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 ...

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 ...

Horns blare, drums pound, timbales keep time while 40 women shake, shimmy and swivel in unison. Whoops and hollers ring out as a petite redhead with the best abs on the planet leads the women through ...

ORLANDO, Fla. - Zumba instructors worldwide are not only using a Latin-heavy song lineup in their classes but also creating fans for artists such as Don Omar, Daddy Yankee and Pitbull. Omar's Zumba ...

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, ...

t's Zumba time and the house is packed. About four dozen women crowd into a mirrored exercise room at the West Shore YMCA where they shimmy and shake in unison to pulsating Latin , hip hop and ...

Zumba, created in the mid-90s by fitness trainer Beto Perez, is a concept of Latin-inspired dance fitness which fuses Latin rhythms and easy-to-follow moves to create a one-of-a-kind fitness program ...

FILE - This Aug. 9, 2012 file photo released by Starpix shows Zumba creator Beto Perez performing at the 2012 Zumbathon Fitness Concert on the first day of the 2012 Zumba Instructor Convention in ...

FORT RUCKER, Ala. -- Although Zumba, a Latin dance workout, began in the mid 1990s, it just recently made its way to Fort Rucker. Instructors hosted a kickoff challenge April 14 to introduce community ...