Premium Classes

We have 8 new classes being added to the schedule in the coming weeks.  Five of them will be categorized as "Premium" classes.  These classes will only be offered to students who purchase the premium package at the studio.  All pre-existing memberships are considered to be premium.  Any memberships sold after October 22nd will be either a basic membership or a premium membership.

Effective October 23rd:

Basic Membership - Price TBD

Unlilmited access to:  Acro Yoga, Aerial Silk, Aerial Hammock, Kickin' Cardio, Ass Class, Tummy Tuck, Pole Fitness, Exotic Dance, Jazz, Hip Hop, Kettle Ball Fitness, Hot Hula, Zumba, Pilates, and Be Bendy.

Premium Membership - Price TBD (only available at Ogden)

Unlimited access to:  Basic Membership Classes, Ballet Cardio Barre, Fly Gym Fitness, Pole Aria, Meditation, and Goddess Gathering.

We are so excited to be able to offer these luxury classes.  We will be the only studio in the state to offer the above classes! (with the exception of Ballet Cardio Barre).  

Read on to learn more about the premium classes:

Fly Gym

Take flight in our specialized workout hammock designed for extreme comfort while you stretch and pose your way to fitness.

Ballet Cardio Barre

  In this class, you will use traditional ballet barre's in a very non-traditional way.  The barre will become your support beam that will help you jump, kick, and flex your way to long and lean muscles.

Pole Aria

Do you love the pole? Do you love aerial silks? This apparatus has both! You will get into the most challenging pole poses with such ease. With the use of fabric suspended from the pole, you are able to have extra support to help ease you into each pose with little to no help from the instructor.

Meditation

This isn't your regular meditation experience. Your senses will be pleased with projected images, and headphones with sounds to please your ears. You will be pampered with pillows, oven roasted blankets, and fresh water. If you want to open up in a way you've never experienced before, you have to try our one of a kind Meditation class!

Goddess Gathering

This class is a bonding class. Your instructor will lead the conversation as each student shares life experiences that may be useful to others in class. Everyone gets the chance to talk, and everybody learns! Together we become closer and open our minds to possibilities and change.

New studio

Hello friends!

As many of you know, we are going to begin a major remodel of the Ogden studio in about a week!  This is very very exciting because it includes so many amenities that the students are going to love.  Here is a list of the plans:

Expanding main dance floor
Adding drinking fountains
New wood flooring in front of building
Plasma screen schedule
Fly Gym to be added to second floor (www.flygym.com)
New SKINNIER poles!  40mm and 45mm poles for better grip
New paint
More mirrors
And a ton of new retail including dance clothes, aerial rigs, and shoes

If you have any time to spare and you would like to help with painting, construction, or decorating, please e-mail meagan at danceogden@gmail.com

Construction is scheduled for Oct 21-27th, 2012

New Classes!

We have added some great new classes to the schedule.  Morning classes have also been added to both studio's!

Ogden:
Monday's 9:00-1:00am - Pole Boot Camp
Monday's 10:00am-11:00am - Aerial Silk 1

Syracuse:
Monday's 7:00-8:00pm - Hot Hula®
Thursday's 9:00am-10:00am - Pilates
Thursday's 10:00am-11:00am - Zumba

We are so excited to add Hot Hula® to the schedule!  Watch the promo video below to learn about how adding Hot Hula® can get you in shape while having a blast.

Before I danced, I wanted to save dogs.

Before I opened this dance studio, I was a bank teller.  I wore slacks, black loafer shoes, long sleeved shirts, and I had really horrible hair :)  You would never recognize me.

The only highlight of my week back then was the Saturday that I spent volunteering for an animal rescue.  I used to volunteer every week at the pet adoptions and they even talked me into taking home a litter of kittens that I fostered until they all found homes (which took about two years).  One day, I was asked to go to a city shelter to pick up a pit bull that was going to be euthanized unless a volunteer from my shelter could pick it up.

I arrived in my two door honda civic and out walked a 120 lb chocolate pit bull named Sassy.   She looked like a male, but I would later find out that she was all girl.  I sat with her at the pet adoption event that day, and not one person even considered taking her home.  She approached each prospective family with such energy and genuine love.

