Our first DVD: Soli Beat
Hi friends! It feels so great to be back home with the fam… I missed them like crazy. We’re all so happy that my MIL staying with us for the week, too, especially miss Livi. 🙂
So I’m back from LA with some exciting news I’ve been wanting to share for quite some time:
Sasha and I made our first DVD, Soli Beat, and it’s now available for pre-order.
This has been a huge project for the past 8 months or so, and the gears started turning when we realized how much we love teaching together. We have similar backgrounds and teaching styles, but we also have our unique strengths and little quirks. Our energy clicks and we make a great team. We knew we wanted to work together creating at-home dance fitness options, but when we started to discuss some YouTube ideas, we knew we had something bigger in mind.
I’ll be doing a “behind the scenes” blog post with everything that went into making the Soli Beat -as you can imagine, love, time, practice and personal financial investment went into the project- but here are some details about Soli Beat:
Soli Beat is a high-energy cardio dance class designed to have you moving to the beat of the drums! Literally. Class is accompanied by live drummers who enthusiastically deliver energizing beats and rhythms while you shake your groove thang! Soli Beat takes you all around the world with various rhythms including West African, Afro Brazilian, Latin, Belly Dance and more! With easy-to-follow moves and awesome acoustics, you’ll achieve the “dancer’s high” while getting an amazing workout! Soli Beat is about enjoying the music, the freedom to move and having fun.
We made Soli Beat a fun class to wake up to, or energize you at any time during the day. Even though it’s high-energy, the moves are easy to follow. We also filmed an instructional portion that’s on the main menu. You can click that option to have us break down the steps before each dance, or you can just run through all the dances (8 high-energy routines) from start to finish without stopping. You don’t have to have a dance background to follow, enjoy, and get an amazing workout. It’s something anyone can do! (Of course, unless you have injuries or health considerations. Always check with a doc before making any fitness changes.)
I really wanted to tell you guys that we were working on it, but decided to wait until we were finished and had something tangible to show for our hard work. The day has come, it’s done, we’re thrilled with how it turned out, and are so, so excited to share with all of you!
Our 30-second trailer:
and our 15-second trailer:
I have to give MAJOR props to our director, Grant Hunker, who brought the DVD to life. The entire thing was self-produced, and I think we all know how stellar my video editing skills are (not), so we had a meeting with Grant, who does freelance work here in Tucson.
We immediately knew that he would be able to create the type of DVD we had in mind. He spent so many hours not only filming, but also brainstorming with us and editing. We gave him a lot of freedom with the final product since he has a great style and vision -he used 7 cameras!-
and we couldn’t be happier with the final product. He did a truly amazing job.
More special thanks to our wonderful dancer friends who shared their talent and energy in Soli Beat (Sara, Elizabeth and Cameron), our incredible live drummers (Clif, Jeff and Swami), the Movement Shala for letting us rent your beautiful space (Jade and Alok, we are so grateful!), Matt (Sasha’s husband, who designed our website and graphics), our photographer James Patrick, Luke (our second camera man! Thank you!) and also to Tom (my amazing husband, timekeeper and camera man #3). I also have to thank Livi because I’m lucky to have been chosen as her mama. <3
I’m so thankful for all of YOU. Your support, kind comments and encouragement (that maybe you don’t even know you’re giving me!) inspire me to be better, and you help make all of the hats I wear even more enjoyable 🙂
If you’d like to try out Soli Beat, it’s available for pre-order through our website and will be releasing it for pre-order through OpenSky. We took some $ off the price for pre-orders (they’re only $20 if you order early) and they’ll be shipped by the time it officially launches September 16th.
We hope you love it! <3
xoxo
Gina
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Congrats! This is so exciting! The trailers are amazing, and I am excited to say that my pre order is already done! Where did you all get your belts?!? that you are wearing? When I lived in San Antonio, we got to borrow them for a special Zumba class, but I have always wanted to own one. Thank you so much!
they were ones we already owned. you can get them online!
Thank you so much for getting back to me! I am so excited! I wish it was September already!
Congrats!!! What an amazing accomplishment!
Congratulations! What an awesome accomplishment! When you sent out the email/newsletter earlier to subscribers before this post went up it brought a smile to my face. I am sure the DVD is great and will be loved by many!
Congrats! It looks like you had a blast while filming. I can’t wait to buy SoliBeat! I really need to work on my dance moves!
Wow this is SO exciting!! I’ve been hoping that you’d make a DVD and this looks absolutely amazing! You guys all look brilliant while shaking away! I’m definitely going to order a copy although I think it’ll be quite a challenge as I’m pretty uncoordinated!! It looks so fun though that I have to give it a go. Massive congratulations on seeing such an exciting project come to life!
i hope you love it!! it’s super easy to follow around and if you click the “learn” option, we break everything down 🙂
xoxo
How awesome for you guys!!! Congrats! Hard work definitely pays off.
