Body Dada

🔥🌷ARIANA ARIANA ARIANA 🐎🌪️

Who floats like a butterfly but stings like a bee? The friendliest and swaggiest with technique for days, get to know this powerhouse 🩷⭐️ it’s ARIANA🦋🐝

Tell us three things you’re into right now.
~Right now I’m really into dancing (always!), finding new music for playlists and choreography, and trying new recipes to cook up in the kitchen especially dessert. I also love anything that gets me outside with friends or lets me be creative, whether that’s filming content, modeling, or just exploring new spots around LA.

You instruct Body Dada the Class and also Body Party too. Tell us about the spirit you bring to each class and how it’s different.
~I think the biggest thing I try to bring to every class is a welcoming energy. I want people to feel comfortable the second they walk in, whether it’s their first class or their hundredth. For Body Dada, I try to push people to challenge themselves, but I never want them to leave feeling defeated. I want them to feel proud of themselves! Body Party is more about letting loose and having fun but still getting a burn! I just want everyone to forget about whatever’s going on outside the studio for an hour, dance around and leave with a smile!

Everyone comes out of your class smiling. I think it’s because you’re naturally just a sweet energy and seem to like what you do! Is there any advice you can give aspiring instructors on how to purposely have fun while teaching?
~My advice to new instructors would be to teach the class you’d want to take. I think when you’re genuinely excited about the music, the movement, and the people in front of you, that energy naturally spreads through the room. I also try to remember that every person who comes to class could be carrying something you know nothing about, so if I can make them smile for an hour or help them forget about everything else for a little bit, that’s a win.

⭐️ Ariana teaches Body Dada and Body Party at the HLP and SL Studios.

📸 Photographer - Dan Busta

Summer Raffle Prize includes Dada Grip Socks, Water Bottle, Candles, Sweat Towel and One ICONIC longsleeve in the size of your choice 💋

I want to see you in “back attitude” in front of your open fridge, your arms in “high fifth” at the grocery store buying summer supplies, your most abstract idea of what “body dada-ing” is - it can be anything or more!

Send me your photos in DM or email [email protected] to submit to the raffle

Write me with questions!
I’d like to make a collage of everyone! xxoo Kim

Join Kelsey for her summer of Daft Punk Body Party starting tomorrow 7/17 at the HLP Studio, Fridays 8:30am

Body Party is our cardio dance aerobics class 💦

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Who is Lotte Berk ???
Lotte Berk is the creator of Barre.

Lotte Berk created Barre as a dance based physical fitness method. Prior to Lotte, the barre apparatus was only used in Ballet class. Lotte invented a fitness program that used the Ballet barre in a wholly new way.

Lotte Berk was a German-Born wife, mother, and professional dancer. In 1935 she fled N**i Germany (where she had trained with Mary Wigman) with her husband Ernest also a prominent dancer and choreographer, and their 4 year old daughter Esther for England where she danced with Ballet Rambert. In 1959 she began teaching her methodology out of her small basement apartment in London. She called this “Lotte Berk’s Studio of Physical Beauty and Culture.” She was a radical feminist and embodied the s*xual liberation of the 60s and 70s.

Lotte discovered the “Pelvic Tuck” we all know and love with her osteopath while rehabbing a lumbar spine injury. She combined this and other therapeutic exercises with dance and created her barre class. While she called her method a “Rehabilitative Method” she also viewed her program as performance art and is quoted by her daughter saying “I don’t want to be known as a keep-fit person. I want to be known for my creative dance, my artistic talents, to be taken seriously as an Artist.” Her method was actually more akin to the rigors of Modern Ballet and less classical. The method was intended to make you feel good in your body, as Lotte imbued sensuality and cheeky s*x appeal into the exercises she created.

Lotte’s daughter Esther Fairfax continued her mother’s legacy, teaching the class passed down to her in the UK into her 80s! (like her Mom!) and sadly passed in 2024. Esther is a legend in her own right.

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COMPANY CLASS with Kim is this June!

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A dance workshop focusing on the creation of an original dance work. This is a creative rehearsal process with the goal of producing a piece of movement art at its end. Be a part of dance making magic, learn choreography and join The Dada Dance Company!

- Sundays in May 12:30-1:45pm

- Must be present for the entire month, with exception made for one single absence throughout the month of June if notified ahead of time. Please email [email protected] to register if you know you’ll have an absence.

- Members of Body Dada, those with class packages, and those with One Month Unlimited (if covering this time) are invited automatically. Sign up now with the LINK IN BIO or email [email protected]

- Non Members may purchase Workshop-only passes of $100. Please email [email protected] for assistance.

- Held at the HLP location. SL members are welcome of course! Email us!

(PS - the app does not support multi-day workshops. You will be unable to join if you’re using the app. Use your web browser or LINK IN BIO)

⭐️ KAYLI KAYLI KAYLI ⭐️

Kayli is a stunning human, dancer, and beloved barre instructor here, inspiring us with crystal clear form and beautiful energy! Catch Kayli performing on Dancing With The Stars Season Finale 11/26! Get to know your instructor KAYLI ⭐️

(kim) Kayli, please tell us three things you’re into right now and also what is a piece of advice you would give someone looking to add a fitness and movement practice to their life as dedicated as yours? Oh and what’s your favorite barre move?

(kayli) Spending time in nature, reading, listening to live Music 🎶

Movement is a form of self care for both your mind and body. I like to think of movement as taking care of my body because it takes care of me.

I love Chair! It targets so many muscle groups at once and you can always find a deeper squeeze ;)

Kayli teaches SL Tuesdays 8:30/9:30am, HP Tuesdays 4:30/5:30pm and HP Wednesdays 9:30am + 12:30pm ⭐️