For the past five years I’ve taken Zumba fitness classes with three different instructors. It’s part of my cardio workout but it has a creative angle I’m realizing. My current instructor let’s me create dances to songs we both like. I have one for a Miley Cyrus song and a collaboration with my instructor on a Daddy Yankee song. It’s mentally challenging thinking what move to do with sections of a song.
My approach used to be look at what others have done for the same song in Zumba on the internet. Then parts of the routines may be incorporated into my routine, On my last song, Feliz Navidad, I didn’t look at other Zumba routines on the internet. I used my imagination to put the routine together. Of course my experience doing my instructor Katie’s routines influence me and her moves may get used. I try and create my own moves when I can from now on.
One of the reasons I do Zumba is the cardio workout and practicing my routines does work my cardio. Katie and I have talked that when we’re driving and the radio is on with music we go into Zumba mode and start creating a dance for the song in our heads.
Come out to Zumba class on Tuesday and Thursday at 6PM. We’re on holiday until January 2025 so we’ll see you next year.
