Category: New Students

  • Getting Your Groove Back Through Dance

    Getting Your Groove Back Through Dance

    Do remember those instant butterflies that came from looking into one another’s eyes for the first time? Or how about the first time he brushed your arm and it sent chills all over your body? For many couples this is a distant memory but it doesn’t have to be. Just dancing with one another forces…

  • 7 Questions to Ask Before Choosing a Ballroom Dance Studio in New Jersey

    7 Questions to Ask Before Choosing a Ballroom Dance Studio in New Jersey

    Choosing a dance studio in New Jersey may seem a little overwhelming at first. To help you choose the right studio and the right program, it’s important to keep these 7 questions in mind.

  • How Can I Become a Good Dancer?

    How Can I Become a Good Dancer?

    In every person’s life, there is a moment where you decide that you’ll never not know how to dance again! The wedding where Aunt Sally dragged you out on the dance floor and lead YOU through her version of the jitterbug…in front of all the guests.  The club, where you were overlooked by the hot…

  • 4 Things to Ask Yourself Before Signing Up for Dance Lessons

    4 Things to Ask Yourself Before Signing Up for Dance Lessons

    Are you considering picking up a new hobby or improve your lifestyle? Is signing up for dance lessons your first thought? To discover if you’re ready to start a new adventure, consider these 4 things to ask yourself before signing up for dance lessons at your local dance studio.

  • How to Choose a Dance Studio That’s Right for You

    How to Choose a Dance Studio That’s Right for You

    It’s time to make a choice: are you going to find a dance studio, or are you going to find THE dance studio? Plenty of people choose a dance studio every day, performing a quick google search and clicking happily at the first studio name to catch their eye. Knowing little about the world of…

  • Why Every Adult Should Take Salsa Dance Lessons

    Why Every Adult Should Take Salsa Dance Lessons

    Salsa! It’s the dance I can’t stop talking about! Salsa is flirtation, it’s that look you catch someone giving you from the other side of the bar that makes your heart leap. It’s the thrill of meeting someone beautiful and realizing they like the same things you do. It’s a conversation of bodies which can…

  • I Wouldn’t Pay a Nickel For a Dance Lessons

    I Wouldn’t Pay a Nickel For a Dance Lessons

    A student came up to me at an Arthur Murray event and said “Rocco, I wouldn’t pay a nickel for a dance lesson, but I’d pay just about anything to feel the way dancing makes me feel” I wasn’t sure what to say at first. Was he dissatisfied with his dance lessons, or was he…

  • Dance For Health: Don’t Be a Couch Potato

    Dance For Health: Don’t Be a Couch Potato

    It may sound morbid, but I promise it’s for your own good when I remind you that life is passing you by every moment you ignore it. I want you to take a dance lesson today, not tomorrow, not next week — today. Now. People who learn how to make something of their lives think…

  • Dance Lessons Are Like Chicken Soup for the Soul

    Dance Lessons Are Like Chicken Soup for the Soul

    Life is full of emotions we want to express. Sometimes we’re overjoyed and we want to shout it out loud to the world, sometimes we’re sad and need someone to talk to. Sometimes we’re nervous or anxious or enthusiastic or nostalgic. Life is good, and it provides us with a plethora of feelings to express.…

  • Meet Singles Dancing & Revolutionize Your Social Life

    Meet Singles Dancing & Revolutionize Your Social Life

    If you’re a single person looking for a booming social life, odds are your thoughts have turned to dancing at one point or another. Dancing is an amazing leisure activity that showcases skill, passion and romance alongside boldness and sociability.