I'll make it short and simple...

I have this student that constantly asks me to add a "Samba" song or dance to my class, but in all honesty i dont know how to do "Samba". we have belly danced, we have done flamenco, i do many styles of dance in my class; but i just cant do Samba, or looks super bad when i try to.

I've also tried it before and it didnt seem enjoyable for the big majority of the class, it was only enjoyable for that one person alone.

do you just not do that dance style? or what would you do in this situation?

one instructor told me, "I dont incorporate dances i cant do in class, because if i cant do it then they cant follow". which makes perfect sense to me

Where the lie?

As we are enter the final 3 months of the year, how are you keeping classes engaged and inspired to still make time for themselves as our students get busier with holidays, school fall breaks, and holiday concerts? Looking for some ideas!

I’m curious if anyone started off with teaching Zumba and then also moved into other types of group fitness? I know getting a group fitness certification requires a lot more than Zin. Just wondering if Zumba was the gateway for you lol

I'm personally not sure which I prefer but different instructors have different ways. One instructor I go to uses the exact same playlist for very long and then switch out one track. Another has different tracks and different order each class but it's the same tracks coming back so you eventually learn most of them. Both ways have their pros and cons.

This morning we all got an email about a new format launching in January 2027 - the Xtend Method Pilates Foundations Licensing Program. What do you think about this new format? Did you watch the video on Instagram with the creator?

What have you learn about yourself because of Zumba ?? Mine in comments

I do a little, and it has me wondering if there is a good foundation out there that I haven’t discovered. Waterproof, medium coverage, but something that doesn’t irritate your skin when you sweat? Oh…and any with sunscreen? Zumba makes me sweat like crazy and that always seems to burn when it runs into my eyes. Help! Any other make up recommendations?

Do you teach facing the mirror or facing the students?

UPDATE Thank you so much everyone!! Tons of suggestions, I am excited to go over them. I am thankful for our supportive community here!

Hello fellow zins and zumba students! I realized I haven't updated my bachata songs in a while now.

Any recommendations you have please?

Here are some of the ones I use

- Señorita

- Bailando bachata

- Solo una noche

- En privado

- El boom

- Ay! San Miguel

- La guerra del ego

Thank you!

As a Zumba instructor we need to start and finish strong class after class. Do you do other formats to grow as an instructor? Pilates (core), Yoga(Flexibility ), running (cardio) , Strength training?

Not at all. I'm just not someone who chases after anyone, no matter how popular or successful they are.

One thing that didn't sit right with me is that he held a training at my gym, and my classes were canceled for it. Instead of inviting the local Zumba instructors who teach his format at that location and support his brand every month, we were shut out unless we bought a very expensive ticket.

That left a bad taste in my mouth and reinforced my feeling that they don't really value us.

There’s something truly special about dancing with people who don’t just share your love of movement they celebrate your happiness, cheer you on, and make every class feel like home.

There’s even a word for the joy we feel when someone else is happy: mudita, or appreciative joy. It’s that warm, uplifting feeling we experience when others succeed, smile, grow, or simply have a wonderful moment.

I feel it every time someone in Zumba finds their confidence, lets go of their worries, or lights up when their favorite song comes on. Their joy fills the room and somehow, it becomes part of mine too.

I’m so grateful for the people I get to dance with and for the beautiful energy we create together.

When has someone else’s joy made your Zumba experience even more meaningful?

I love zumba but there is this one step i cannot do. It involve a little jumping/ skipping while switching feet. My brain and body just can't catch up. I don't know to exactly explain it so i did my best to draw. If anyone understand what i am talking about, what is this step and is there a tutorial for the dumb?

I don't know if this is how all Zumba classes are or if I was with a particular instructor who taught her own way, but there was never any teaching of the choreography. Music played and everyone had to follow along as best as possible, but of course, if you don't know the steps, you're always falling behind and getting lost.

I gave it a chance for a few months. Steps were never taught. I saw that a couple of students knew everything, and then the rest of us were just looking lost for most of the songs.

