Aredes instructs students in an outdoor Zumba class. Many students say the class provides much needed joy during the stress of the pandemic.

Published January 29, 2021 at 2560 × 1707 in New Yorkers Lunge, Twist And Zumba Their Way Through The Pandemic Together

NEW YORK — JANUARY 23: People participate in a Zumba class outside Prospect Park in Brooklyn, New York on Saturday, Jan. 23, 2021. (Photographs by Calla Kessler/NPR)