Today we’d like to introduce you to Ziba Lennox and Marisol Sarabia.
Ziba and Marisol, let’s start with your story. We’d love to hear how you got started and how the journey has been so far.
We started dancing since we could walk! We trained and performed ballet professionally in the US and Europe. Ballet is incredibly athletic, so as dancers we always aimed to optimize performance, stay healthy and have endurance.
We felt there was a gap in the fitness studio community for people that love to dance or used to dance as we did. When we entered the corporate world and performed less, we missed real ballet technique in our own workouts. There is a connection with our minds, bodies and music that comes along with dance and it’s very special. Dancing is really fun, but it can be intimidating, so we wanted to build a brand that was welcoming to all levels with fun fitness classes for EVERY body!
Overall, has it been relatively smooth? If not, what were some of the struggles along the way?
One of our favorite quotes is; “If it were easy, everybody would do it”! This probably sums it up for a lot of business owners. For a business to be successful you have to love it, and when you love something you’re vulnerable but it’s also what makes it amazing. There are struggles of different scales every single day.
Please tell us about MaZi Dance Fitness.
MaZi Dance Fitness is dance-inspired fitness specializing in dance, cardio & sculpting classes. Our dance cardio classes are easy to follow, high energy and mood boosting!
Our sculpting classes are based on ballet technique making one extremely strong and increasingly limber. We also offer Intro to Ballet a couple of times a year to teach people the fundamentals of ballet.
What sets us apart is our attention to class content detail, song selection and picking our team of instructors. What we are most proud of as a company is empowering people, to connect with their minds and bodies and feel the power of what they can do.
For 50 minutes, our class goers leave everything at the door and escape for a quality time with themselves and their emotions. Having an opportunity to do this can have a great impact in people’s habits and eventually their lives.
If you had to go back in time and start over, would you have done anything differently?
We continue to be innovative and evolve with our MaZinistas. There is no starting over, each year is a stepping stone towards our goals.
Pricing:
- New client unlimited week; $30
- Drop in class; $23
- Memberships & class cards options
- MaZi Intro to Ballet: 3 week series
Contact Info:
- Address: 1564 N Damen
Chicago, IL 60622 - Website: www.mazidancefitness.com
- Phone: 7732789600
- Email: informazidance@gmail.com
- Instagram: www.instagram.com/mazidancefitness
- Facebook: www.facebook.com/mazidancefitness
- Twitter: www.youtube.com/mazidance1
Image Credit:
Eddo Photography
Sterling Sanders
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