DanceTrance Sarasota
Welcome to the other side of fitness! If you are looking for a new and exciting workout you have found it! Dance Trance was created in 1986 by Jay & Beth Handline. Presently, Dance Trance locations are rapidly popping up around the globe via our Dance Trance License and Certification program. Jay & Beth presently teach Dance Trance classes at the Jacksonville, Florida location. Their program is unique because all studios share and maintain the same choreography. This keeps the music and combinations fresh and alive at each studio. At all locations each class is packed and full of energy because of the variety and music selection this tight network offers. We appreciate your interest in our unique program, and we hope you enjoy your experience.
Location
YMCA-Babe Weiler Branch
1991 Main St. #200
Sarasota, FL 34236
941-366-6778
Directions
Take I-75 South to Exit 39 (Fruitville Rd) make a right, travel 4-miles until you get to U.S. 301. Take a left then a right on Main St.
Rates
Call for information
Schedule
Tuesdays 6:00pm
Wednesdays 6:00pm
Fridays 6:00pm
Saturdays 11:00am
*Instructional Breakdown
Saturdays 10:00am
Contact Info
E-mail Melanie Buzzi at
melaniebuzzi@yahoo.com
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Instructors Bios:
Melanie Buzzi DirectorMelanie began her dance career in her hometown of Burlington, Vermont at the age of 4. Instructors at the Movement Center taught Melanie Jazz, Modern Dance, Tap and Ballet. As both she and her dance experience grew, Melanie began teaching younger students and participating in traveling dance productions at nearby schools. Around age 13, Melanie traded in her dance shoes for cleats and took to the soccer fields. But after moving to Sarasota in 1994, Melanie again found herself looking for something with a beat. It took one Dance Trance class and Mel was hooked, "It is what I was looking for, it is up to date, fun and challenging and I jumped at the chance to help teach." Melanie is now running the Dance Trance program in Sarasota.
Keith DeJarnet
Dancing has always been a part of Keith's life especially during high school when Break Dancing was popular. He spent many hours dancing with his friends working on their techniques and learning new moves. After high school he took a class in Modern/Jazz dance. With this, he mixed his own moves in order to come up with his own style of dancing, making him popular in many clubs in Southeastern Michigan. His dancing soon earned him a spot on a local Detroit dance show. Keith attended his first DT class in Sarasota in the fall of 2003 and was immediately hooked by the high energy, great music and choreography. Two years later he decided to join the ranks of the other DT instructors and start teaching. "It's a real honor to help teach this class. Melanie has done such an awesome job making it fun and exciting. It's my goal to do the same."
Leigh Raines
Leigh grew up in Kentucky and took ballet, tap and jazz classes at a very young age. Throughout middle and high school, she was a cheerleader and always loved the dance routines more than the cheers.She was always choreographing routines for competitions and halftime performances. In college, Leigh had the opportunity to indulge her love of dancing through her sorority's annual fundraiser, Chi Omega Follies. They perform the opening number for the talent show and Leigh was a dancer as well as the choreographer for three years. After college, she found herself longing to participate in some type of choreographed dance because she loved it so much, but all she could find were traditional classes resulting in recitals. Then one day, she was searching the internet and I came across the Sarasota page on the Dance Trance website. She made it to her first class that Saturday and as they say, 'the rest is history'. She couldn't believe that she had finally found what I was looking for after all those years. Leigh has been going to class for over a year and attends every class that she possibly can. Leigh says "DT is my constant and it relieves any stress that I had going into class that day. It's also re-shaped my body. I've lost weight, gained muscle tone, and increased my stamina. DT is the total mind-body experience that has changed my life." Leigh is now an instructor in the program and says that "being an instructor is the greatest thing because I can help lead other people to benefit the same way I did. Attending the instructor workshop was an eye-opening experience for me because it was then that I realized how big the Dance Trance world is and how big it's going to grow. I'm excited to be a part of that and I look forward to "trancing" the rest of my life."