Meet Laura-Ann.
Laura-Ann Marino, affectionately known as L-A, is a professional dancer, trainer, and fitness instructor, originally from the New Jersey & New York area. With 15 plus years in the Fitness Industry and a Professional Dance Career, it’s safe to say Laura-Ann understands the body!
Graduating with a BFA in Modern Dance from MaryMount Manhattan College established her with the skills to have a professional dance career working in Theatres, for Royal Caribbean Cruise Line and in the NBA as a Knicks City Dancer. Towards the end of her performance career she seeked out a new found passion in fitness. She became a Certified Personal Trainer and soon started finding her niche in Dance Fitness. She taught and trained in New York City before moving to Miami Beach, where she has resided for the past 7 years. Continuing to privately train and teach at renowned fitness studios and gyms, she was able to fine tune her methodology which are the foundations of the stimuLAte concept. Coming back “home” to the tri-state area, she is ecstatic and blessed to own her own space in order to deliver quality movement that leaves her clients feeling empowered, free, sexy and strong.
“I believe in what separates me from other companies and individuals, that have similar methodologies, lies in the musicality and dynamics in the mood and movement throughout the session. I do not look at my classes as just an hour to work out and move the body. I see it as a time to feel free in our emotions, sensuality and sexuality. A time to feel happy, sad, excited, aggressive, nostalgic and every feeling in-between. It is a safe place to emote yourself in a physical manner.” - Laura-Ann Marino
Mission Statement
A space to move freely and emote effortlessly. stimuLAte is a workout designed to incentivize you to push your body, mind and soul to new limits. Through music, movement, and contagious electric energy, you can experience immediate and consistent mental, physical, and emotional results. Movement derived from Dance Techniques, Pilates and Functional Training, this all encompassing methodology is sure to have you hooked!
Philosophy
Behind the
StimuLAte Concept
Although the name “stimuLAte” is making its debut, the concept behind the methodology has been in the works for years! stimuLAte came about due to the nature of L-A’s workout sessions with clients. In these sessions, she strives to push people out of the box in their sensual and sexual nature both physically and mentally. She believes that everyone works out to feel strong and sexy in their bodies and minds, so they can bring it out into their personal lives.
After many years of traveling around the world, performing and expressing herself through
movement as her art, the natural progression of her career took her into the fitness industry. She found dance fitness to be a perfect opportunity to continue her passion and love of dance. No matter how many hours she spent in the gym, she never felt as good as she felt when she was professionally dancing.
With all this knowledge, she went back to her roots and designed a personal workout program based on ballet barre training, focusing on the muscles that made her so exceptional at her craft. Her clients gave her the confidence to know she was on to something. L-A also saw her own results physically and mentally.
She took her new workout program to her personal clients and began teaching her method all over New York City. It began to receive a cult following. Not only were clients addicted to the physical results, but they felt engaged in how the movement made them feel. They couldn’t imagine going anywhere else. They all wanted more. After moving to Miami in 2016 and understanding the Fitness Community here she was able to tweek and flourish into what she produces today. She thrives on the emotions she receives from clients feeling empowered, free, sexy and strong with stimuLAte.