ALTHOUGH I’VE tried organized dance a number of times, I usually feel like a donkey on the dance floor. I have a severe aversion to looking stupid. So when I decided to take my first Zumba class, I ...

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 ...

Connie Akerley started teaching group fitness classes in 2004 and Zumba in 2007. Her class moved locations several times in ...

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 ...

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 ...