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umba is an exercise trend
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that
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popular around the world. Mixing dance
with exciting Latin music, it was created in
the 1990s by a Columbian man named Beto
Perez. Perez grew up in poverty
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and by the
age of 14, he had taken on
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three jobs to
help support his family. Perez loved dancing,
and for one of his jobs, he worked as an
aerobics instructor
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Perez usually played American pop songs
during his classes. However, before one
class in 1986, Perez left his regular music
tape at home. So, he used a tape of Latin
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songs that he had with him instead. The
music was faster, so Perez had to adjust
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the
usual dance moves to match the new songs.
Perez told his students this was going to
be a special class, but he could never have
imagined how special it would be.
Perez
s students absolutely
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loved the
change of pace
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, and word about his new
class spread quickly. Perez
s dance fitness
classes soon had long waiting lists and
were attracting interest from celebrities. The
famous singer Shakira even hired him to train
the dancers in her videos. With
big dreams of becoming
a star in the US, Perez
founded
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his company
Zumba Fitness in 1998.
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