RALEIGH, NC, May 22, 2024 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Jules Szabo has been included in Marquis Who's Who. As in all Marquis Who's Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled are selected on the basis of current reference value. Factors such as position, noteworthy accomplishments, visibility, and prominence in a field are all taken into account during the selection process.
A classically trained ballerina from the UNC School of the Arts, former corporate executive, and current adult dance fitness entrepreneur, Jules specializes in providing adult dance fitness classes to current and former ballet, jazz, and contemporary dancers. Jules is a prolific choreographer who rectified a significant gap in the fitness market for trained dancers by creating The Dancer's Workout® (TDW), an award-winning specialty dance fitness program that has since inspired thousands of former ballet dancers to start dancing again, as adults.
As the leading adult dance fitness entrepreneur for paraprofessional dancers, who have dance skills in the vast intermediate-level range between beginner and professional, Jules describes her daily in-person classes and the classes available in her subscription-based apps as a former dancer's "emotionally and physically safe path back to dance." She was honored when The Dancer's Workout® 21-Day Dancer Restarter Wizard, one of her online apps, was awarded a 2023 Good Housekeeping Fitness Award and named Top Fitness App in the "Best For Former Dancers" category. Joining Jules as featured dancers in her various on-demand classes are the TDW MAVENS, the members of the dance company Jules and her business partner, Sara, established to produce their large portfolio of online classes that are enjoyed by dancers, dance instructors, and dance studio owners across the country.
An accomplished choreographer and dance instructor, Jules also excels as an adult dance journalist and educator. Her article entitled, "Want to Create a Strong, Self-Sustaining Dance Program for Adults? Follow These 6 Steps," was published in DanceTeacher magazine, the division of Dance Media that is devoted to dance educators, studio owners, and dance team directors. This article was subsequently recognized as one of DanceTeacher's top ten articles of 2022.
Further reflecting her passion for mentoring dance studio owners and adult dance instructors is Jules' work with the Adult Dance Alliance, the network of dance studio owners and dance instructors she established to revolutionize the adult dance fitness industry with her niche classes for trained dancers. The Adult Dance Alliance sponsors The Dancer's Workout® instructor certification program, which Jules and Sara created in order to train and certify the next generation of instructors. Graduating seniors from university dance departments, as well as experienced dance instructors, enroll in this certification program to learn the unique choreography and adult dance fitness business and leadership skills needed to successfully teach in gyms, dance studios, fitness facilities, community centers, and other fitness facilities throughout the country. Members of the Adult Dance Alliance also include emerging choreographers who become trained, certified choreographers for The Dancer's Workout®.
Jules has an interesting and unusual background. Before establishing herself in the adult dance fitness industry, Jules received her classical ballet training from the UNC School of the Arts in Winston-Salem, NC, which she attended throughout her high school years, and earned a bachelor's degree in psychology from Appalachian State University. Subsequently, Jules began a 30+ year career in the pharmaceutical industry, where she focused on the management and monitoring of clinical drug trials, received her master's degree in quality assurance and regulatory affairs from Temple University, and successfully served as a Vice President of Global Clinical Trial Operations. During her corporate years she had three children, and eventually started dancing again after a 15-year absence from dance. In 2009, she started teaching The Dancer's Workout® in the evenings after work. Approximately five years later, Jules resigned from her corporate position in order to pursue her adult dance fitness business full-time.
While her hard work, grit, and determination have served her well, Jules credits her success to the classical ballet training she received at the UNC School of the Arts; her corporate career; and her husband's and family's love and support. She also credits her business partner, Sara; the certified instructors who teach The Dancer's Workout® classes; the loving community of adult dancers who attend their classes; and the TDW MAVENS who are featured in The Dancer's Workout® videos. And finally, above all, she credits her life's work to a relentless belief in her divine mission to inspire dancers everywhere to rediscover their love of dance so they can get back into dancer's shape and remain fit, healthy, and inspired by this joy for the remainder of their lives.
Main website: www.thedancersworkout.com
Various TDW urls: https://bit.ly/TDW_LINKS
Link for TDW certification program: https://bit.ly/TDWcertification
Link for potential instructors: https://bit.ly/TDWsidehustle
Facebook: https://facebook.com/thedancersworkout
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tdw_TheDancersWorkout
YouTube: https://bit.ly/TDWyoutube
Link to UNCSA Alumni Profile: http://www.uncsa.edu/dance/alumni/jules-szabo.aspx
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