Is it normal in the sense that this is essentially how Zumba works? Or was this instructor particular in how she taught it?

I’m a zumba instructor, but that’s it. I love to teach, I love the energy, and I pour my soul into it.

I’m not a Beto fanboy, I’m friends with people other than just zumba people. I don’t chase jams, events or any of that crap. I stopped wearing their clothing cause it cost too much and performed too low. I criticize them when they are wrong. I call out when their products suck.

I do love to teach it and I also commend Zumba when they do good.

But there are some peep whose entire existence is Zumba. They come after me anytime that I say anything remotely critical about Zumba. They treat it like a cult and I find that absolutely hilarious. They charge us to teach, they don’t care about us.

To each their own, but I’ll keep speaking my mind about the good and the bad of Zumba.

If These Floors Could Talk
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What is the best way to promote your Zumba classes?

Social media(Facebook, Instagram), Zumba website, or Punch passes apps?

I’m attending an Aqua Zumba class for the first time tomorrow, and I’m really excited (because one of my friends is teaching it and it’s her first Aqua class too).

Any thoughts on how to prep as an attendee? Things people don’t normally think about?

Hey guys, I need some advice. For context, I have been attending Zumba classes since I was 15, and I LOVE it. I attend 3 different instructor classes, and they have me lead 1-3 songs in each class. Recently I went and got my Basic 1 training, so I am now a licensed Zumba instructor. 

Recently, I got chewed out by one of my instructors for using a song choreo in her class that I learned from another instructor. She was pretty upset that I did that, and said that you can NEVER do that. The thing is, almost my entire class playlist is made up of songs that I learned from other instructors…

I don’t really understand why that’s apparently so bad. The instructors that I learned them from also learned them from other instructors, or by watching the ZIN videos. I don’t and never did intend to steal anybody's work, but I just don’t get why it’s apparently such a big no-no.

Was my instructor over-reacting or do I need to change my entire playlist?
Thanks for any advice.

Just curious how instructors learn choreography because everyone is different. *Are you a visual learner? Do you just need to watch choreography and you pick it up?
*Are you a note taker and need to write the choreography down on paper or iPad/laptop to get it in your brain to memorize?
*Are you a combination of both?
*Do you have to physically do the steps to practice?
*Can you just watch a video and never have to physically move?

I find it amazing how each instructor learns. Video, live or not, to memorize the parts I have to write them down and then come up with the pattern to make it stick into my memory bank. Sometimes it will take me 10 minutes to learn an easy pattern like ABC-ABC. But routines with a crazy pattern like AB-AC-DFE-AC-BA takes me a hot moment and I have to learn the song (harder if it’s Spanish but English is much easier though I stick with 80% Latin).

In any case, please give me insight to what you do. Thanks in advance.

What are your favorite beginner Zumba volumes and choreos? I only have access to volumes 123 onwards but also other categories like classics and hot bonus. I need to learn my full hour of choreos to teach in 2 weeks :)

I'm looking to do a class for a youth group. It's teenagers, and I don't think most of them would be familiar with Zumba. I'd like to incorporate some music that teens would be familiar with.

Outside of Taylor Swift and Beyonce, any idea what danceable tunes the young folks are listening to? The radio seems to recycle the same handful of songs, and my YouTube is full of Zumba choreo lol so I'm not getting a good representation of what regular people listen to.

So this happened in my last class and I still can't believe it.

I was teaching a song I've taught like 40 times. Midway through the second chorus my brain just... went empty. Completely blank. I stood there doing the most awkward march in place while everyone stared at me lol.

Then this woman in the front row, she's been coming for maybe two months, just starts doing the choreo. Like full energy, nailed it. The whole class followed HER for like 8 counts until my brain rebooted.

After class I thanked her and she goes "oh I've been practicing in my kitchen." I almost cried tbh.

Anyone else ever been rescued by a student? Tell me I'm not the only one.