Gym Rat: Daybreaker dance workout gets day off to a rollicking start
Daybreaker participants check in for a workout at sunrise at Wurstkuche restaurant in Venice. The Daybreaker class is a wellness-focused dance party in the early morning. This one featured a brass band and artwork. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
Lighted jellyfish puppets are passed through the frenetic crowd on the concrete floor of the Venice restaurant. There are no teachers barking orders here, just free-form dancing. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
Yohei Nakajima, 27, center, dances while wearing a monster headdress. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
Karen Fukuhara, right, follows another dancer under a limbo line. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
Alan J. Crossley, center, dances with Jennifer Shields, left, and Karen Fukuhara. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
Joseph Hakim joins the conga line. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
Djamilla Sada Ram, right, dances with Zoe Soleil during Daybreaker, a monthly event. There are plans to offer a Daybreaker workout twice a month starting in January. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
Dancer can wear anything from pajamas to elaborate costumes for the 90-minute session. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
Dancers squeeze in for a group picture during Daybreaker, a wild and welcoming before-work sober rave. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
Stephanie Kelly uses weights to add more punch to her dance workout. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
Breakfast bars are available to sustain the dancers. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
A dancer straddles the limbo line as electronic music blares Saturday-night loud with DJ Overjoy. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
Following a dance workout, participants take a breather and listen to a live performance. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
Yohei Nakajima keeps dancing as the party spills out onto the sidewalk on Lincoln Boulevard. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
People in workout clothes, PJs and all manner of costumes take part, including Michael Haytayan, 31. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
Djamilla Sada Ram, right, dances with Kyrian O’ Kane, left, and Karen Fukuhara, middle, as the free-form party moves outside. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
