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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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