Jazzercise is a fitness franchise company founded by Judi Sheppard Missett in 1968 and headquartered in Carlsbad, California, United States. The franchise's name is a portmanteau of "jazz" and "exercise". Jazzercise combines dance aerobics, strength and resistance training with popular music for a full-body workout. The company currently has over 8,300 franchisees worldwide in 32 countries. Judi Sheppard Missett created Jazzercise in Evanston, Illinois in 1968 as a student at Northwestern University. She was teaching at a dance studio and noticed her classes had high dropout rates. Realizing students were attending for physical fitness and not for performance, Shepard Missett began to hold "just for fun" classes that began with a jazz warmup. These classes were eventually renamed "Jazzercise". Jazz dance came relatively late into Missett's life—in 1966, just after she graduated from Northwestern University with a degree in theater and dance. She signed up to study with renowned jazz choreographer Gus Giordano at his Evanston studios. More information...
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