Sayville Dance Center Expanding Staff, Hours and Programs This Summer

Fluid Power Fitness, located in Sayville, is expanding its staff, hours and programs

The center has added two new instructors and is offering a specialized Horton dance class for adults and a Duncan dance workshop for children this summer.

Owner Cathleen Deutscher, an acclaimed dancer and choreographer, said she will be offering a special opportunity to take a Lester Horton-based movement class as well. Her colleague, Beth Jucovy, will be giving an Isadora Duncan class for children.

"My passion for teaching and fascination with the human body is so deeply rooted in my dance training and performance experience. The Lester Horton technique has such amazing lines and postures that not only inspire gorgeous dance phrases, but completely and uniquely shape and sculpt the body. It is exactly the meaning behind the studio name- having optimal strength and power with the capacity for full and fluid range of motion." said Deutscher in a press statement.

“The addition of two new instructors will allow Fluid Power to meet the needs of our current clients. It will also allow the business to grow as it reaches more people searching for a fun and dynamic fitness class alternative.”

The open level barre based Fluid Power classes will be offered four mornings a week starting in June, just in time for the summer incentive special which is three months of unlimited classes for $300.

The Horton dance class will be an exciting supplement for the popular Tuesday and Thursday night Fluid Power classes, though it can be taken independently.

"I have heard so many people say they would love to dance, but are intimidated or insecure about trying." said Deutscher, who describes the class as a solid core strengthening, limb lengthening warm-up which prepares the student for luscious and lyrical contemporary phrases that anyone can do.

"If you've ever watched 'so you think you can dance' or any live dance performance, and imagined yourself moving that way, then you absolutely owe it to yourself to take this class!" adds Cathleen, who plans to offer 2 separate sessions, once a week for three weeks each.

On July 12, Jucovy, director of Dance Visions based in New York, will be a special guest teaching artist offering an Isadora Duncan dance class for children ages 4-7. Jucovy is an expert in the Duncan technique, and is the owner/director of'Children Dancing' based in Great Neck.

The Duncan technique is all about moving freely and fully, expressing sheer joy of movement, which is perfect for young children.

"We will focus on Isadora Duncan's technique of dance which stems from the center on out, and includes studies based on natural movements including walks, runs, skips and gallops," explained Jucovy.