Ziba Lennox

Ziba Sarabia-Lennox (born June 20, 1979) is an American dance instructor and former ballerina from Chicago, Illinois known for for founding Mazi Dance Fitness Centre and Dancing Mama Style.
Early life and career
Ziba Sarabia was born in El Paso, Texas to parents who were Mexican immigrants and learned Spanish before learning English. Lennox first became enrolled in ballet lessons at the age of 2, and she continued to practice ballet throughout her childhood. At the age of 12, she began practicing and performing ballet professionally, and performed professionally throughout the US and Europe with her sister Marisol Sarabia for the next 11 years. Lennox became a principal female dancer for Ballet of the Americas. Lennox eventually retired from ballet at the age of 23, due to the physical toll that professional ballet had on a body, and the difficulty many ballerinas had transitioning to other careers later in life.
In 2009, Lennox and Sarabia founded MaZi Dance Fitness Centre, a boutique fitness center focusing on dancing and women's wellness, in Wicker Park, Chicago. Lennox's background in ballet inspired her to create a fitness studio built around the techniques and ethics used in classical dance. In early 2013, MaZi Dance Fitness Studio opened a second location in the South Loop, Chicago. Later that year, Lennox launched a Kickstarter campaign to open a third location, using support from the Seed Chicago Initiative. Lennox also runs a blog called Dancing Mama Style which addresses topics such as fashion, lifestyle, fitness, and parenting. Lennox has discussed beauty and cosmetics, as well as the pressures to meet certain standards of beauty in the dance industry.
Personal life
Lennox has two sons. She studied finances at the University of Texas at El Paso, and earned an MBA and undergraduate degree in finances at Rochester University in New York. Lennox discovered that she was suffering an adrenal dysfunction after she visiting her doctor for a dance injury. Lennox stated that before being treated she struggled with insomnia, mood swings, lack of energy and difficulty managing her body weight. Lennox is also a friend of novelist John Sheehan.

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