a very loving audience and we highly encourage all who might like to give it a shot. Email us  for more details.

To register, you have two options. You may purchase a ticket by clicking here and your registration and payment will be complete. If you'd prefer to avoid a ticket fee, register by sending us your name and pay in house, either before the event or at the door.



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Dance Life Mission Statement

Our mission at Dance Life Studio and Fitness is to help everyone embrace their inner spark and find self esteem through movement. We strive to bring together people of all ages and walks of life to create a community of positive self image and awareness.

Dance Life Studio and Fitness | | info@madisondancelife.com | http://www.madisondancelife.com
6725 Seybold Rd
608-616-9440
Madison, WI 53719