Get ready for some outstanding coaching! The dynamite dancing duo, Agnes Kazmierczak and Urs Geisenhainer, have teamed up again to bring national level coaching to Grand Rapids Arthur Murray students Nov. 20 and 21st. Join us for Ballroom 1 & 2 Seminar, or and Advanced Ballroom 3 and above seminar,…
Mark your calendars, save the date, and put on your dancing shoes. Arthur Murray Grand Rapids students will be dancing up a storm during a slate of special events throughout early 2014. Here’s a sneak peek so you can plan ahead and support your fellow students or step into the…
When UCLA public health researchers went looking for ways to increase physical activity in some of the nation’s inner-city, minority neighborhoods, they only had to look inside those neighborhoods to find answers: Younger African-American people liked to dance to hip-hop. In Latino neighborhoods, salsa was the music of choice. And…
Grand Rapids’ own dance instructors and “sister act” – Ms. Mills and Ms. Marlow – decided to see if Arthur Murray dance judge Bob Long could keep up with “double-the-dance” fun during a Medal Ball event in Atlanta, Georgia March 8th. Check out the videos!
Dance with Team Spirit for March Madness! Here’s a dance party with a twist — come down to the Kentwood Arthur Murray Dance Studio on Thursday, March 28th, for a joint-studio “March Madness” Social Dance session. Wear something to represent your favorite team and cause a racket during brackets! We…
Did you know that you can copy a lesson or event schedule out of our online calendar and copy it to your own Google calendar? It’s easy as 1-2-3! Simply click on the lesson or event you’d like to copy. You will then see a link to “copy to calendar.”…
Spring Showcase Is Just Around the Corner… It’s hard enough waiting for spring — which is supposed to be mere days away. But it’s even harder to wait for Arthur Murray’s perennial Grand Rapids dance hit, Spring Showcase! Our students have been “smoothing” their moves and getting ready to put…
Check out this great article about the Benefits of Dance at: Women’s Health Research highlights: • The brain rewires itself based on use, according to Joe Verghese, M.D., a professor of neurology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. The more time you spend on the dance floor, the more you…
We thought you’d enjoy this fascinating article by Richard Powers from Stanford University’s Dance department! Mr. Powers examines the reasons that dancing turns out to be one of the healthiest “mental” activities one can engage in to “stay young.” We’d also like to give a special thanks to Mr. Powers…
Don’t stay on the sidelines the next time a rogue Flash Mob strikes Rosa Parks Circle, downtown Chicago during the NorthStar Dance-O-Rama…or maybe even Hollywood! Join an Arthur Murray Grand Rapids dance studio and learn some steps for our Flash Mob. Turn run-of-the-mill outings into flash-mobster extravaganzas! Contact the studio…