Making Moves Fitness & Dance

Making Moves Fitness & Dance In-person & virtual options.

Your movement headquarters ✨

Group fitness, classical Pilates privates/classes, personal training, adult ballet, private ballet coaching, dance conditioning, nutrition coaching. Certified Personal Trainer (NASM-CPT)
Certified Group Fitness Instructor (ACE Group Fitness)
Classical Pilates Teaching Apprentice (Real Pilates)
Certified Nutrition Coach (NASM-CNC)
Stretching & Flexibility Coach (NASM-SFC)

ABT National Training Curriculum Certified Teacher (Pre-Primary - Level 3)
Choreographer (classical & contemporary ballet, contemporary)
Adjunct Professor of Dance - Hamilton College (area of expertise: ballet)
Director of Recreation (Village of Manlius)

We are beyond thrilled to welcome Dominique🖤Dawkins & her team of incredible, powerhouse teachers for this inaugural wee...
09/21/2026

We are beyond thrilled to welcome Dominique🖤Dawkins & her team of incredible, powerhouse teachers for this inaugural weekend event… the official Utica chapter launch of EmpowerHer: The Her Tour‼️

📆 Fri, 10/16 & Sat, 10/17

EMPOWERHER, created by the minds of Dominique's Dance Creations, is an intentional movement experience created for women ready to reconnect with confidence, sensuality, and self-expression. It’s all about exploring your body on your own terms in a space that feels supportive, elevated, and entirely your own ❤️

No matter your movement background, EmpowerHer is for 🫵🏼 no dance experience required!

Scroll to see what’s on the docket next month & pricing info ➡️ and save the date for EmpowerHer at Making Moves 💃

Want to try all 3️⃣ classes? Enjoy a package discount & spend your weekend with us! All the feel good vibes for $80 ✨

Register 👉🏼 https://www.makingmovesfitnessanddance.com/danceseries

Questions? Contact Julia today at [email protected]!

Thwart off this Sunday 🌧️ with a glance ahead at these 2️⃣ special classes, next Saturday & Sunday 🤩MODERN JAZZ with Lin...
09/20/2026

Thwart off this Sunday 🌧️ with a glance ahead at these 2️⃣ special classes, next Saturday & Sunday 🤩

MODERN JAZZ with Lindsey LaFountain - Sat, 9/26 @ 12:15p
Join Lindsey for 90 minutes of grooves, featuring a hybrid of modern & jazz technique 🕺🏻 open to ages 14+ with previous modern and/or jazz dance experience.

TEASERS WITH A TWIST with Julia Shove & Colleen LaGasse - Sun, 9/27 @ 9a
Join Julia for a spicy 45-min classical Mat Pilates class 🌶️ followed by a 45-min of all levels yoga flow with Colleen 🧘‍♂️

We will build some heat, stretch it out, and then toast to the first official weekend of fall with a mimosa of your choosing 🥂hint: 🍊🥭🍍🍑

Click the link below to enroll now! For existing clients, and use the Momence app to book. We can’t wait to move with you, so very soon ✨

https://www.makingmovesfitnessanddance.com/events

Happy National Dance Day from our fierce dancers 🧑‍🩰But let’s be real: every day is a celebration of dance in our studio...
09/19/2026

Happy National Dance Day from our fierce dancers 🧑‍🩰

But let’s be real: every day is a celebration of dance in our studio & we’re so lucky to get to share the joy with so many dancers, four nights every week 🫶🏼

Come dance with us! Learn more about our adult ballet classes & pop-up master class offerings (hint: there’s 3️⃣ guest teachers over the next 3️⃣ weekends). All in our bio 👆🏼

🧑‍🩰: our Ballet III & Ballet IV dancers
📸: Katie Elizabeth Katie

She’s back in the house 🤩 we’re so excited to have Lindsey LaFountain with us again on Saturday, September 26th at 12:15...
09/13/2026

She’s back in the house 🤩 we’re so excited to have Lindsey LaFountain with us again on Saturday, September 26th at 12:15pm! Lindsey brings her diverse approach to movement to us in an Adult & Teen Modern Jazz class, open to dancers ages 14+ 🕺🏻 her class with us this summer was EPIC, so we cannot wait to see what she has in store this go around!

Lindsey’s class will work in familiar positions: the perfect taste of jazz & not “too modern-y” modern, with all the upbeat energy! Rest assured: there will not be much rolling around on the floor in this class. Lindsey’s take is all about making dancers feel challenged but confident ✨

Reminder: high school & college students receive a 15% discount on all classes, using the promo code STUDENTMOVER. Ask us how if you have any questions!

Don’t miss your chance to groove with and learn from the-ever-powerhouse Lindsey 💥 Registration link 👉🏼 https://www.makingmovesfitnessanddance.com/danceseries

Pilates + Yoga + Mimosas on a Sunday morning = the perfect close to September 🥂Grab a friend and join us on Sunday, Sept...
09/12/2026

Pilates + Yoga + Mimosas on a Sunday morning = the perfect close to September 🥂

Grab a friend and join us on Sunday, September 27th for Teasers with a Twist: a 45-minute mat Pilates class with Julia Shove followed up by a 45-min yoga flow with Colleen LaGasse 💪🏼🧘‍♂️

Cap it off with a little treat and a drink from our mimosa bar, featuring a variety of fruit bases! 🍊🍍🍑 Don’t like bubbly or not 21+? Mocktail options available.

All experiences welcomed & encouraged, but mat Pilates will run at a beginner/intermediate 1 level. So come ready to move!

