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.

Zumba Fitness is a high-intensity discipline that combines the joy of Latin and international music, including pop hits, with simple and easy-to-follow dance choreographies. Designed for people of all ...

TEAYS VALLEY -- Two years ago, Tauletha Chaffin weighed 220 pounds. She began watching the type of food she was consuming and the size of the portions, and she started Zumba classes. Now 85 pounds ...

In her forties, Michele Perron didn't realize how stiff she had gotten until she went to her first Zumba class. The Zumba approach features dance movements to Latin rhythms, including a lot of hip ...

Yoga classes. Circuit training. And now Zumba, the fitness phenomenon that's taking over where step aerobics left off, is the latest group exercise trend being embraced by seniors who want to shape up ...

Beto Perez, a native of Colombia, brought his Latin-inspired Zumba fitness to the United States in 1999. Zumba, pronounced Zoom-bah, incorporates salsa, cumbia, samba, calypso, raggaeton, swing, ...