VIDEO: Agoura Gets Its GROOV3 On

Instructor Benjamin Allen waited as the last few stragglers set their belongings down and assembled in front of a large mirror in the studio in Brentwood.

"All right, let's get this party started," Allen said, a signal to the DJ to start the music.

Wearing a plain red T-shirt, a cocked trucker hat, sagging gray sweats and a vibrant pair of blue and yellow Adidases, Allen circled around, clapping in rythym, and faced the mirror as a bass-laden Jay-Z song blasted through speakers set up in the corners of the studio. 

Allen started the dance movement he calls GROOV3 about two years ago in a now-defunct West Hollywood dance studio. Soon after losing the West Hollywood location, Allen took the fitness class to Brentwood, Agoura Hills, Torrance, Silver Lake, Hollywood and Culver City.

"I saw a need for a space that was open to anybody and everybody—a community aspect that no matter if you danced once or you danced since you were 2 years old, you could come and kind of let loose," Allen told Patch.