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About 500 University of Nebraska students participated in a 12-hour dance marathon in Lincoln Friday night into Saturday morning that raised more than $35,000 for Children’s Hospital and Medical Center in Omaha.
The event ran from 8 p.m. Friday to 8 a.m. Saturday. Proceeds will help the hospital’s Child-Life Program and Rainbow House.
“Child-Life Program just gives different opportunities for the kids while they’re staying at the hospital, Read the rest of this entry »

STEPHENS CITY — “Find your level, ladies.”
The upbeat instructor repeats the steps she wants her students to follow. The women in the room dutifully respond, sweating to the music in this weekly fitness class in the community center at Sherando High School in Stephens City.
Then, the sensual, fast-paced beat of pop artist Shakira’s “Hips Don’t Lie” resonates through the room. Hips start shakin’, bodies are swayin’ and shoulders are shimmyin’. Read the rest of this entry »

“Day of Dance” is presented by affiliate hospitals of the Spirit of Women Health Network in more than 55 cities nationwide.
Spirit of Women aims to educate women in a way that emphasizes total well-being of the body, mind and spirit, and affects all aspects of a woman’s life, including family, health and work.
The event is free to Spirit of Women members.
Women may sign up to become Spirit of Women members at cfhalliance.org. Membership is free.
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For the past few years, several kinds of dance-exercise programs have popped up as a fad and invaded American health culture, only to slowly dwindle away.
But this year, instructors are offering an early start to enjoyable workouts that will hopefully get hearts pumping and Pitt County kids and adults healthy.
The Daily Reflector of Greenville reported that Chikako Massey, president of Greenville’s USA Dance, has been teaching ballroom dancing Read the rest of this entry »

Dec 18, 2008 05:39 PM ET
may not have won a disco ball, but she might be winning over dance and fitness converts with her new TV series.
alumna will be helming Oxygen’s new weight-loss reality show,
. Winokur will introduce new dance routines to the contestants each week, as well as help usher them toward healthier lifestyles.
A panel will judge the contestants weekly on both their dancing ability and their achievement of weight-loss goals. Read the rest of this entry »

Mercy Health Center will unite the region’s women with 70 other communities across the U.S. through the fifth annual national Spirit of Women Day of Dance for Health on Saturday, Feb. 28.
The event will combine the fun of dancing to different forms of music, such as ballroom dancing, rock ‘n’ roll, country-line, Zumba, clogging and even belly-dancing, with health screenings and consumer education on heart disease and other women’s health issues.
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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. —
There will be some aching feet in Chapel Hill by Saturday evening.
They’ll belong to the more than 1,800 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill students who have pledged to stay on their feet for 24 hours to raise money for the North Carolina Children’s Hospital.
begins at 7 p.m. Friday at Fetzer Gym, with an introduction by football coach Butch Davis, and ends at 7 p.m. Saturday.
Student Michael Bucy started Read the rest of this entry »

Dance your way to health. Dancing can be aerobic exercise, such as ballroom, Zumba, swing and hip-hop. Intense forms build strength in addition to a strong heart and lungs. But dance can also be quite meditative and provide you with balance, focus and flexibility, such as when you move gently to a slow song. Regardless of purpose, dance in its many forms is one of the most enjoyable ways to train your cardiovascular system and elevate your mood.
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LOXLEY, Ala. — When Lisa Rodrigue was a youngster in Houma, La., she loved to dance. She took dance lessons for years.
Until one day, she was singled out for a special project.
“I was in dancing school, and I got pulled out by a lady to teach fitness,” said Lisa, now Lisa Brown of Daphne. She found she enjoyed teaching fitness classes, and made a career of it. She’s been an instructor for more than 20 years. She says she is certified by Read the rest of this entry »