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The lessons take place within the museum’s galleries
Art museum introduces dance exercise classes New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art has introduced health and fitness sessions before public opening hours, offering its audience the chance to go on a two-mile journey as they dance their way through the museum’s exhibits. Hosted by the Monica Bill Barnes & Company – a contemporary American dance troupe that ‘brings
dance where it does not belong’, the 45-minute workout travels on a route curated and narrated by illustrator Maira Kalman. Instructors hosting the sessions act in a dual role as trainer and docent, travelling through the museum at various speeds, incorporating marching, speed walking, jumping and jogging into the
Blink Fitness enters West Coast of United States
Blink Fitness will open in the Los Angeles metro area US-based budget health club operator Blink Fitness is set to expand operations to the US west coast by entering the Los Angeles (LA) metro area in 2017. California’s first Blink-branded site will be located inside a former 1930s cinema, the Park Warner Theatre, located at Huntington Park. The historic site has been vacant since the mid-1990s, when it closed its operations. While exact details of the new club are yet to be confirmed, Blink has revealed it will look to preserve the historic elements of the building, including the marquee and original painted art deco designs. Blink confirmed that it plans to open the location by the end of 2017. http://lei.sr?a=h5d3a_H Read more online
dance workout. “Through constant movement, exercises and light stretching, led by choreographer Monica Bill Barnes and dance partner Anna Bass, participants experience an awakening to their surroundings unlike any other Museum tour,” said a Met statement. “Connecting with the art and the
overwhelming power of the galleries by activating one’s own body and mind makes this new work so radical.” A commission of MetLiveArts, the event debuted on 19 January and will continue until 12 February, running every Thursday to Sunday between those dates. http://lei.sr?a=k5w8Z_H Read more online
F45 Training nears 100 sites in the US Australia-based fitness franchise F45 Training has secured a site in Austin, Texas, bringing the number of F45 studios in the US close to 100. The Austin studio will be owned and operated by David Bohreer, a sixth-degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do. Scheduled to open in early April, the club will deliver 32 group classes a week.
“All members need to do is commit 45 minutes to our team each class to see results, build community and have fun with their weekly workouts,” Bohreer said. Each F45 club offers a highintensity, interval training (HIIT) regime based on 45-minute long sessions. http://lei.sr?a=U3Y8r_H Read more online
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