What will you need? Yourself, a pair of grip socks, and a water bottle (if desired)! Mats provided.

Book your mat now at the link 👇 or via our app 📱

https://www.makingmovesfitnessanddance.com/events

Are you Pilates curious? Maybe ready to take your practice from the mat to the reformer, tower, and other classical appa...
09/10/2026

Are you Pilates curious? Maybe ready to take your practice from the mat to the reformer, tower, and other classical apparatus? Now’s your chance!

We have some new private & semi-private session slots available, effective immediately‼️ Privates available in 50- or 35-min intervals. Duets available only in a 50-min offering.

How do duets work? There’s many options!
1️⃣ You can bring a friend
2️⃣ You can pair up with a buddy from class
3️⃣ We can pair you with a client of comparable experience/ability (and we factor in personality, too!)

However and whenever, take your Pilates practice to the next level or get the ball rolling for the first time! One thing we can promise: it will change you, for good 🫶🏼💪🏼

Book your private at the link 👇 or via our app 📱 Inquire directly for semi-private bookings.

https://www.makingmovesfitnessanddance.com/appointments

Welcome fall with the return of Source Sound Healing to our cozy studio! Brynn & Dan will be back on Friday, October 2nd...
09/09/2026

Welcome fall with the return of Source Sound Healing to our cozy studio! Brynn & Dan will be back on Friday, October 2nd for an immersive 60-minute sound bath to guide us into the first weekend of October 🍁

What does this hour look like?
A fusion of various singing bowls, gong, drum, and other ancient instruments that promote sensations of healing, relaxation, and meditation across the body. The experience is truly unique to the person 🫶🏼 learn more via the PDF linked 👇

https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/poplco.appspot.com/o

$45 per person. Limited availability - reserve your spot today 💫 Registration link 👉 https://www.makingmovesfitnessanddance.com/events

What will you need?
A pillow and blanket for comfort. Yoga mats will be provided by Making Moves Fitness & Dance - you may bring your own, if preferred.

At Making Moves, ballet looks like this ⬇️ All ages, all bodies, all backgrounds… all with one common thread: a passion ...
09/06/2026

At Making Moves, ballet looks like this ⬇️ All ages, all bodies, all backgrounds… all with one common thread: a passion for dancing 💙

Now enrolling for our FALL TRIMESTER, which kicks off on Tuesday, 9/8 🩰 secure your spot now! Absolute beginners to intermediate/advanced dancers.

Register NOW 👉🏼 https://www.makingmovesfitnessanddance.com/adultdance

Our classes span over 40 years in age with so many different careers & interests. But once a week, we meet in the studio, work our tails off, laugh at Julia’s corny jokes, and leave feeling so happy we brushed past the life fatigue to dance it out, together. And amid it all, we’ve built some lifelong, unwavering friendships with people we would have otherwise never met 💫

At Making Moves, it’s more than just a dance class. It’s a life-changing experience. Try a class to see just what it’s all about!

📸: .hereto.next
🧑‍🩰: our Ballet III & Ballet IV dancers

We’re bringing you more ⭐️ this September & October!After an incredibly successful and soul-brightening summer of master...
09/03/2026

We’re bringing you more ⭐️ this September & October!

After an incredibly successful and soul-brightening summer of master classes, we’re so amped to be back at it this fall with some familiar & new faces joining us! All pop-up dance classes are open to dancers ages 14+.

Registration now open for:
🕺🏻 Modern Jazz with Lindsey LaFountain
👟 Hip Hop with Dominique🖤Dawkins
💃 Contemporary with Breanna Stiefvater

Modern Jazz and Contemporary require some baseline dance experience, even if not in the listed discipline. Hip hop is totally beginner-friendly!

Save your spot at the link 👇 student discount applicable for those ages 14-22. We can’t wait to get back into the studio with you 👯‍♀️

https://www.makingmovesfitnessanddance.com/danceseries

09/03/2026

Ballet has had my 💜 for 28 years (well, as soon as I was able to pick up living room choreography from my older sister). Ballet seen me through love, loss, a severe eating disorder, my highest highs, and my lowest lows. Ballet has seen me in all states, places, and moods. And it has saved me from myself every time, in some way, shape, or form.

Ballet looks a little different now in my life: I no longer perform. I have stepped away from teaching littles, pre-professional dancers, and college students. And yet, my love for this art continues to grow exponentially by the day.

Why? Because now I get to do this thing for myself & for so many like me, who grew up with ballet either saving them in their dance studio or throwing them a hopeful, dreamy lifeline through a TV screen or on a stage at a school field trip.

I get to work with adults who CHOOSE to spend their evenings working a craft that is so hard yet so immeasurably rewarding, who show up for themselves even when maybe they don’t want to because they know they’ll leave feeling fuller & brighter than when they arrived.

And the coolest part? I sometimes even get to take class WITH my students with some pretty incredible friends in the biz, and I appreciate dancing more than ever before.

Ballet should not only be a luxury. It’s a gift. And I am so endlessly grateful to get to share it with you 🫶

Want to learn to dance for the first time? Or maybe you’re finally ready to step back into the studio? Meet me at the barre, however and wherever you are 💫

xo,
Julia

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4305 Middle Settlement Road
New Hartford, NY
13413

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Tuesday 8am - 7:30pm
Wednesday 7am - 7:30pm
Thursday 7am - 6pm
Friday 6am - 12pm
Saturday 9am - 12pm

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