What fitness class is taught in more places than there are McDonald’s around the world? Zumba! Zumba is an easy and fun dance workout offered in 200,000 locations across the globe as well as here in Coronado. This summer, Coronado resident, film producer, and moonlighting Zumba instructor Sue Allen Villalva was a special guest at the international Zumba convention in Orlando. Sue is now bringing the latest techniques, new music and fresh moves to her classes at the Coronado Training Center.
“Though it’s 10 years old, Zumba continues to reinvent itself – and to invigorate instructors with original music and choreography,” says Sue, who immersed herself in specialty classes in Latino, African, Brazilian, and American pop music rhythms at the convention. (You can check out her adventures at https://www.facebook.com/Suestylezumba/).
“I’m excited to bring these new rhythms and steps to my classes here on the island, not only are they super fun and a really effective way to exercise, they’re also an energizer for the rest of the day.”
Fellow Coronadan Marg Stark says, “I am not a dancer but Sue’s classes are so accessible, and I love all the Latin music and moves. It feels more like a party than working out.” In Orlando, Sue met and danced along with Zumba’s Alberto “Beto” Perez, the famous choreographer from Colombia who founded the caze and runs the $500 million company.
Sue, along with her husband, film producer Ricardo Del Rio, and their son Ric, moved to Coronado five years ago from Mexico City, where she was born and raised. “I’ve been dancing since I was three years old so it was hard to leave my dance classes and friends behind. But the wonderful Zumba community in Coronado helped me adjust to our new home,” Sue says. A film producer by day, Sue’s movie projects include “Everything, Everything,” “Hands of Stone,” “Little Boy,” Nacho Libre,” and “Beverly Hills Chihuahua,” among others.
What else did Sue bring home from Orlando? A suitcase full of the latest in Zumba’s signature workout gear, clothes quickly stripped from aisles of merchandise by 7,500 dance-crazed convention-goers.
