I’ve been in the digital analytics space for 10+ years but kickstarting a business is new to me. When I decided to launch Hip Shake Fitness on kickstarter, I noticed that most posts are about how this installation is executed. Â What I want to talk about today is actual reports that you can create and…
It was an early Wednesday morning at The Beat Box Studio in Culver City where we got ready to shoot some dance workout footage. We had a little hiccup with our last minute arrangements for dancers, but luckily we had the amazing Mimi & Grace to help us out. Of course, we also had technical…
It’s been 15 days since we started this roller coaster ride we now call Hip Shake Fitness Kickstarter campaign. Â We’ve raised 60% of the funding goal and we have 15 more days to go. Â These 15 days have been the most stressful, crazy and fast-paced days of my life.
It was a Friday, March 11 at 6pm when we scheduled to shoot the dance workout scenes shoot for Kickstarter. We shot the scenes at Beat Box Studio in Culver City, LA. We planned to shoot two videos, ‘Lips are movin’ & ‘Old school hip hop’ within 4 hours. Usually, we don’t get rainy days in LA but, of course,…
Mimi is one of our awesome Hip Shake Fitness Dancers. If you can believe it, she is 61 years old, but she can definitely out dance anyone of us.
Meet Ashley Chatman Ashley is a very passionate, proud and professional dance fitness instructor. She started dancing at a young age and has had training in Jazz, Modern, Hip Hop, Latin and African Dance. She was awarded “Best Zumba Instructor in Los Angeles” in 2013.
It was a beautiful Sunday morning in Manhattan Beach and we were excited to film Lori‘s scenes. Lori is a Clinical Program Supervisor and is currently in school to get her Doctorate Degree. She was joined by her two sons, Mason and Laird who were truly wonderful and were natural actors just like their mom!
I met Nya through Capoeira classes. I was immediately struck by her fierce no-nonsense attitude and cool demeanor. I eventually learned that she was a software engineer and I though that was so cool because as any women in technology will tell you, there’s not a lot of us! Since then her and I have been talking about…
Our kickstarter campaign is in full swing! If you haven’t had time to check it out, make sure you pledge / share and like it. Â We are giving away such good deals! 20-50% off our launch price. PLUS, there are special deals that you will only get through this campaign such as:
Meet Zen Rashed Born and raised in Jamaica, Queens NY, Zen is a passionate dancer, choreographer and business woman. Her love for dance started at 3 years old when her mother put her into dance school and she immediately felt at home.
Image courtesy of Cherie B Tay photography Meet Matt Mancuso Born and raised in New Jersey, Matt started dancing at the age of 14. He is a dancer, actor, choreographer & you can find him on YouTube assisting his coach, Anna Trebunskaya, in her dance tutorials. Did we mention his eyes just make you feel like melting?
I’ve been listening to Baby Metal recently and it got me wondering if there were any J-Pop/K-Pop dance classes that I can take around Los Angeles. Once I found one, I had to take it. Here’s my review of a K-Pop dance workout at Boogiezone Utopia in Torrance!
Meet Carla Digiorgio She started dancing at the age of 2 ½ and her mom, wanting her to be graceful & athletic, enrolled her in dance classes 3 days a week. As a young girl she studied ballet on pointe, jazz, tap and continued them all the way through college, where she also studied modern dance. What is your…
Flirty Hip Hop is a dance workout created by Nicole Steen exclusively for Hip Shake Fitness.  This is a 30 minute workout that will get you sweaty while making you feel hot.  We warm up with Uptown Funk, get going with Confident and get down to Milkshake! Channel your inner hip hop goddess!