Simple Dance Fitness Choreo by Jennifer Cepeda

Dance Fitness Classes in West Seattle

DancePowered is coming to Viva Arts in the Alaska Junction

Saturday mornings at 9:00 AM beginning this fall

DancePowered is coming back to Viva Arts in West Seattle!

Beginning this fall, DancePowered will be at the new Viva Arts studio in the Alaska Junction on Saturday mornings at 9:00 AM.

New to DancePowered? New to dance altogether? Already a dancer?

You’re welcome here.

Take the quick poll below and let us know if you’re interested in joining us when the new class launches.

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More Dance. Still a Serious Workout.

DancePowered is one of Seattle’s original independent dance fitness formats, created by choreographer and instructor Jennifer Cepeda in 2010.

And after more than 15 years, it’s still hard to put DancePowered into a box.

The choreography pulls from hip-hop, jazz funk, pop, K-pop, Latin, dancehall, Afrobeats, heels-inspired movement, retro favorites, and whatever else Jennifer is obsessed with at the moment.

The music is a huge part of the experience, too. Expect an eclectic, carefully curated playlist that moves across genres, decades, and cultures and keeps the energy changing from beginning to end.

A typical class moves through approximately 15–17 songs in a follow-along format, so you’re continuously dancing rather than stopping to learn one long combination.

But this isn’t choreography watered down into fitness.

Most dance fitness puts the emphasis on the fitness:

dance FITNESS.

DancePowered flips that:

DANCE fitness.

You’ll sweat. You’ll get your heart rate up. You’ll get a serious workout. But the dancing isn’t an afterthought.

The choreography is musical, dynamic, and constantly evolving. Some songs are simpler and let you go bigger, move harder, and really get your heart rate up. Others challenge your coordination, rhythm, musicality, memory, and ability to pick up movement.

That mix is part of what makes DancePowered, DancePowered.

Beginners and Lifelong Dancers, In the Same Room

One of the most unusual things about DancePowered is the range of people who dance together.

You might find someone taking their first dance class next to someone who has danced for decades.

Both belong here.

You don’t need dance experience to start. You don’t need to get everything the first time. And you don’t have to look like the person next to you.

The goal isn’t perfection.

It’s to keep moving, keep learning, get stronger, and become a more confident dancer over time.

Jennifer teaches to the room, offering cues and guidance along the way while keeping the class moving. The choreography gives you room to make movements bigger or smaller, add your own style, and challenge yourself at your own level.

Come as you are. Keep coming. You’ll be amazed by how much more you pick up as the music and movement start to become familiar.

There Really Isn’t Another Class Quite Like It

Over the years, one of the comments Jennifer hears most often is some version of:

“There’s just nothing else like your class.”

That’s the special sauce of DancePowered.

It’s challenging without requiring perfection. It’s a workout without sacrificing the dancing. It’s highly choreographed without becoming a traditional choreography class.

It’s DANCE fitness, and that difference is what makes DancePowered, DancePowered.

And it’s built around something that matters just as much as the movement:

the joy of being in a room full of people dancing together.