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 ...

It was a serendipitous slip. When Alberto Perez forgot the music tape for an aerobics class that he was giving in his native Colombia six years ago, he had to improvise with the salsa and cumbia ...

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 ...

Your mother swears by yoga classes, but your best friend claims spinning is the best workout ever. Fitness fads come and go, and it's hard to sort through the latest craze to find an exercise that's ...

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 ...

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 ...

Outdoor event brings together local instructors, music, and community resources to foster connection and raise ...

Markham Heid is a contributor at TIME. He is the author of The Habit Trap, due out in early 2027. Bethan Mooney for TIME Zumba was born in Colombia in the 1990s, quite by accident. A fitness ...