MEET THE STAFF

Each instructor with Elevate Barre has a passion for fitness and helping people become healthy, confident, and strong.

DANIELLE AIKENS-HOLLAND

Danielle has 40 years of dance training and has been teaching dance for 28 years. Her dance training has regularly included pilates and weight training to help her become a more well-rounded athlete. She minored in dance at Brenau University, where she enjoyed Exercise Science and learning how to create different workouts for individuals to help them achieve their fitness and strength goals. In addition to dance, she has also coached high school cheerleading and dance teams. She fell in love with fitness when she started doing daily boot camp workouts and personal training sessions, along with boxing. In 2018, she took her love for dance and fitness and combined it to create Elevate Barre. She spent hours studying and learning as much as possible to help develop the unique format used for Elevate Barre classes that provide a full body workout each class, while also building in a much needed rest period for safety and recovery. Danielle also became certified through Progressing Ballet Technique during this time, which is an innovative body conditioning and strengthening program, that has widely been used not only for dancers, but by athletes and physical and physiotherapists world wide. She loves barre because there are so many ways to change up the workouts and keep it fresh! It is also accessible to everybody, with options that work for all fitness levels. She’s excited to continue to develop and add programs at Elevate Barre and build an amazing, supportive fitness community. Danielle also holds multiple certifications through Barre Above and Barre Intensity, and is also a Barre Intensity Ambassador.

ALAINA CARDIGES

Alaina has enjoyed teaching classes at Elevate Barre since its founding in 2018. She has been instrumental in adding supplemental classes to our program like Cardio Dance, Tap, and Hip Hop. She is excited to join the regular schedule as a barre instructor after receiving her certification from Barre Above. Alaina has been dancing for over 16 years, and she loves to bring that knowledge and experience to her barre classes. She also has her degree in Marketing from the University of North Georgia and works at The Edge Agency. She continues to train and instruct dance throughout Atlanta and the North Georgia area.

VANESSA FLICKINGER

Vanessa moved to Gainesville four years ago, and currently resides here with her husband and three stepchildren. Prior to moving here, she lived in Athens for over 20 years, where she developed a passion for nutrition, fitness, and roller derby. She has a background working in both healthcare and nutritional wellness support. For more than a decade, she played, trained, and coached roller derby, skating with the Classic City Rollergirls. In addition to a long standing history with group fitness classes, such as power circuit training, spin, aerobics, and barre, she has completed Barre Intensity training through the Barre Now program, and has received her certification to teach.