Hey Zumba instructors and ZIN members!! For those that don’t know me, my name is Tony Witt. I am one of the 6 ZES left of the original 13 ZES from 2006. I have and continue to work with the education department and Beto on the growth, consistency, and evolution of The Basics One Program. I’m telling you this so that you understand that this is not just “my opinion.” It’s a topic that has been discussed over and over based off questions and feedback we receive from all of you. I want to take a moment and share with you the vision and thought process behind the music selection in the classes. Beto created Zumba years ago as an idea and a philosophy. Movement driven by music. By many types of music in fact. Beto and the Zumba program have always kept its musical roots within the Latin genres. As we have grown and experienced new cultures, we have been exposed to styles of music that are very vibrant, rich in history, and often times the perfect fit within a class. Think of it as getting more variety or more tools that we can create these amazing class experiences for our students. When a rhythm is used in Zumba, that doesn’t mean we are replacing, changing, or abandoning the other ones. We are simply trying to honor that rhythm and culture as well as give our instructors more ideas to help with classes. For many years, Beto has expressed a philosophy of personal expression within the guidelines. What this means is that Zumba doesn’t tell you exactly which song and which choreography you have to do every time. But we always encouraged to keep things in general to 70% of the class being of Latin based origin or international rhythms. That has not changed. We often get questions like: What about the warm up, does that count in the 70 or 30? That song has Merengue and Hip Hop, do I only count have the song? If Marc Anthony is singing the English version does it still count as 70%? Does the 70/30 mean the number of songs or the overall amount of minutes and seconds in the class? I live in Germany, Latin rhythms are international to me. What does international mean? All these are very valid questions. Zumba has not changed and will not change its philosophy on music choices, playlists, etc. To avoid the uncertainty of questions like these, we are just trying to explain to instructors in a little bit different way. Zumba is a Latin based program, with influences from around the world. When looking at your playlist for a Zumba class, remember that variety is the spice of life. Just use common sense, if we do a class dominated by one rhythm, we are going to cater to students that like only that style and we risk losing the students that like the other rhythms. By using a variety of Latin rhythms, we utilize different muscle groups and can capitalize the workout through the application of different intensity levels. It is ok to add a touch of other styles in class now and then, but always remember Zumbas foundation is of Latin origin. I hope this helps to clear up the confusion. Feel free to ask me for other clarifications in regards to the Basic training. I’ll do my best to answer the why this though process is in place. 3 guys look up into the sky. The first guy says with a smile, “What a beautiful day. Blue sky with only a few clouds.” Second guy snarls, “Hmmm, looks to me like it’s a 30% chance of rain.” Third guy looks up and asks, “what’s the difference?”
Posted on: Thu, 22 May 2014 20:02:48 +0000
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