Dance Fitness

Dance Fitness owner Briana MacDowell draws upon her formal training and her experience dancing in music videos for artists such as Ludacris and Trey Songz to teach eager students to strut their stuff. The 20-year industry veteran oversees a staff of professional dancers who lead women through high-energy classes that bestow fat-burning rug-cutting techniques. Pole-dancing classes begin with the basics as instructors lead students through shimmying fundamentals, and advanced classes enlist enticing props such as stilettos, chairs, and barbershop poles. Zumba, belly dancing, and hip-hop classes for adults and kids round out the schedule with assorted rhythms that help bodies shake off calories.