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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.
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]
Zomba Music Publishing Ltd. (sometimes colloquially referred to as Zomba Music or Zomba Music Publishing Group) is the publishing division of the Zomba Group of Companies. Initially known as Zomba Enterprises Inc. , the division officially changed names in 1994 and became the Zomba Umbrella Company for Publishing.
RCA Music Group was created by BMG in March 2004 shortly after the formation of Zomba Label Group. [15] It became a part of the BMG Label Group along with Zomba, and remained unscathed after the rebranding.
February 23: At the 37th annual Music Business Association (NARM), Warner Music Group director of Latin music sales, Gustavo Fernández is awarded for Luis Miguel's Segundo Romance (1994) for best-selling Latin album. [7] February 25: The emergence of zumba music begins as music companies began marketing the genre. [5]
Ghanaian music legend and saxophonist Teddy Osei, who founded the Afro-rock band Osibisa, has died aged 88. The talented drummer and vocalist passed away in London on Tuesday.
Alberto Perlman (1977–), Colombian-American co-founder of Zumba Fitness, LLC [255] Jason Pomeranc , hotelier, co-founder of the SIXTY Collective and the Thompson Hotels Group [ 256 ] [ 257 ] Jay Pritzker (1922–1999), co-founder of the Hyatt Hotels Corporation (now led by his son, Thomas Pritzker (1950–)); member of the Pritzker family ...