Wow Gina congrats!! What an exciting achievement! You and Sasha look gorgeous! And the routines look like so much fun!
CONGRATULATIONS! This looks amazing and so fun!
That is so great! Congratulations! Best of luck to you, Gina!! 🙂
Sorry to hear you don’t ship to Canada! I’d love to pre-order the DVD =)
email us: sagedancefitness@gmail.com and we can arrange international shipping
Congratulations!! This is huge! Best of luck to you and Sasha 🙂 Wishing you great success. You deserve it!
thank you, tracy!!
I love love loved the trailer! Can’t wait 🙂
:)!
Congratulations Gina!!!! That is so impressive 🙂
Congrats on the DVD! That’s so fun and exciting!
THIS. This is amazing! Congratulations!!!
Congrats, the trailers look awesome! I’m so excited to try this!!!
thank you- grant did an incredible job! xoxo
Congrats! I was hoping you would eventually make a DVD 🙂 Can’t wait to try it!
thank you, naomi! hope you love it <3
you were MEANT to be on screen with that positive glow/personality! Bravo and cheers to much success!
<3! thank you!
Gina, this is so amazing! What a big accomplishment! I love the workout videos you and Sasha make, so I’m super pumped for this!
thank you, maria!
Congrats Gina! What a fun project to work on and I’m sure it’s great having a finished product now! 🙂
What a major accomplishment! Congratulations, Gina! I am exited to check it out!!
Wow this is so so awesome! Congrats on the video! Those pictures of you are awesome too!
CONGRATULATIONS, that is wonderful I cannot wait to try the video! Wishing you much success with it!
Awesome! Congratulations, you guys look great. Can’t wait to try it.
Congratulations! What an accomplishment!
You encourage all of us too!
Oh wow, how exciting! Looks so amazing Gina! Just ordered 🙂
thank you so much for supporting us, casey! we had a blast making it 🙂
congrats lady!
I have zero dancing skills and this looks so awesome! I may have to pre-order it. Congrats on your new endeavor 🙂
How exciting! Congratulations:)
Whoot! Looks like fun! Congrats!
Congratulations Gina!
I am so inspired by you following your dreams!
Congratulations!!! This is so exciting and the trailer looks amazing!!! I can’t wait to try it 🙂
How exciting! Congrats on this HUGE achievement!
How fun! Placing order NOW!!
thank you, kathy! <3
Congrats Gina! This looks amazing!
Congratulations! It looks so fun!
Wow congrats! Looks like a great workout, and you two look amazing!
thanks, megan!
Are you kidding?! This is the coolest thing ever!!! I’m so happy for you and so freaking excited to get the DVD and try it out! Big Congrats!
awww, thank you helen! 🙂 hope you love it!!
Yeah, LOVE this! More women kicking ass! You should be super proud — the trailer looks amazing!
thank you!
I’m a long time reader and I have never commented before 🙂 I just teared up a little bit seeing the joy on your face in the video! I am so happy for you! And I think you are really on to something here? The production quality is great and the viewer can really feel your passion. Headed over to the site to pre-order now!
that means so much to me, amanda. i appreciate it so much! xoxo
OMG!!!!!! I am literally so excited for you!!! This is AMAZING!! Congrats! 🙂
thank you, brittany! 🙂
yay! you are such a rock solid inspiration; energetic, balanced and super fun! can’t wait til it comes in the mail!
congratulations!
thank you, erin! 🙂
congrats momma!!!
Awesome! I ordered mine! Perfect timing with the impending winter and being stuck indoors, I was worried I would start getting lazy about cardio. Dance is the best kind of cardio!
i couldn’t agree more! hope you love it 🙂
Wow, amazing preview. Congratulations, Gina! You should be proud! I hope it sells like hotcakes 🙂
thank you, friend! i hope so too 🙂 xoxo
Oh my gosh this is fantastic! You ladies have worked so hard for this and I’m sure it has and will pay off. It looks like such a fun and energetic program. As a dancer, I could really dig this! Congrats on your first DVD!
thank you so much, alison!
Congratulations Gina on realising a dream! The trailers look so vibrant. I love how you do so many inspirational things, I am sure your daughter thinks the world is the most wonderful place with you as her mum. I hope you have much success with the DVD and another thank you for inspiring me in Australia in so many ways xx
Looks like fun! Dance isn’t usually my thing, but maybe I should try it out. You both look so cute and super fit dancing away!
Congrats!!! This is such an amazing accomplishment, I can only imagine how excited you must be!
You know, I’ve always wanted to take one of your classes (just not practical from Missouri!)…and now I can! Congratulations lady!!! I’m so proud of you and excited to dance with ya!! <3