Today’s New And Improved Jazzercise, Makes You Want To Dance And Smile

March 7, 2022,

Why are their Instructors always smiling?

What are they so happy about?

Dancing has a way of doing that for you.

References to dance can be found in very early recorded history.

For example Greek dance is referred to by Plato, Aristotle, Plutarch and Lucian.

The Bible and Talmud refer to many events related to dance, and contain over 30 different dance terms. In Chinese pottery as early as the Neolithic period, groups of people are depicted dancing in a line holding hands and the earliest Chinese word for "dance" is found written in the oracle bones.

It appears, at least in one area among many, our early ancestors were very wise to participate in dance.

Dancing is not hard on your body. It has numerous benefits for your heart and cardiovascular system.

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It can also be very good for you mentally as well.

As shared by webmd.com, “Dancing offers plenty of benefits for your emotions, intelligence, and relationships. Dancing can improve your mood while you learn, move, and perform. In fact, many people take dance classes because they put them in a good mood.”

Go ahead and just say it.

Dancing brings a smile to your face. It really does.

The legendary Nat King Cole sang about it with style. As always.

Smile, though your heart is aching
Smile, even though it's breaking
When there are clouds in the sky, you'll get by
If you smile through your fear and sorrows
Smile and maybe tomorrow
You see the sun come shining through for you

Light up your face with gladness
Hide every trace of sadness
Although our tears may be ever so near
That's the time you must keep on trying
Smile, what's the use of crying
You'll find that life is still worthwhile
If you just smile

Dancing gives you great reason to smile, especially if you participate in Jazzercise.

We sense you’ve heard of it. This fitness genre has been around for decades.

Jazzercise is a fitness franchise company founded by Judi Sheppard Missett in 1968 and headquartered in Carlsbad, California, United States.

Jazzercise combines dance, strength and resistance training with popular music for a full-body workout class. The company currently has over 8,300 franchisees worldwide in 32 countries.

Very impressive. No doubt with participants smiling everywhere.

Here is how it all got started.

Ms. Judi Sheppard Missett created Jazzercise in Evanston, Illinois in 1968 as a student at Northwestern University.

She was teaching at a dance studio and noticed her classes had high dropout rates.

Time to re-evaluate.

Realizing students were attending for physical fitness and not to become highly technically proficient in dance, Shepard Missett began to hold "just for fun" classes that began with a jazz warmup.

Bright idea.

These classes were eventually renamed "Jazzercise."

Jazz dance came relatively late into Missett's life-in 1966, just after she graduated from Northwestern University with a degree in theater and dance. She signed up to study with renowned jazz choreographer Gus Giordano at his Evanston studios.

To be the best, it is great to learn from the best.

Ever determined, Judi’s family moved to Carlsbad, California, where she taught classes in local rec centers.

Jazzercise quickly took off in San Diego and Sheppard Missett trained new instructors herself.

Many of those first instructors were in military families, so as they moved around the country, and the world, new populations were continually introduced to the program.

Now we understand, in part, how Jazzercise spread far and wide.

Initially using VHS videos, Judi was able to train franchisees from a distance and began to sell franchise rights for Jazzercise studios across the country.

In addition to the franchised classes, Judi produced recorded Jazzercise programs for home use, starting with an impressive LP entitled “Jazzercise” in 1981 which was certified gold in 1982.

She has impressed individuals, groups and companies the world over.

The team at Inc. Magazine smiles, “At age 75, Judi Sheppard Missett is still dancing, still teaching, and still CEO of Jazzercise, the ur-dance-fitness company she founded and that celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. Jazzercise today is a $100 million business with more than 8,500 franchisees, and it cracked the Inc. 5000 in 2010, at the ripe age of 41.”

Well, age is just a number. 41 years is a great number.

Jazzercise has helped thousands of women become business owners, some of whom have successfully launched multiple studios to teach the program.

Would you be interested in becoming a franchise owner yourself? Judi is offering a very inspiring book on Amazon.

Building a Business with a Beat: Leadership Lessons from Jazzercise―An Empire Built on Passion, Purpose, and Heart Hardcover – June 25, 2019

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By Judi Sheppard Missett (Author), Susan McCarthy

“Transform your passion into a profitable business―with the help of the legendary entrepreneur who turned an innovative idea into a $100 million global powerhouse.

Judi Sheppard Missett is a fitness icon who, at just three years old, discovered a passion for dance that would eventually fuel a global dance fitness empire. After an early life spent honing her dancing skills and a career as a professional jazz dancer, Judi had an epiphany: why not combine the art of jazz dancing with the science of exercise to help others achieve a healthier, happier self-image and life? The wildly enthusiastic response from her first 15 students inspired her to launch Jazzercise, Inc., the world’s leading dance fitness program with a cumulative $2 billion in global sales.

In Building a Business with Beat, Judi reveals for the first time the secrets behind the company’s five decades of enormous success. In addition to helping millions of men and women improve their health and well-being through the fun and fitness of dance, Judi has inspired 8,500 franchisees to achieve their dream of owning and running their own business. Now, through powerful personal stories, practical proven-successful advice and insights, Judi shares how you, too, can transform your passion into a profitable business.

This inspirational guide will teach you how to:

Create a successful business by discovering and defining your larger purpose
Use your unique perspectives and abilities to enhance the lives of others
Deftly handle everyday obstacles and unplanned events
Develop an open mindset and embrace innovation and new possibilities
Inspire your staff to connect to a purpose greater than day-to-day work, and more

Filled with helpful tips, smart strategies, and no-nonsense advice, this book is essential reading for anyone who has ever dreamed of creating a thriving, purpose-driven business. The author is living proof that when you’re doing what you love, it may not seem like work at all.”

So, are you ready to dance?

We can feel you smiling. We’re smiling.