creator of danceytude™, meagan ponce
dancer and dance fitness instructor
Meagan Ponce, is one of the hottest group fitness instructors in the Chicagoland area. She is a former student of the Boitsov Russian School of Ballet and has extensive dance experience in various genres including: bellydancing, bhangra, salsa, merengue, bachata, African dance, and samba.
Her fitness journey began years ago when she used to do Jane Fonda workout records, (yes, RECORDS), alongside her mom. Never in a million years did she plan to find herself in the wellness arena for anything more than an occasional workout, but her road to fitness has been extremely organic.
After giving birth to her son naturally, she decided to go through the training to become a natural childbirth instructor in order to teach other women exactly what they needed to know to give birth naturally with no medical intervention.
She became a ZUMBA teacher about a year after having her son, only looking for something to do to get her out of the house, back in shape, and where she could make some money while someone watched her son. Jumping into the dance fitness world would change hers. She got her first dance fitness position at a Pilates studio, and began honing her classes and her style. She quickly gained a following as her classes became wildly popular. She called them DANCEYTUDE™ --- dance + attitude --- to mark the difference she brought to the dance fitness world.
Around the birth of DANCEYTUDE™, her desire to have a little girl fueled her consumption of every piece of literature written on the topic of natural selection, or implementing changes in one's diet and lifestyle to increase their odds of conceiving a certain gender. She sifted through the information, talked with doctors and pregnancy educators and created an effective system of gender selection and pre-pregnancy health that helped many of her students learn what to do *before* they got pregnant.
After successfully harnessing science to help others, she decided to utilize her own system to try to conceive a little girl. She did indeed give birth to a baby girl, who was also born naturally with no medical intervention.
Meagan has almost ten years of flourishing experience as a fitness instructor and trainer, and natural childbirth coach/educator. She has performed in front of crowds of 20,000 at Broadway in Chicago’s Summer Concert, instructed thousands of classes, given countless fitness tips and advice, helped hundreds of women, understand the science behind natural gender selection and, advocate their way to unmedicated childbirths. And now she is combining all of her experience, training, and knowledge to create a community of wellness, information, and fun!
DANCEYTUDE™ is still the home of Meagan's choreographed-based, high intensity routines injected with genuine dance steps that secretly incorporates major muscle group and core fitness movements to build a rock solid body! We've just expanded a tad!
Her fitness journey began years ago when she used to do Jane Fonda workout records, (yes, RECORDS), alongside her mom. Never in a million years did she plan to find herself in the wellness arena for anything more than an occasional workout, but her road to fitness has been extremely organic.
After giving birth to her son naturally, she decided to go through the training to become a natural childbirth instructor in order to teach other women exactly what they needed to know to give birth naturally with no medical intervention.
She became a ZUMBA teacher about a year after having her son, only looking for something to do to get her out of the house, back in shape, and where she could make some money while someone watched her son. Jumping into the dance fitness world would change hers. She got her first dance fitness position at a Pilates studio, and began honing her classes and her style. She quickly gained a following as her classes became wildly popular. She called them DANCEYTUDE™ --- dance + attitude --- to mark the difference she brought to the dance fitness world.
Around the birth of DANCEYTUDE™, her desire to have a little girl fueled her consumption of every piece of literature written on the topic of natural selection, or implementing changes in one's diet and lifestyle to increase their odds of conceiving a certain gender. She sifted through the information, talked with doctors and pregnancy educators and created an effective system of gender selection and pre-pregnancy health that helped many of her students learn what to do *before* they got pregnant.
After successfully harnessing science to help others, she decided to utilize her own system to try to conceive a little girl. She did indeed give birth to a baby girl, who was also born naturally with no medical intervention.
Meagan has almost ten years of flourishing experience as a fitness instructor and trainer, and natural childbirth coach/educator. She has performed in front of crowds of 20,000 at Broadway in Chicago’s Summer Concert, instructed thousands of classes, given countless fitness tips and advice, helped hundreds of women, understand the science behind natural gender selection and, advocate their way to unmedicated childbirths. And now she is combining all of her experience, training, and knowledge to create a community of wellness, information, and fun!
DANCEYTUDE™ is still the home of Meagan's choreographed-based, high intensity routines injected with genuine dance steps that secretly incorporates major muscle group and core fitness movements to build a rock solid body! We've just expanded a tad!
"I use my dance and fitness background to create high energy classes full of great music, "dancey" choreography, and challenging workouts. My students learn to workout with proper form and everyone has an exhilarating time!"
my mission
It’s simple: I want you to become motivated to make all around health a part of your everyday lifestyle as you reach your fitness goals by dancing your butt off and learning how to advocate for your own optimal wellness!
"attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference!"
