Arthur Murray Dance Now Blog
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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How to Beat the Winter Blues
December, January, February, and March are not easy months to endure. They’re cold and unforgiving, and in the wrong year a New Jersian can expect an aching back from shoveling snow, cracked lips from freezing wind, wet socks, frozen fingers, and iced over car windows. It’s no wonder why some people get “seasonal depression” during…
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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.
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Dance for Confidence: How Dancing Can Help You Look Good & Feel Amazing
Having confidence is the best way to feel good. It’s not the easiest way by far, but it is the most enduring. Some people look at the path one has to travel to achieve self confidence and they cringe. It can be hard and requires you to really dig deep within yourself. What’s worse is…
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Till Death Do Us Part: Why Dancing Shouldn’t End After the Honeymoon
Congratulations! You’re married and honeymooned and ready to begin the exciting adventure that is the rest of your lives together. Maybe you’re in the market to buy a house, maybe you’re getting ready to bring a beautiful new life into the world. Maybe you just want to take some time to enjoy each other and…
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A Dancer’s Guide for Busy Parents
You’re a parent! Since your baby was born, you drive 75% more often, and your house somehow smells different than it used to. Stains accumulate so quickly you can hardly keep up with them, and paying for college becomes a huge issue for the second time in your life. Being a parent is a bit…
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