That's an underlying purpose to the Zumba classes offered at the Grandview Center. The Latin-inspired dance-fitness program "is like a big party," said Mary Ervin, who teaches the classes along ...

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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.

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 ...

It was a special Zumba class for charity ... He demonstrated salsa steps, the merengue march and many other Latin-inspired dance moves — all while also cuing the drummer and bongo player.

With the rise in popularity of Latin music, exercise has followed, and Zumba is among the hottest styles. In Zumba classes, provocative hip-hop and Latin tunes spin to salsa, merengue, samba and ...

The music used in Zumba classes has strong Latin flavor, which makes sense, since it was invented by a Colombian fitness trainer, "Beto" Perez in the mid-1990s. While it's a hot fitness craze now ...

Perez’s Zumba classes, with the motto “Ditch the Workout ... an incubator for Internet startups related to Latin America. Enter Raquel Perlman. While Alberto Perlman was telling his mom ...

Zumba, the Latin-American dance and fitness class, that has become a global phenomenon in the past 10 years, is now available at the Patch Fitness Center on Patch Barracks. Classes are Tuesday and ...

This focus on detailed foot movements improves coordination by training dancers to control their feet independently from ...

She began watching the type of food she was consuming and the size of the portions, and she started Zumba classes. Now 85 pounds lighter, she is still watching her portions, and she still not only ...

Zumba may sound like a hot new Christmas toy, but it's actually a fitness class that is now being offered throughout Eastern Iowa. Combining Latin music with basic dance steps, Zumba “really ...