jazzercise

American  

[jaz-er-sahyz] / ˈdʒæz ərˌsaɪz /

noun

1. vigorous dancing done to jazz dance music as an exercise for physical fitness.

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Etymology

Origin of jazzercise

First recorded in 1985–90; jazz + (ex)ercise

Example Sentences

While Petrzela revisits many well-known names — Jack LaLanne, Jazzercise, Jane Fonda — she also introduces less familiar personalities, such as Vic Tanny, whose gyms were outfitted with tropical fish tanks.

From Los Angeles Times

Taking a break in one of the village’s gyms, where neighbors pedal on elliptical machines and two-step in a Jazzercise class, Friedman says he feels dumbfounded because history seems to be repeating itself in a more disturbing way.

From Los Angeles Times

A self-taught aerobics fan who was inspired by Jazzercise, Zumba and classes at the now-closed Sweat Spot in L.A., she continued to be fueled by dance and often talked about teaching dance aerobics while working Saturday kitchen shifts at a local restaurant.

From Los Angeles Times

"RuPaul's Drag Race," for example, has had contestants serve "country realness," "Meryl Streep realness," "Soul Train' realness," and "fierce jazzercise realness."

From Salon

Happily for the citizens of Hawkins, the new Starcourt Mall has opened outside town, a pastel-colored consumer oasis with a Sam Goody, a Jazzercise place and a multiplex showing “Back to the Future.”

From New York Times