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 ...

It’s Friday evening at the Higashi Honganji Buddhist Temple in downtown Los Angeles, but there’s no Zen quiet here. Instead, Latin-inflected hip-hop thumps from a basement room, where about 30 men and ...

Feeling It: Zumba instructors are both the primary customers and the core product of Zumba Fitness. Some 8,000 of them paid at least $399 each to attend an instructors’ convention in Orlando in August ...

Residents looking for a fun way to stay active will soon have a new option as the City of Sheffield Lake Recreation Department launches a series of Zumba fitness classes at the community center. The ...

A new fitness craze has made its way from the coastal areas of the nation to the heartland. And since January, more and more people from Enid and the area are finding their way to the Denny Price YMCA ...

At Zumba, there is a whole lot of shaking going on. Hands and hips jiggle, shoulders shimmy and feet fly back and forth. Faces are noticeable, too. They glow with a smile. “I never taught a class that ...

In this health experts column, Consumer Reports medical adviser Orly Avitzur, M.D., discusses the benefits and risks of the exercise sensation called Zumba. Zumba, the Latin dance-inspired fitness ...

New River Community and Technical College is bringing an international dance craze to Beckley. Zumba, a Latin-inspired dance aerobics, has become a revolution over the past few years. It’s currently ...

The pulse-pounding Latin music starts and Edith Gray leads a group of women into a rhythmic sway of hips, shoulders, arms and legs. It's Zumba, the fitness craze inspired by Latin dance moves, and ...