Flashdance The Musical recently came to town and brought back memories of leg warmers, ripped sweatshirts, and the dance classes I took in the 80’s. Most of the cast of Flashdance is almost too young to remember the original movie, but they certainly did their research and pulled off the era’s dance moves very believably. Flashdance was one of my favourite movies during my pre-teen years. What more could one want in a film than dance, romance, a little sex and some welding?

While in town a few members of the cast joined Steve Nash Fitness World and Sports Clubs  to teach one of the dance numbers and I dropped in for a quick interview and a few quick dance moves.

Caste member Katherine Roarty studied every single role in the musical and can cover if anyone takes the night off. She hails from Pittsburgh where the story takes place.

Brandon Stonestreet came to dancing a bit late (age 14), but he soon landed roles touring and left school to pursue his dream.

They put us through a warm up before teaching the class a routine. I soon realized how much I needed better drastically increase my physical activity, if I ever wanted to keep up with the crew, even only after the warm up.

The instructors were joined by fitness reporter Natalie Langston, who had mastered the routine earlier.

Thankfully Steve Nash Fitness has many classes to assist me in this endeavor and I’m going to be partnering with them soon for a series on fitting fitness into a busy life. I’ll need some cheering so I will be hoping to have some of you join me along the way.

In the meantime you can get a free 10 day pass here. See you at the club!