Alberto Perez started out as a street performer and then an aerobics teacher in Colombia, making extra cash on the side teaching the wives of businessmen how to dance in nightclubs in his hometown, ...

Three hundred spandex-clad people recently gathered at a trendy Hollywood nightclub for a one-hour choreographed dance party. They weren’t auditioning for the latest reality TV show or rehearsing for ...

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 ...

The fit and the yearning-to-be-fit have worked their way through an array of exercise trends in recent years. Spinning. Pilates. Cardio kickboxing. Disco aerobics. Hip Hop aerobics. Belly dancing.

CORAL GABLES, Fla. — On a rooftop parking lot, with temperatures in the chilly low 50s, a crowd of all ages shimmied and shook, sweated and smiled as DJ Francis played an eclectic mix of dance music.

During the 10 cooler months of the year, Duluthian Judy Gordon teaches Zumba inside at the YMCA. But when things start to heat up in summer, Gordon takes the music outside. Every Tuesday night at 7 ...

Respect for others is a big part of the culture at Zumba Fitness, says co-founder Alberto Perlman. To drive that point home, the company has a saying: “Ego is not your amigo.”. Laurel Golio Inc.: Your ...

Sometimes, you've just got to let go. Forget how you look. Embrace silliness. Dance with abandon, even though your legs clomp like a rhino's and your exercise instructor looks like she belongs on a ...