In her forties, Michele Perron didn't realize how stiff she had gotten until she went to her first Zumba class. The Zumba approach features dance movements to Latin rhythms, including a lot of hip ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Zumba Fitness instructors worldwide are not only using a Latin-heavy song lineup in their classes, they’re also creating new fans for artists such as Pitbull, Daddy Yankee and Don Omar ...

t's Zumba time and the house is packed. About four dozen women crowd into a mirrored exercise room at the West Shore YMCA where they shimmy and shake in unison to pulsating Latin , hip hop and ...

The high-energy dance classes are all the rage, but some critics are taking issue with the fitness craze being labeled as Latin dance. Authentic... Zumba Is A Hit, But Is It Latin? Zumba isn't just a ...

Instructor: Ashley Patchen started teaching herself hip hop in upstate New York. She moved to Colorado for graduate school and fell in love with Latin dance, taking salsa and bachata classes. She’s ...

TEAYS VALLEY -- Two years ago, Tauletha Chaffin weighed 220 pounds. She began watching the type of food she was consuming and the size of the portions, and she started Zumba classes. Now 85 pounds ...

Love to Zumba? Good news: you don't need a gym membership or a Groupon to get in on the hip-shaking (and calorie-burning!) fun. Plenty of certified Zumba instructors actually upload their choreography ...

Who says senior citizens can’t bellydance? Certainly not the Senior Friendship Center. It previewed a new dance-based fitness program Wednesday that had seniors swinging imaginary lassos, dancing ...

HUNTINGTON -- In September 2007, there was one Zumba class in the Tri-State. At last count, there were 144 Zumba classes conducted weekly in Huntington and within 25 miles of the city. Within 50 miles ...

The deep bass and hypnotic drumbeats beg students to shake and shimmy. In the wood-floored studio at Dance Dynamix in Tempe, the song booming from the sound system shouts: “Are you ready?” AUDIO ...

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