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Zumba was created in the 1990s by dancer and choreographer Beto Pérez, an aerobics instructor in Cali, Colombia.After forgetting his usual music one day, and using cassette tapes of Latin dance music (salsa and merengue) for class, Pérez began integrating the music and dancing into other classes, calling it "Rumbacize".
Alberto "Beto" Pérez (born 15 March 1970) is a Colombian dancer, choreographer, businessman, and Zumba instructor.He created the exercise fitness program Zumba in the late 1990s which involves dance and aerobic exercise elements with accompanying music, specifically Latin, and associated martial arts moves, squats, lunges, and other aerobic techniques.
Nadie me quita lo bailao also known as Zumba in the rest of the world, [1] is a Colombian biographical telenovela that premiered on RCN Televisión on 7 May 2018 and concluded on 19 July 2018. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The show is based on the life on the Colombian dancer Beto Pérez . [ 4 ]
It has several different forms and many modernized styles which creates a problem because it is shifting away from its Native, European, and African roots. A popular aerobic dance class known as Zumba is said to be influenced by Latin rhythm and steps. However, there are disagreements among Latin dancers about whether Zumba is a true Latin ...
The term "salsa" was coined by Johnny Pacheco in the 1960s in New York, as an umbrella term for Cuban dance music being played in the city at the time. [2] Salsa as a dance emerged soon after, being a combination of mambo (which was popular in New York in the 1950s) as well as Latin dances such as Son and Rumba as well as American dances such as swing, hustle, and tap.
Alberto Perlman was born to a Jewish family in Colombia in 1977, the great-grandson of an immigrant from Jerusalem. [1] [4] He has two brothers, Jeffrey and Joel. [4]His father owned a factory that made leather goods for export and operated a distribution center in the United States. [1]
The Banda Calypso in 2009. Lambada (pronunciation ⓘ) is a dance from the state of Pará in Brazil.The dance briefly became internationally popular in the 1980s, especially in the Philippines, Latin America and Caribbean countries.
Discos Fuentes, the largest and most influential record label in the country, was founded during this time. Fruko, known as the Godfather of Salsa, introduced Cuban salsa to Colombia and helped bring Discos Fuentes to national prominence by finding artists like La Sonora Dinamita, who brought cumbia to Mexico, where it remains popular.