Our Story
IMAGINE THIS
There are colorful flags waving in the air. Everyone’s smiling and jumping for joy, having a good time.
You feel so energized and invigorated, like you’re on an overdue vacation and just hit a local party on a hot, beautiful Caribbean island where the music is infectious and the carefree vibe makes you feel so free and relaxed.
The music comes on and you can’t help but get down and let loose without a care in the world.
Nothing else matters right now because you are SO in the moment.
You‘re sweating buckets but don’t even realize it because you’re having soooo much fun.
What if you could bottle up all those feelings and experience it not just in your mind, but in real life?
Well now you can with Wukkout!®: a high-energy, inclusive and dynamic Caribbean Carnival-like dance fitness experience designed to get you out of your head and into your body so you can feel free, get healthy, and have SO much fun doing it.
MEET THE FOUNDER OF YOUR NEW FAVORITE WORKOUT
I’m Krista Martins, founder of Wukkout!®, a high-energy, soca-based dance fitness class designed to make you have fun and sweat just like you would at a Caribbean carnival.
I’ve been dancing ever since I could remember - and you could even say it’s in my blood. Growing up in a Caribbean Guyanese household where basement parties and Carnival festivals were a part of everyday life. I’ve been trained in ballet, African dance, hip hop and more.
Soca, dance, and free-flowing movement were as natural to me as breathing - I even taught my first dance class at age 14.
Dancing to soca was a form of physical, mental, and spiritual freedom for me, where I could be myself without any worries.
I’ve been dancing professionally and exploring the freeing effects and benefits of dance for over 20 years. I’ve taught college students as a Dance Professor at Long Island University’s Brooklyn Campus.
My choreography has been featured in NYC’s prestigious SummerStage Festival and I’ve danced in a wide variety of music videos, commercials, and television shows on platforms like MTV, BET, and the NFL.
But after working extensively in the dance and fitness industries, I noticed there weren’t many spaces where everyone – regardless of their body type, age, or culture – could go to get healthy and support their wellness without inhibitions.
So I decided to create a new kind of welcoming, diverse, carefree fitness experience by bottling up my love for soca and passion for dance and sharing it with the world.
And that’s how Wukkout!® was born.
