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If you want to step up your Latin dance moves, don’t hesitate to book your session with sizzling Rhythm champ Juan de Dios Garcia during his special visit to the Grand Rapids Arthur Murray Studios June 4th and 5th. Juan de Dios Garcia has been with Arthur Murray since 1998….

We’d like to send a big thank-you to all the Arthur Murray dance students, local celebrities, and attendees who helped The Van Andel Institute raise a whopping $82,000 for cancer research at this year’s Dancing for a VARI Good Cause!  Local celebrity boot-camper Jaime Mills won both the fan favorite…

Check out this great interview on the Wood 8 West program, featuring our own Mrs. Marlow!

We hoofed it through 100 years of dance on Wednesday night as part of the Arthur Murray Worldwide 24/Hr Dance celebration!

We had a blast during the Medal Ball test­ing over at the Plain­field stu­dio on Feb­ru­ary 25th. Our time at the Impe­r­ial Ball­room at the Amway Grand Plaza was great, too! A big round of applause to our guests, judges, and students. Below is a gallery of photos from the…

Students, get ready to show your stuff! Medal Ball testing will be in the Plainfield studio from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. on February 25, followed by dinner and dancing in the Imperial Ballroom at the Amway Grand Plaza. Bob Long will be our judge for the day,  and will…

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…