How Do You Become Certified To Teach Zumba Dance Exercise?
“Ditch the workout, join the party!” exhorts the motto for Zumba Fitness, which sells dance exercise DVDs and clothing from its Hollywood, Florida, headquarters. Many gym members become intrigued enough with the joy and energy of this Latin music-based dance exercise to want to become certified to teach Zumba themselves. You can take a certification workshop either for fun–to see how a master trainer approaches Zumba–or to begin teaching Zumba yourself. “Usually workshops have at least 75 people, maybe 10 people out of that will teach,” says Zumba teacher Adelicia Villagaray, who leads around 20 classes per week in Baltimore, Maryland. “It really does depend on what you want to do. It’s fun to throw down 200 bucks and go for it. It depends on the instructor what becomes of the workshop.” Sign-up Step 1 Visit the “Instructor Training” section of Zumba.com (see “The Zumba Academy” in “Resources”). If you are not currently an instructor, you can take either a Basic or a Gold workshop. S
