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 ...

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 ...

STUTTGART, Germany -- For an evening out with Latin music and dancing, all Stuttgart military community members need to do is stop by the gym. They may want to trade their dancing shoes for trainers, ...

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If it wasn't for the workout clothes and a lot of sweat, it would be easy to confuse a Zumba exercise class at All-Skate Fun Center, 1313 W. North St., with a dance party. In the center of the wooden ...

Zumba, the Latin-inspired dance fitness craze, has attracted millions of followers worldwide with its call to ditch the workout and join the party. Now Aqua Zumba is taking that party to the pool, ...

Zumba was born in Colombia in the 1990s, quite by accident. A fitness instructor forgot to bring his usual workout music to class, so he grabbed some Latin albums from his car, ditched the constraints ...

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 ...

You’ll sweat, you’ll laugh, you’ll feel like you’re at a party or a Latin nightclub. But when you’re done, you’ll know you’ve worked out. That’s the concept behind Zumba fitness, a program designed to ...

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 ...

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 ...

From the activity decks of cruise ships to breast cancer awareness walks in Belgium, Zumba Fitness’ explosion onto the cultural arena over the last 10 years has created a mini empire. The company ...