Japanese page（日本語ページ）
We enjoyed a 80 min ZUMBA® lesson and dance performances on Saturday 9 December 2017.
Thanks for joining Merry ZUMBA® Christmas 2017, all our friends!
We finished our last lesson of this year on the 16th of December 2017 and will resume on Friday the 5th of January 2018.
A new instructor, Satoko is going to take part in Freestyle Dance Young Learners-Beginners from 11 January 2018！
Look forward to her lesson!
Japanese page（日本語ページ）→ チャイナタウンでダンスパフォーマンス
SWAN FITNESS performed at Chinatown Street Markets on Saturday 4 November 2017.
Thursday class is jazz hip hop style at the moment.
Suitable for mature teens & adults
(but we are accepting kids who want to join the lesson if they can follow along)
For more information about Thursday Freestyle Dance Lesson,
Saturday class is based on hip hop including locking dance sometimes.
For more information about Saturday Freestyle Dance Lesson,
For more information about Kids Dance Lesson,
Japanese page（日本語ページ）→ ゴールドコーストのハロウィンシーズンイベント
SWAN FITNESS enjoyed Happy Halloween ZUMBA® and performing at Justice in the Park Festival held on Saturday 28 October 2017 with our mates.
Thanks for joining and motivating our Happy Halloween ZUMBA®, all our friends!!
Every Saturday 9:00-10:00 am @ Southport Community Centre, Performing Arts Room 2
6 Lawson St. Southport QLD 4215
☆ Natsuko’s Thursday Freestyle Dance Lesson Crew: Natsuko, Reika, Sophie, Satoko and Minori
☆ Kids Dance Crew: Kotaro, Monah, Lily, Akira, Winnie, Mea, Sarah and Nina
☆Duo: Reika & Sophie
☆Solo: Satoko (jazz hip hop)
☆Solo: Reika (contemporary)
☆ Natsuko’s Saturday Freestyle Dance Lesson Crew: Natsuko, Ayami, Tomoko, Mia, Minori, Sophie and Reika
☆ Finale: All the members and Mayumi
Natsuko’s freestyle dance lessons are held on Thursdays 5:30-6:15 pm and Saturdays 10:00-10:45 am at Southport Community Centre.
Thursday class is jazz hip hop style at the moment.
Saturday class is based on hip hop including locking dance sometimes.
This kids crew is composed of 4-6 years old kids.
We tried to let them perform a half of their performance without assistant instructors on stage for the first time. It was successful.
Reika and Sophie are assistant instructors of SWAN FITNESS Kids Dance.
The teenagers who learned ballet for a long time composed this choreography by mixing several types of dance.
Satoko joined our performance as a guest this time. She won a dance tournament in Japan and has an experience to work at a local kids dance school in Melbourne.
Reika is our Kids Dance Assistant Instructor and currently a Griffith university first year student, Studying education.
She started dancing when she was 3 years old. Dance classic ballet for 12 years. Contemporary dance for 2 years.
We have 4 events until the end of this year as follows:
Morning
Afternoon
This video is the last time we performed at Chinatown Street Markets on the 7th of October 2017.
Japanese page （日本語ページ）→ ゴールドコーストの大人＆子ども用ダンス教室
SWAN FITNESS’s dance lessons have changed recently.
Natchan (Natsuko)‘s Freestyle Dance Lesson (Saturday 10:00-10:45 am @ Southport Community Centre) used to be for mature teens & adults, but now we are accepting kids who want to join the lesson if they can follow along. The youngest ones are 9 year old girls at the moment.
Another freestyle dance lesson which is on Thursdays at 7:15-8:00 pm started as a regular lesson from this month.
The choreography is jazz hip hop style different from Saturday’s Freestyle Dance.
The last lesson in Term 3 is on Saturday the 16th of September, 1:00-1:45 pm.
If you buy 5 pass tickets for Term 4 during Term 3, you can get a discount!!
Don’t hesitate to contact us.