I asked the shelter volunteer if I could be her foster Mom.  That night, she slept at the foot of my bed and snored so loud, I couldn't get an ounce of sleep.  She was fat, lazy, and she looked like she could eat a human in one bite.  She was perfect!  The very next day, I officially adopted her.  Today, she is 10 years old.  She has a gray snout, she let's my baby crawl ALL over her, and she eats everything in sight.  She walks right by my side without pulling on the leash, and she doesn't have any confidence that she can jump into my SUV by herself.  I lift all 120 lbs every time we go for a car ride...even though I know she can do it!

We have a Halloween recital coming up on October 22nd and I think it would be so awesome if we could put on a show for all the pit bulls waiting to be adopted.  This year, any donations we collect at our recital will be donated to the Weber County Animal Shelter.  Please come support our dancers and the dogs.

If you're looking to add a four legged family member to the mix, please consider a shelter animal.

A look in the past

It's so crazy for me to walk into the studio every day and see all that we have accomplished.  French Kiss Fitness started her life in an awkward space on Harrison Blvd in Ogden.

Then:  1 pole room with concrete floors and 6 poles.  We used to use hair dressers mats to cushion our feet.
Now:  2 pole rooms.  Wood flooring and professional grade crash mats.

Then:  Aerial room with 1 rig.  The old studio had a dropped ceiling.  The aerial silk rigs would come through a cut out hole in the ceiling.  We used to use a bean bag to cushion our falls :)
Now:  Tall ceilings, 3 rigs, crash mats.

Then:  The hardest move you could learn was a shoulder mount....maybe a gemeni if you were lucky.
Now:  Handsprings, pole drops, spatch cock...and other unbelievable tricks

Then:  No online reservation system.  We had a sign up board behind the front desk.  You could only take one class each week and it was a 4 week series.  If you wanted to take an additional class, you had to pay extra.
Now:  Really convenient online reservation system that allows you to bounce around the schedule freely.

Then:  Classes were $100/month.  It included one class each week.
Now:  Packages starting at $25/month!

It is truly amazing how far the studio has come.  We were one of the first pole studio's to open in the country 6 years ago.  Now, pole studio's are scattered all across the world.  It's such a great community to be a part of.  Cheers to another 6 years!

Enjoy some pictures of the olden days :)

^ That is Becca without dreads ^

She has been with me since the beginning of time :)

Lock In Party!

Our first ever lock in party happens tomorrow, August 31st!  

$20 when you buy in advance

$30 at the door

7:00pm - Brazillian Lap Dancing Workshop

8:00pm - Dinner

9:00pm - Movie on JUMBO SCREEN!

Bring your own liquor/beer/drinks :)

This is a sleepover.  If you plan on staying the night, plan on bringing an air mattress, or lots of blankets.  Our floors are hard wood.  

To reserve your space in advance, click here.

1st place student!

We are so very proud this week to have two champions in the studio from this weekends competitions.

On Friday night, Charlee Wagner took 1st place in the Elite Division at the Great Midwest Pole Dancing Competition in Chicago, IL.  The competition was fierce!  Charlee came to the table with several new moves the pole world has never seen before.  I was there to witness it first hand and I can't describe how amazing it is to see someone's hard work pay off.  Love you Charlee!

VIDEO COMING SOON!

On Saturday night, student Kara Lee Clark won 1st place in the beginning aerial silk category at Utah's biggest aerial competition held by Onyx Aerial Fitness.  She didn't tell anyone that she was competing...not even her teachers so we were not there to support her, but thankfully she got the whole thing on video.  Kara has only been doing aerial silk for a few months and is already winning competitions.  Wow!  Kara also has an extensive background in dance including teaching and coaching drill team.  She was actually my high school drill team coach at Roy High :)  Go COACH  KARA!



The studio is full of incredible talent.  Kara and Charlee join an elite group of French Kiss Fitness talent such as Becca Butcher (EMW Polarity Trixpert Winner, 2nd place winner Pole Fetish 2010 ), Tiffany Tremaine (Utah NGA Bikini Bodybuilding 1st place Champion, 1st place winner pro category Femme Fatale 2012), Caroline Dow (2nd place winner pro category Femme Fatale 2012), Michelle Sorenseon (1st place Ultimate Belly Dancer), and Chantel Fain (1st place winner advanced category Femme Fatale 2012) and many others who have mastered their dance craft.  Great job French Kiss Fitness!!!