About Zumba®
Zumba Fitness® is the only Latin-inspired dance-fitness program that blends red-hot international music, created by Grammy Award-winning producers, and contagious steps to form a "fitness-party" that is downright addictive.
Since its inception in 2001, Zumba Fitness has grown to become the world’s largest – and most successful – dance-fitness program with more than 10 million people of all shapes, sizes and ages taking weekly Zumba classes in over 90,000 locations across more than 110 countries.
About POUND®
POUND is a full-body cardio jam session, combining light resistance with constant simulated drumming. The workout fuses cardio, Pilates, isometric movements, plyometrics and Isometric poses into a 45-minute series. Burn between 400 and 900+ calories per hour, strengthen and sculpt infrequently used muscles, and drum your way to a leaner, slimmer physique – all while rocking out to your favorite music!
Through continual upper body motion using our lightly weighted drumsticks, called Ripstix™, you’ll turn into a calorie-torching drummer, POUNDing off pounds as each song flies by. Rock, rap, dubstep, pop and old school music fuse to create the POUNDtrack series, which is hand-selected by music enthusiasts.
About International Dance
Expand your horizons and explore the world through international dance and music! In this series, we will learn a dance from a different culture every week. From Hawaii to Ireland, from India to West Africa, from Mexico to Italy and beyond, you’ll exercise your muscles and your mind in this invigorating class! Please wear comfortable clothing appropriate for exercise, and flat dance shoes or sneakers.
About Belly Dancing
Heat up your life with this fun and fabulous introduction to Middle Eastern dance and Hawaiian Hula! You’ll awaken your inner goddess as you learn the secrets to swiveling your hips in different styles of “belly dance,” and you’ll explore the beauty and storytelling of Hawaiian Hula, with the added benefit of a workout! Please bring a scarf to tie around your hips. We will dance barefoot, but you can wear ballet slippers if you prefer. Note: exposing your belly not required, sense of adventure and sense of humor required!
About Line Dancing
Dust off your cowboy boots and join us to learn (or re-learn!) some classic country line dances, as well as some new favorites, all while sneaking in a bit of exercise. Please wear comfortable shoes that you can easily move in. No experience necessary, all levels welcome!
About Broadway Dance
Tap into your inner Broadway Baby with this series, in which we will dance to the many different styles found on Broadway through the ages! From jazz dance to hip hop, Broadway has embraced the evolution of dance over the years, and now you can channel your love of musical theatre and learn dances to popular Broadway classics! Please wear comfortable clothing appropriate for exercise, and dance shoes or sneakers.
About Ballroom Basics
Learn the basics of some of your favorite ballroom dances, such as merengue, swing, waltz, tango, foxtrot and more while learning partnering techniques for leading and following. No partner necessary, just your sense of adventure and sense of humor! Please wear comfortable clothing appropriate for exercise and dance shoes or sneakers.
About Dance Sampler
Step up to the buffet table of dance with our Dance Sampler and get a taste of a variety of dance styles in one series. This 8-week course will include two weeks of each style to introduce you to the basics of Belly Dance (Middle Eastern and Hawaiian Hula), Country Line Dance, Broadway Theater Dance, and International Dance. Although the dance types will be different, they will all include lots of exercise, great music and FUN!
About Suzi
A native New Yorker, Suzi began her dance career with the Windemere Ballet Theatre in Queens. Her passion for dance lead her to study many international folk dance styles, including Irish Step, Scottish Highland, Middle Eastern, Latin Dance, and African. An actor as well, she studied acting at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute and improvisational comedy at Chicago City Limits in New York City. As a member of AllNations Dance Company, she traveled to such exotic locations as Central and South America, Eastern Europe, China, and Brooklyn sharing a message of global understanding through the arts. She has performed in many regional musicals and plays, including Brigadoon, Damn Yankees, Over the River and Through the Woods (at the Emelin Theatre and Queens Theatre in the Park), and Children Of..., the first full-length production to be performed at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC. You may also catch her on Law and Order, Sex and the City, Ed, and numerous other films and television shows. She has taught Latin and International Dance and Zumba for SUNY Purchase, and has stage managed and worked backstage at such Off-Broadway theatres as the Ensemble Studio Theatre and Manhattan Theatre Club. She has choreographed a number of regional theatre productions, and has been a guest teacher for companies throughout New York City. She has written, produced and performed sketch comedy. She is co-founder and Company Manger for World Dance Theatre, a not-for-profit professional dance company dedicated to the promotion of cross-cultural understanding through the arts. She currently performs with World Dance Theatre and with Pat Cannon's Foot and Fiddle Dance Company. She is a rostered Teaching Artist with Arts Westchester, Arts Horizons, and Purchase College, and teaches dance and movement classes for students with special needs for the Steffi Nossen Dance Foundation. She is a proud member of Actors' Equity Association and the Screen Actors Guild. She graduated summa cum laude from John Jay College of Criminal Justice with a BA in International Criminal Justice. For information on Suzi's other artistic pursuits, click here!
Since becoming a licensed Zumba instructor in 2009, Suzi has embraced her neighbors in Westchester by offering classes throughout the county. Her joy for dance and for sharing international dance styles makes her classes a fun and fabulous way to get fit and stay fit! She is a Certified POUND Pro, and is certified in Group Fitness by the American Council on Exercise, and in Aquatic Exercise by the Aquatic Exercise Association.
Certifications/Licenses include:
American Council on Exercise (ACE): Group Fitness
Aquatic Exercise Association (AEA): Aquatic Fitness, Deep Water Boot Camp, Shallow Water Boot Camp, Special
Populations/Post-Rehab Fitness Training
Zumba (Basic, Gold, Aqua, Kids, Abs, Glutes)
POUND Rockout Workout
Generation POUND (Pound for kids)
Zumba Fitness® is the only Latin-inspired dance-fitness program that blends red-hot international music, created by Grammy Award-winning producers, and contagious steps to form a "fitness-party" that is downright addictive.
