DANCE AT PREMIER

Discover Fit 2 Dance:
Cardio Hip Hop at its best. There is no better total body workout than dance, and nothing more enjoyable. Burn serious calories as you move to ambient hip hop funk music. The class begins with 25 minutes of intense comprehensive warm up and conditioning, including extensive abdominal work. The remaining 35 minutes will consist of high energy dance that focuses on strengthening and toning the body. The movements are simple and easy to follow in order to maximize cardiovascular benefits.

Ashley Gilly graduated with honors from New York University¹s Tisch School of the Arts with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Dance. She also holds a Teachers Certificate in Dance from the New Jersey State Department of Education. She is currently on staff at the Central Jersey Arts Charter School in Plainfield, NJ as the dance instructor for grades K-6. She has been formally and professionally trained in ballet, jazz, tap, modern, lyrical and pointe. In her youth, Ashley studied at Encore Productions in Absecon, NJ, was a multiple-time national champion in competitive dancing, and performed in various productions in Atlantic City, including Reflections of Woodstock, Andrea McArdle¹s Family Christmas, Louise DuArt¹s Christmas Show, the Magical Christmas Wish, and several performances of the Nutcracker. At NYU, Ashley was cast as a soloist in Alonzo King¹s Koto and has had the opportunity to work with many well known choreographers and teachers from all over the country. In the summer of 2003, she was chosen to study abroad in Salzburg, Austria at the Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance where she studied with many European choreographers and teachers. Ashley has been teaching group classes and offering private instruction in all forms of dance to all ages since 1998.