Life gets more fun in the summer — it's just a fact. The sun sets later, beach days and rooftop hangs make a comeback, and you get to bring out all those flowery 'fits that have been collecting dust ...

Like gravity, magnetism or time, my inability to dance is a profound, immutable force. Even the most basic of patterns leaves me floundering like a fool. Framing it as a fitness activity doesn't help.

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 ...

Dance workouts are a fun way to get fit, and they can be done solo too! For beginners, these styles are easy to follow and ...

It’s as if the animated dancers in the movie “Madagascar” meet their wild, hip and funky Latin cousins. It’s Zumba, baby! At lunchtime for 40 minutes each week, a few of the straight-laced downtown ...

Bringing the Zumba exercise dance craze to Bellaire at Barbara King Dance Company, 5410 Bellaire Blvd., Karen Franklin is a high-energy fitness instructor. What's more amazing is that she continued to ...

Zumba is becoming all the rage in exercise classes, in Central New York and throughout the country. Watch a video at the Hartford Courant web site. You can also read about Weighing In columnist Bunny ...

Workouts and exercises have always been important when it comes to maintaining good health even before the pandemic began, but they have been almost like a must these days. Like almost anything and ...