Dance in the News

Arthur Murray Grand Rapids is pleased to announce that guest dance coach Agnes Kazmierczak will be visiting our studios in late January and February. The International Smooth competitor and former Dancing with the Stars contender is scheduled for the Kentwood Studio, Jan. 30; Plainfield Studio, Jan. 31 and Grandville Studio,…

Over the last 100 years, dance icon Arthur Murray revolutionized ballroom and Latin dance lessons. Here’s some fun pop trivia citing references to our founding father of smooth moves! (P.S. The picture on the right is from an ad celebrating 50 years of Arthur Murray — 50 years ago! We…

This year, we’re celebrating 100 years since Arthur Murray gave his first dance lesson. On April 4th, in studios throughout the world, we’ll join together in the biggest “birthday” dance ever to salute the master of the global groove! This bio, drawn from Wikipedia, will help give you a sense…

Gear up to celebrate Arthur Murray’s 100th Anniversary in 2012 with this well-produced radio historical vignette aired on John Lemley’s City Cafe at WABE public radio. Our own Leslie Sharp, teacher veteran and co-owner of our Grand Rapids studios as well as our sister studios in Atlanta, Georgia, treated Lemley…

Private Lessons with the Stars! We’re looking forward to having special guest couple Urs Geisenhainer and Agnes Kazmierczak back with us for coaching on July 20th and 21st. The team, originally registered in Poland, began dancing together in 2005 and have made appearances on Dancing With the Stars. We’re delighted…

Arthur Mur­ray Grand Rapids had a great time at the VAI fundraiser Friday, April 29th at the JW Marriott! With lots of dancing and even more fundraising, “VARI Good Cause” was a very big success. Early estimates suggest that more than $50,000 was earned to advance cancer research at the…

WXMI’s Tim Doty interviewed Edyta Sliwinski on Friday morning before the big performance at the Dance for a VARI Good Cause fundraiser. As a former ballroom bootcamper himself, Doty showed the seasoned Dancing With The Stars pro a few of his signature moves. Check out the video below, which aired…

Arthur Murray Grand Rapids is ramping up for the VAI fundraiser April 29th, Dancing for a Vari Good Cause, where local celebs will be putting on the ritz for fun and ‘non-profit.’ For those who can’t attend, VAI has created an additional “Fan Favorite” award for the celeb who raises…