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Jazzercise is a fitness program that combines elements of jazz dance into aerobic exercise. The name also refers to the company that develops and markets the program. The Jazzercise program was created in 1969 by Judi Sheppard Missett, who is now the CEO of Jazzercise, Inc. Missett thought up the program while teaching traditional jazz dance classes in Evanston, Illinois. Missett moved to Carlsbad, California to start Jazzercise, Inc. and began training instructors. There are now 7,500 certified Jazzercise instructors worldwide. Instructors own franchises, and can operate their own studio, or they can "sub" for a studio owner and thus teach without having to open a studio. Jazzercise...