What do you get when you give a big group of girls boas and chairs and some music that makes you wanna pop, lock and drop it?
Burlesque dancing!
This evening, my friends Merri, Cherayne and I headed to Studio K, a dance studio in Orlando, for a night of fun, sexy dancing. 
I first learned about the burlesque dance class from Katy Widrick, the most social media-savvy woman I know.
From Katy’s blog, I know she’s an avid dancer, so I was a little apprehensive about tonight’s class and worried that I would feel totally lost and embarrassed by my lack of coordination.
I always wanted to be a dancer but never quite had the coordination to master eight-counts. But don’t worry… That doesn’t stop me from bustin’ a move on the dance floor!
We arrived at the class a little after 7 p.m. and quickly found spots toward the back of the class. (Front of the class = No bueno for timid dancers. 🙂 )
The instructor for the evening did a great job of creating a routine that wasn’t too intense for beginner dancers like me. Still, her routine was fast-paced, challenging and extremely fun!
The class learned a routine to the song “Burlesque” from the new movie and by the end of the night I basically fell in love with that song! Definitely on my “must download” list!
With such quick moves, awesome music and a fun routine, the two-hour dance class flew by. Merri, Cherayne and I all agreed we had an absolute blast! I loved trying a new style of dance and a new type of exercise.
I hope Studio K hosts some more theme-night dance classes because I would love to go back!
Off to hang with Ryan for the rest of the night. Thank goodness it’s the weekend!
Questions of the Evening
Are you a dancer? Do you enjoy dancing?
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I love dancing! I danced for 7 years competitively and miss it so much!
I danced from the time I was 3 until I was 12…and then my family moved and I just stuck with soccer and basketball after that, but I love dancing…we definitely got down in the locker room before and after games 🙂 I wanna take dance classes again so badly!
That sounds so fun. I’ve always wanted to try burlesque!
I love dancing, and have recently started doing Zumba – it’s fun AND gets my heart pumping. Pretty sure I look like a crazy person trying to keep up with the fast pace, but you are so focused on getting the moves right that you don’t notice how other people dance – so they must not notice me either (fingers crossed!) 🙂
I love dancing!
I’m Mexican, we pretty much grow up dancing to all sorts of Latin music so it’s something boys and girls learn as little tots.
Salsa, merengue, polka, mambo, waltz, cha-cha, two-step, cumbia, etc…
I lucked out that my Mister also knows how to and loves to dance with me! Even though we only get to dance our feet off at parties we definitely consider ourselves to be dancers!
Dancing to “American” music is hard for me though, I feel it’s more abstract, freeform and like I don’t know how to move whereas Latin music has it’s specific steps for each rhythm that I know and I have a partner.
Love dancing! 🙂 Sounds like such a fun class!
That’s so fun! I’m way too shy to bust a move in front of anyone but I’ve always wished I could be a sexy dancer…doesn’t every girl?
I want to see that movie!
I love dancing! I’ve taken ballet, tap, and African lessons years ago, but now enjoy dancing in the privacy of my own home, or during occasional club-hopping with my girlfriends. I’ve done Zumba but the moves can be complicated! The ‘Burlesque’ coreography sounds fun 🙂
Side note – at weddings, my boyfriend and I morph into ‘ridiculous dancer’ mode. It’s like we all of a sudden get talented! We love to ‘practice’ our jump / spin combos when everyone else clears the floor. We are actually good at it! Picture ‘Dirty Dancing’ type jumps, but with two slightly intoxicated people. Lol!
Julie I just opened my new Fitness magazine and there you were!!!!!! Good job!!!!!!
oh my gosh, really!?!? i need to see this!!
Oh what page, I just got my issue today.
I am a dancer through and through and I teach Zumba. It is THE best way to exercise, hands down! (teaching Body Pump is a close second, though. ha!) Glad you had fun with the ladies 🙂
Ahhh that sounds like SO much fun! I’m not a very coordinated dancer, but I really like feeling the energy of a bunch of people who don’t care what they look like having fun on a dance floor.
I’d actually really like to join a burlesque class; I’ll have to see if there are any in my metro area. 😉 Thanks for the inspiration!
Looks like fuN! I have always wanted to dance too! I do um dance, but only with some liquid motivation – ha!
Bought your hair care stuff tonight, had a 20 % off coupon at ULTA that was only good today – excited to try it!!
Thanks for the rec!
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I used to dance! I absolutely love it 😀
I love to dance, I can get down to usher but when it comes to something like this I’d be pretty darn uncoordinated. Looks like a fun time though! As long as your with friends its fun to let loose and not care what the “real” dancers in there think!
I love dancing! That class sounds awesome, I would so love to do it!
That looks like such fun! Sadly I am an awful dancer! 😛
I love dance! 🙂 I took dance classes for four years, and I was also a cheerleader for 7- which also included lots of dance routines. That burlesque class sounds fun!
I’m not a dancer…but a class like that looks like a LOT of fun!!!!
I am SO glad you came last night — what a blast!
I always laugh when people say I’m coordinated or a good dancer. I learned long ago just to NOT CARE about the steps, and do my very best to stay with the beat…after that, I just love to shake my hips and drop it like it’s hot.
I know it’s a little deep for dancing, but doing sexy moves like the Burlesque dance make me feel sexy…even if I don’t look it!
Dancing is definitely something I love to do!
You guys look like you’re having a blast…
Gorgeous pics, Julie!
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I do like dancing, I think you just have to throw caution to the wind and have fun. I have one dance, I can do it to fast music, slow music, country music, hip hop. I suspect I look a little like Elaine on Seinfield, but I don’t care.
Dancing is my favorite workout, I take several dance classes during the week! I have always wanted to try Burlesque though!
I love dancing! That class sounds like fun! I used to take tap for several years. I loved it and I miss it a lot. It is a pretty good workout too.
I have always wanted to be a dancer! but I definitely am NOT! LOL! That looks like a fun class!
First, this is from a previous post, but I have spent the last thirty minutes laughing SO HARD out loud at Damn You Auto Correct! Funniest site I’ve seen in so long. Thanks for sharing!
Secondly, crazy that you wrote about dancing, because I just commented on The Fitnessista’s post about Black Swan on how I wish I would have had the opportunity to pursue dancing.
Love it!
You r on page 69!!!! It is your quote about your mom:)
Am I a dancer? Absolutely not. Do I love to do it? YES! It’s like singing, I sound horrible, but it’s so much fun!
i am absolutely not a dancer…but i love it anyway! just give me a little liquid courage and a good song and i’m good to go 🙂
Even though I am a Musical Theatre major I am by no means a DANCER!
I’m a mover. I can learn choerography and do it some what well, but you won’t see me doing triple turns and whatnot! 😉
Thanks so much to all for coming out to try the Burlesque workshop at Studio K! We are doing another on Friday, January 7th from 7-9 PM and details about that and many other classes can be found on our website at: http://www.studiokorlando.com or on the Events tab of our Facebook page at: http://www.facebook.com/studiokorlando.com. We offer the largest variety of dance and dance fitness classes for adults in all of Central Florida! 🙂 We hope to see you soon! 🙂