Paola Zumba YYC

Paola Zumba YYC I spend most of my life talking about the brain or dancing… so why not do both? 🧠💃 Science • movement • drawings • joy 💜

A little Zumba schedule update! 💃💜Unfortunately, I won’t be teaching my Tuesday 5:15 class at Melcor anymore, BUT… Tuesd...
09/26/2026

A little Zumba schedule update! 💃💜

Unfortunately, I won’t be teaching my Tuesday 5:15 class at Melcor anymore, BUT… Tuesdays are becoming Fridays!

I’m super excited to go back to teaching at Shane Homes YMCA and hopefully see some familiar faces there too!

Monday 6:00 PM — UCalgary
 Thursday 6:30 PM — Melcor YMCA
 Friday 6:30 PM — Shane Homes YMCA

New fall schedule, same dance party! 🍂💃🔥 See you on the dance floor! 💜.

09/24/2026

Such a special Zumba class today! 🧬💃💜

As a former postdoc myself, I was so excited to celebrate Postdoc Appreciation Week by teaching a special Zumba class for postdocs at the Cu***ng School of Medicine!

We may have been a small group, but we definitely brought the energy! Thank you to everyone who took a break from research to move, dance and have some fun with me.

I love seeing events that recognize and celebrate all the hard work postdocs do, and getting to be part of it by bringing together two important parts of my life: science and dance made it even more special. 🧠💃

Happy Postdoc Appreciation Week! 💜

This one feels a little extra special. 🧬💃💜A few years ago, I was a postdoc at the Cu***ng School of Medicine. I remember...
09/22/2026

This one feels a little extra special. 🧬💃💜

A few years ago, I was a postdoc at the Cu***ng School of Medicine. I remember the long days, the experiments that worked (and the MANY that didn’t), the learning, the uncertainty, and all the work that happens behind the scenes in research.

That’s why I love seeing events like Postdoc Appreciation Week that take the time to recognize and celebrate postdocs and everything they contribute to research.

And this year, I’m so happy that I get to be part of the celebration in a completely different way… by teaching a special Zumba class!

Going from doing research as a postdoc to coming back to get postdocs dancing feels like a pretty perfect crossover between two very important parts of my life. 🧠💃

To all the postdocs at the Cu***ng School of Medicine: this class is for YOU! Come take a break from your research, move, dance, laugh and celebrate everything you do.

Happy Postdoc Appreciation Week! 🎉

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09/17/2026

Creating choreos is one of my favourite parts of teaching Zumba… but it’s SO much more fun with friends. 💃💜

Xuxa was a big part of our childhoods for both Thais and me, so when we found this merengue version of Ilariê by GrupoBIP, obviously we had to create something for it! 🇧🇷💃

A little nostalgia, a LOT of merengue, plenty of laughs… and a new choreo ready to bring to our classes. ✨

And if you want to dance it with us, you can actually do both classes back-to-back on Thursdays! 😏🔥

💃 5:15 PM — with Thais at Shane Homes YMCA
💃 6:30 PM — with me at Melcor YMCA

Who says one hour of Zumba is enough? 😂💜

Friendship + nostalgia + dancing = a pretty great way to spend a Thursday.

09/11/2026

One of my FAVORITE feelings as a Zumba instructor! 🥹💃✨

That moment when everyone has learned the choreo, they know what’s coming next, and they can just stop thinking and DANCE! 🔥

Seeing everyone moving together, smiling, adding their own little bit of personality and genuinely enjoying the song makes me so happy. 💜

There’s something so special about creating a choreography, teaching it week after week, and then watching it become ours. 🥰

THIS is why I love teaching Zumba. 💃🔥

YMCA Calgary

Come dance with me this last week of August at YMCA Calgary! 💃Also, registration is opened for the Dance-fit Zumba fall ...
08/23/2026

Come dance with me this last week of August at YMCA Calgary! 💃

Also, registration is opened for the Dance-fit Zumba fall session at UCalgary Active Living UCalgary Active Living. Hope to see you there! 🥰

My birthday week is next week!!! Celebrating another year around the sun with my favorite Zumba crew! 🎂✨ I volunteer at ...
08/05/2026

My birthday week is next week!!!

Celebrating another year around the sun with my favorite Zumba crew! 🎂✨ I volunteer at the Y because I genuinely love our community and the joy we share every class. Tips are never expected, but if you’d like to drop a little birthday treat, you can find the link on my Zumba profile via the link in my bio! Come ready to party! 🎈🎶

08/05/2026

🎉 It’s my BIRTHDAY MONTH and I wanted to celebrate it by doing a choreo to one of my all-time favourite performers, the one and only Britney Spears! My Zumba family picked “Oops I Did It Again” and today we did it for the first time and they all DELIVERED 🙌🔥

Nothing like dancing to a queen with my favorite people. Thank you for making this month so special already!💕

From this week, here’s my Zumba Summer Schedule! Come dance with me this summer!!! 🥰😎
06/29/2026

From this week, here’s my Zumba Summer Schedule!
Come dance with me this summer!!! 🥰😎

05/13/2026

I work with the Knowledge2Empower program at the Alberta Children’s Epilepsy Program bringing FREE epilepsy education to families, schools, and communities. And to keep it free, we need YOUR help. 🧠

So I did what I do best, I called my Zumba people. And 12 incredible instructors from across Calgary showed up without hesitation.

Join us on May 22nd from 6:00 to 7:30 PM at St Alphonsus School for a Zumbathon fundraiser that will move your body AND your heart. 💃🔥

🎟️ Tickets: $20 | Link in bio 💜 Can’t make it? Donate through the link in bio!

This event is made possible thanks to Children’s Collective Calgary, Alberta Children’s Hospital Foundation and St Alphonsus School. 🙏

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