MUKILTEO — By day, she’s a CPA, poring through audits. At night, she’s a booty-shaking Zumba teacher in colorful Spandex. On the gym floor, Nancy Isely is hard to miss, that’s for sure. And for ...

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 ...

One day in the mid-1990s, dancer and choreographer Alberto “Beto” Pérez forgot his usual music for the aerobics class he taught in Bogotá, Colombia. In a pinch, he reached for his favorite salsa tape ...

CHESAPEAKE, Ohio -- He had them jumping, dancing, punching the air, doing the wave and laughing for about an hour. They even learned a little Spanish. Zumba founder Beto Perez, along with his fellow ...

For many, exercising is a chore. But thanks to Zumba, it doesn't have to be. By Kenneth Partridge Although the dance-fitness program Zumba encompasses numerous styles of music and movement, its roots ...

Salsa dancers are less likely to get injured while dancing than people taking part in Spanish, aerobic or Zumba dancing, according to new research. But they suffer a similar rate of injuries as ...