Instructor Natalia Carpenter helps the Zumba class participants elevate their heart rates. Cheryl Polacheck, in the foreground, and Karen Gingrich were among the exercisers who showed up for the first ...

Strong by Zumba is not a dance class, it’s a high-intensity exercise routine that is unlike anything Zumba Fitness has ever offered. The company‘s first entirely new workout program debuted just one ...

Fluorescent lights beam through a dark room, full of dancers in neon attire that glows in the black light. Music pulsates as their hands flail in the air. What sounds like a typical Saturday on U ...

Zumba is a dance fitness method based on salsa and other Latin dance moves, performed to Latin and world music beats, and choreographed to allow people of any fitness or dance experience level to ...

This story starts with Zumba. For those who don't know, Zumba is basically moving to fast music for the sake of fitness. It's a great source of cardio for people who love a good dance party. But it's ...

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If it wasn’t for the movie “Grease,” a dot-com failure, a mother’s advice, nearly running out of money, a key change in a business model and a boost by the celebrity Pitbull and his pals, one of the ...

Zumba has a vast global following, with an estimated 15 million participants in its dance workouts. Unlike other fitness companies, Zumba makes its money through instructor training and licensing.