Time to grab your neon crop tops and cargo pants – Zumba founder Beto Perez is teaching a masterclass at du forum on Yas Island. The dance-y aerobics fitness regimen is a global phenomenon with 150 million weekly participants in 180 countries.
The craze has not missed the UAE and there are currently 300 weekly Zumba classes to choose from in Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Sharjah, according to a search on the official website.
“I was surprised anyone knows me here,” Perez says. “I was on the TV channel today and all the technical guys told me their wives do Zumba and took a picture with me to send to them.”
The Zumba Fitness Party tomorrow is part class, part show. “But not so much of a show that people sit and watch,” Perez says. He wants people up and exercising.
The Zumba concept was born in Cali, Colombia when, the story goes, Perez forgot to bring his regular aerobics music to a class and instead popped in his personal salsa and merengue tapes from his backpack. Shortly after, in 2001, the fitness instructor moved to Miami and hooked up with entrepreneurs Alberto Perlman and Alberto Aghion to transform the business.
This is a big production that has taken 18 months to pull off and Perez has five other dancers and two percussionists in tow. So far, 800 tickets of the 1,000 available have been sold.
Original article by Lianne Gutcher
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