Since its inception in 2001, Zumba Fitness has grown to become the world’s largest – and most successful – dance-fitness program with more than 10 million people of all shapes, sizes and ages taking weekly Zumba classes in over 90,000 locations across more than 110 countries.
About POUND®
POUND is a full-body cardio jam session, combining light resistance with constant simulated drumming. The workout fuses cardio, Pilates, isometric movements, plyometrics and Isometric poses into a 45-minute series. Burn between 400 and 900+ calories per hour, strengthen and sculpt infrequently used muscles, and drum your way to a leaner, slimmer physique – all while rocking out to your favorite music!
Through continual upper body motion using our lightly weighted drumsticks, called Ripstix™, you’ll turn into a calorie-torching drummer, POUNDing off pounds as each song flies by. Rock, rap, dubstep, pop and old school music fuse to create the POUNDtrack series, which is hand-selected by music enthusiasts.
About International Dance
Expand your horizons and explore the world through international dance and music! In this series, we will learn a dance from a different culture every week. From Hawaii to Ireland, from India to West Africa, from Mexico to Italy and beyond, you’ll exercise your muscles and your mind in this invigorating class! Please wear comfortable clothing appropriate for exercise, and flat dance shoes or sneakers.
About Belly Dancing
Heat up your life with this fun and fabulous introduction to Middle Eastern dance and Hawaiian Hula! You’ll awaken your inner goddess as you learn the secrets to swiveling your hips in different styles of “belly dance,” and you’ll explore the beauty and storytelling of Hawaiian Hula, with the added benefit of a workout! Please bring a scarf to tie around your hips. We will dance barefoot, but you can wear ballet slippers if you prefer. Note: exposing your belly not required, sense of adventure and sense of humor required!
About Line Dancing
Dust off your cowboy boots and join us to learn (or re-learn!) some classic country line dances, as well as some new favorites, all while sneaking in a bit of exercise. Please wear comfortable shoes that you can easily move in. No experience necessary, all levels welcome!
About Broadway Dance
Tap into your inner Broadway Baby with this series, in which we will dance to the many different styles found on Broadway through the ages! From jazz dance to hip hop, Broadway has embraced the evolution of dance over the years, and now you can channel your love of musical theatre and learn dances to popular Broadway classics! Please wear comfortable clothing appropriate for exercise, and dance shoes or sneakers.
About Ballroom Basics
Learn the basics of some of your favorite ballroom dances, such as merengue, swing, waltz, tango, foxtrot and more while learning partnering techniques for leading and following. No partner necessary, just your sense of adventure and sense of humor! Please wear comfortable clothing appropriate for exercise and dance shoes or sneakers.
About Dance Sampler
Step up to the buffet table of dance with our Dance Sampler and get a taste of a variety of dance styles in one series. This 8-week course will include two weeks of each style to introduce you to the basics of Belly Dance (Middle Eastern and Hawaiian Hula), Country Line Dance, Broadway Theater Dance, and International Dance. Although the dance types will be different, they will all include lots of exercise, great music and FUN!
About Suzi
A native New Yorker, Suzi began her dance career with the Windemere Ballet Theatre in Queens. Her passion for dance lead her to study many international folk dance styles, including Irish Step, Scottish Highland, Middle Eastern, Latin Dance, and African. An actor as well, she studied acting at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute and improvisational comedy at Chicago City Limits in New York City. As a member of AllNations Dance Company, she traveled to such exotic locations as Central and South America, Eastern Europe, China, and Brooklyn sharing a message of global understanding through the arts. She has performed in many regional musicals and plays, including Brigadoon, Damn Yankees, Over the River and Through the Woods (at the Emelin Theatre and Queens Theatre in the Park), and Children Of..., the first full-length production to be performed at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC. You may also catch her on Law and Order, Sex and the City, Ed, and numerous other films and television shows. She has taught Latin and International Dance and Zumba for SUNY Purchase, and has stage managed and worked backstage at such Off-Broadway theatres as the Ensemble Studio Theatre and Manhattan Theatre Club. She has choreographed a number of regional theatre productions, and has been a guest teacher for companies throughout New York City. She has written, produced and performed sketch comedy. She is co-founder and Company Manger for World Dance Theatre, a not-for-profit professional dance company dedicated to the promotion of cross-cultural understanding through the arts. She currently performs with World Dance Theatre and with Pat Cannon's Foot and Fiddle Dance Company. She is a rostered Teaching Artist with Arts Westchester, Arts Horizons, and Purchase College, and teaches dance and movement classes for students with special needs for the Steffi Nossen Dance Foundation. She is a proud member of Actors' Equity Association and the Screen Actors Guild. She graduated summa cum laude from John Jay College of Criminal Justice with a BA in International Criminal Justice. For information on Suzi's other artistic pursuits, click here!
Since becoming a licensed Zumba instructor in 2009, Suzi has embraced her neighbors in Westchester by offering classes throughout the county. Her joy for dance and for sharing international dance styles makes her classes a fun and fabulous way to get fit and stay fit! She is a Certified POUND Pro, and is certified in Group Fitness by the American Council on Exercise, and in Aquatic Exercise by the Aquatic Exercise Association.
Certifications/Licenses include:
American Council on Exercise (ACE): Group Fitness
Aquatic Exercise Association (AEA): Aquatic Fitness, Deep Water Boot Camp, Shallow Water Boot Camp, Special
Populations/Post-Rehab Fitness Training
Zumba (Basic, Gold, Aqua, Kids, Abs, Glutes)
POUND Rockout Workout
Generation POUND (Pound for kids)