About Us
FitEngine.com is NYC's trusted online fitness class review guide and the founders/producers of National Dance Week-NYC (NYC Dance Week). FitEngine provides information on fitness services personalized to your fitness level and goals. Our goal is to help you navigate the fitnesss, dance, yoga, pilates classes and wellness services in NYC.
FitEngine Founder and CEO: Tasha Norman
Fitengine.com now offers the FIRST and ONLY fitness concierge service. This revolutionary approach is dedicated to personalized attention. The service matches a FitEngine fitness advisor with individual consumers so they may navigate NYC’s fitness world. Advisors will find the right workouts that will resonate with your personality, fitness experience, level of engagement, and schedule people who use our fitness concierge service are guaranteed results.
Our advisors and reporters do the research saving you time and money.
Meet the FitEngine Advisors and Reporters.
Reporters are active in the Fitness and Dance world and stay up to date with classes, workouts, training, and more.
Nicole Touzien - Fit Engine's Studio Relations Director, Fitness Concierge Advisor, reporter, dancer, and fitness professional. Nicole holds a Master of Fine Arts degree in Dance from Texas Woman's University and served as a certified Group Fitness Instructor in Columbia, SC. Born a Floridian, Nicole has also lived in Arizona, where she served as Adjunct Dance Faculty at Glendale Community College and performed nationally with A Ludwig Dance Theater. Outside of the U.S., Nicole has performed and created dance in Puebla, Mexico and Belfast, Northern Ireland. She has worked with dance companies such as The Power Company, DanceWorks, Kinetic Artists' Collective, and Ghost Town Arts Collective.
Melissa Brading - Dancer and FitEngine reporter. Melissa received her Bachelor's degree in dance education from the University of Central Oklahoma. Her performance credits include: Nejla Yatkin NY2Dance, Sarah Council Dance Projects, Hope Boykin Dance, Chris Ferris and Dancers, Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre, Member and soloist of Ad Deum Dance Company.
Anna Hudgins - Dancer and FitEngine repoter. Anna has been dancing and performing since the age of 2. She studied nutrition and exercise testing at the University of the Sciences and received a BFA with honors in Jazz Dance Performance from the University of the Arts. Some performance credits include: Christmas LIVE, blink/drEam, you&mE, Choreographer's Carnival, Debbie Reynolds Showcase, Edge PAC's Annual Scholarship Show, Music in Motion, and Rhythm and Rhyme. Last year, Anna completed a contract onboard Royal Caribbean International's Voyager of the Seas, where she also performed at the grand opening of the Oasis of the Seas, the world's largest and most innovative cruise ship. More recently, Anna was seen playing "Alice" in La Comedia Dinner Theater's production of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. Anna's passion for dance is something she loves to share. In addition to performing, she is a teacher and choreographer, having taught students of all ages for over 9 years. As a choreographer, she has been featured in the Garden State Dance Festival and directed and choreographed The Genesis Ensemble. In addition, she regularly choreographs for studios across the county.
Djuna Passman - Dancer, Yoga Professional, FitEngine Concierge Advisor and reporter. Djuna is the Artistic Director of her own modern dance company, Passed Dance, and has performed with numerous companies in California and New York. In 2011, Djuna received her RYT-200 through mang’Oh Yoga where she now teaches. Her passion for movement, combined with her interest in psychology and helping people, led her to get her Master’s degree in Dance/Movement Therapy from Pratt Institute in 2009.
Sharon Osborne - Dancer and FitEngine reporter is a classically trained dancer. She has studied ballet, modern, tap and jazz in the professional trainee programs at Dance Theatre of Harlem and Joffrey School of American Ballet. In addition to her formal studies, Sharon holds a Fine Arts degree from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. She has performed as a soloist with the Elliot Dance Company and was a featured ensemble member in the Musical Theater and Comedy Improve Troupe 8 Is Never Enough. In addition to her history as a NYC performing artist, Sharon has done some work in film, TV and web series with various media outlets such as HBO and Style Music TV. Miss Osborne is now focusing on her music and delving into journalism and more TV hosting. She is thrilled to now be part of Fit Engine.
Yumilka Pamela Ortiz - Folk and Ethnic Dancer and FitEngine reporter. Yumilka has studied the theory and technique of Flamenco for over 7 years as well as many different Middle Eastern Dance. "Afro- based dances are a part of me in which I embrace , due to my ancestry and my Dominican heritage."
Michelle M. Robinson - Dancer FitEngine reporter and Concierge Advisor. Michelle is an accomplished dancer, actress, and inspiring writer. Michelle received her BFA in Dance at the State University of New York at Purchase and danced with such prestigious dance companies as Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, The Bucket Dance Theater, The Dance Theatre of Harlem and The Eleo Pomare Dance Company. On Broadway, Michelle has appeared in such musical theater productions as Ain’t Misbehavin’, Can-Can, For Colored Girls…, Jelly’s Last Jam, Joseph… and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Sophisticated Ladies, They’re Playing Our Song, Sweet Charity, The Tempest and the smash Broadway musical revival, Chicago. Michelle admits that one of her most memorable show biz moments was becoming a Radio City Rockette. Her film and television credits include appearances on Deadline, Law and Order, New York Undercover, Third Watch and HBO’s Lackawanna Blues. And a recurring role on the daytime soap opera, One Life to Live. On film, she can be seen in Spike Lee’s Malcolm X, Flawless starring Robert DeNiro, and Chris Rock’s cult movie Pooty Thang.
Sangeeta Ghosh - Dancer FitEngine reporter. Sangeeta is an accomplished dancer in Indian Styles.
Keeley Walsh - Pilates practitioner, FitEngine reporter. Keeley has worked as a Pilates practitioner for over 3 years in New York spanning the gamut from group reformer classes to rehab in a physical therapy office. She uses her vast knowledge and experience as a modern dancer, athlete and someone with scoliosis and a spinal defect, to inform, shape, and inspire her classes and sessions. Walsh holds a B.A in dance and journalism from the University of Iowa.
FitEngine Advisory Committee:
Hillary Jackson, Michelle Robinson, Tasha Norman
If you are interested in speaking with an advisor please contact us at concierge@fitengine.com or call us at 888-610-4756. Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions or if you would like to become a FitEngine reporter or Advisor at info@fitengine.com.
FitEngine Publications: Tendu Magazine, FitEngine Magazine
Thank you
The FitEngine Team
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