Category: New Students
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Ballroom Dancing: Zero to Ladies Man in 10 Lessons or Less!
Ten lessons. Seven and one half hours. That’s how long I need to take you from zero to 007, from goofy clutz to George Clooney. Ten lessons. I can peel you off the wall at every party and put you right in the center. It’s a pretty brazen boast, I know, but it’s one we…
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Dance Lessons And A New Lease on Life
It was the phone call that helped to usher in a new and joyful phase in Pat Tolkoff’s life. In March 1994, about six months after her husband Leonard passed away, Pat received a call from the Arthur Murray dance studio in Chatham, N.J. “A lovely woman named Rachel asked me if I was interested…
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Private Dance Lessons: Cure The Empty Nest Blues
There are some moments in life that change us forever. We transform from children into young adults during adolescence, from individuals into couples when we marry, from someone’s offspring into someone’s parent when we have a child. These are all huge shifts in the course of our personal stories, and they all require huge shifts…
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5 Ways to Prepare for your First Private Dance Lesson
So you’ve taken the big first step and decided to take your first private dance lesson at Arthur Murray. Congratulations! You’re embarking on an adventure which will improve you physically and challenge you mentally. It’s going to be an important day in your life, the beginning of something brand new. You may have danced here…
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3 Ways Private Dance Lessons Make Group and Party Experiences Better
Group classes. They sound great, and they are. At Arthur Murray we utilize the power of group classes every day. A ballroom dancing group class is a fantastic social environment, and that social aspect of dancing develops good habits you’ll use when you take your moves outside of the studio! Group lessons are also very…
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5 Ways Ballroom Dancing Keeps You Young
Ballroom dancing is one of those activities with no drawbacks. It’s fun, social, intellectually stimulating, it’s universally popular and respected, and it’s accessible to everybody. One of the often unsung benefits of ballroom dancing is its rejuvenating quality. Dancing is a primal expression of life, one humans have been using since before written history. Dance…
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New Jersey Salsa: The Dance You Can Take Anywhere
Salsa is delicious. I go with Alton Brown’s basic recipe when I make my own. I love salsa’s combination of bold flavors like tomato and jalapeño and cilantro. When I eat salsa, I feel the freshness and life one can only feel when they take the boldest of ingredients and arrange them together for maximum…