The first lesson in Term 4 will be held on Saturday the 7th of October, 1:00-1:45 pm.
We have another kids dance lesson in Ormeau. ↓
We hope to give children some opportunities to perform at stages from now on.
This was the third time that we performed at Gold Coast Multicultural Festival which is held every year (Japanese page 日本語ページ → マルチカルチュラルフェスティヴァル 2017 )
SWAN FITNESS is a mixture of adult and child dance performers. Adult performers are joining a lesson held on Saturday morning at Southport Community Centre. The lesson is based on Hip Hop including Lock dance and Jazz dance etc.
For more information about the lesson,
Child performers are from 2 education groups which are concentrating their efforts on Japanese education, Sakura Gakuen Japanese School and Mebae Little Seedlings Family Day Care. The 2 groups of children worked and danced together.
For more information about the kids lesson,
Thanks for your support, everyone!
Actually we are going to perform at Gold Coast Languages Speech Contest in Griffith University on Sunday 13 August 2017 as well.
The first lesson of Healing Pilates finished yesterday.
(Japanese page → ゴールドコーストのピラティスレッスン)
Thank you for joining it, all our members, although there was bad weather.
For more information about the instructor, Miki,
→ Healing Pilates is coming soon
13 people joined the commemorable first lesson. This lesson is focused on exercises and stretching muscles around pelvis, but now can change at participants’ requests.
A relieved look on Miki’s face after the lesson (left side of photo)
Mummy & Bubby Dance has just started.
Japanese page（日本語ページ）→ 中年女子の究極の選択
The lesson is designed for mothers who have little babies and run for using a baby carrier.
The first lesson was held on the 15th of May. Surprisingly all the babies fell asleep during the lesson. Thanks, all mums & bubs!
As a long time has passed since I gave birth and I wanted to understand young mothers’ situation and feeling even for just a bit, I put a 5 kg dumbbell in my carrier with a stuffed animal.
Actually a few babies are over 8 kg, so I will try a 7 kg dumbbell the next time.
The choreography is not hard compared with ZUMBA lessons I usually run and doesn’t include high impact movements, but I sweated more than I thought I would.
I could sleep well that night.
Mummy & Bubby Dance gave me a good deep sleep, not only babies♡♡♡
A fulfilling time with Masayo finished. She came from Japan and stayed on the Gold Coast for 6 days. (Japanese page 日本語ページ→ゴールドコーストでワークショップを開く)
She has over 15 years fitness instructor experience, teaching ZUMBA, aerobics, Pilates and Yoga in Japan. She is a personal trainer as well.
She not only instructed a few ZUMBA lessons, but also performed at an event with me on the Gold Coast.
She opened a workshop of Pilates as well.
As lots of special words are used in the class and we wanted to provide infallible information to the participants, we ran it all in Japanese.
We could get some brilliant feedback from the members like ” I feel so much better”, ” It really helped.” and ” I can do these exercises at home too.”
We are planning the next workshop with an interpreter. Look forward to it.
I really enjoyed other instructor’s workshop this time.
Why don’t you open your workshop with us when you visit the Gold Coast?
Thanks to Masayo’s visiting, various ideas came up and I could make lots of silly videos too. → Playful Videos
Japanese page（日本語ページ）→赤ちゃんと一緒にできるダンスエクササイズ
We are going to start a new lesson program for mothers who have little babies.
I am Mayumi, a 16 years experienced fitness instructor teaching aerobics, step, Hip Hop, muscle training classes and ZUMBA.
Through my group exercise lessons, I met lots of mothers who gave up joining the lessons because of their babies. I felt sorry for them every time I saw them.
I understand young mothers’ impatience. They may think that they have to go on a diet.
I remember the time when I could get back into my job after my childbirth. My son was 2 months old then.
I really appreciate my mother who took care of my son.
I think it is a bit hard for mothers whose mothers don’t live close but have babies to exercise outside.
So I am going to start a new program.
For more information, check the link→Mummy & Bubby Dance
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