Call­ing all Brides and Grooms

You’ve plot­ted a stel­lar culi­nary event for your big day. Your flow­ers are chic, your dress divine, every detail has been attended to with utmost care. The lights dim, the music begins, and all eyes are upon you — the ele­gant bride and groom — as you pre­pare to sail across the dance floor like Gene Kelly and Fred Astair.

Your first dance as hus­band and wife should be a moment that you can both cher­ish for the rest of your lives. You and your new hus­band, sway­ing together to your favorite song, kick­ing off the fes­tiv­i­ties for friends and family…

Ok, real­ity check time, for most of you — with­out at least a few lessons under your belt, the first dance will be awk­ward, stress­ful, and maybe just a lit­tle bit clumsy. Let’s face it, how often do cou­ples actu­ally get the oppor­tu­nity to hold each other and dance roman­ti­cally? It’s kind of a lost art…but not at Arthur Murray!

In just a few short weeks, we can have you and your betrothed feel­ing glam­orous, con­fi­dent and smooth on the dance floor! We usu­ally rec­om­mend get­ting a 3–6 month head start so you have enough time to dance the way you want to, but even if the big day is swiftly approach­ing, give us a call and we can help!!!

Print our coupon for a FREE intro­duc­tory dance and daz­zle your guests with show-stopping dance to remember.

For the brides and grooms plan­ning a wed­ding now is the time to start work­ing on that spe­cial first dance. Cap­tured on video­tape, pho­tographed and sent today by video email to friends who can’t attend the wed­ding, those first steps will be memo­ri­al­ized for many years to come.
Here’s what the dance experts at Arthur Mur­ray Inter­na­tional say will help today’s bride and groom look their best:

- Prac­tice in the shoes you’ll be wear­ing. If you learn to fox­trot in a pair of flats but wear heels for your wed­ding, the dif­fer­ence may take you by sur­prise.
– Start as early as pos­si­ble. More than one Arthur Mur­ray Dance Stu­dio has sto­ries of cou­ples that come in three days before the wed­ding. Three to six months is bet­ter.
– Prac­tice often – in the liv­ing room, kitchen, pool­side or when you go out with friends. When­ever the oppor­tu­nity to take a turn on the dance floor presents itself, prac­tice, prac­tice, and prac­tice.
– If you can include par­ents and other mem­bers of the wed­ding party in dance prepa­ra­tions – it’s a lot more fun and relieves stress for every­one.
– Select a song or dance you want to use. Make sure that band or DJ can get the music or learn the song if it’s one they don’t already know.
– Con­sider what you’ll be wear­ing– Trails and a floor length gown will be great for the Waltz, but no for Salsa or Swing.
– Select a band or DJ that can pro­vide you with a vari­ety of music and dance styles.
– If your hon­ey­moon involves a cruise or resort, have your lessons include a vari­ety of dif­fer­ent dance styles so you’re ready for anything!

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If you think that most young cou­ples today dream of their first dance at their wed­ding as a grace­ful waltz across the floor, think again! Most of today’s soon-to-be new­ly­weds are aban­don­ing slow, roman­tic bal­lads in favor of some­thing that would have been con­sid­ered quite shock­ing not too long ago… A sul­try Tango – per­haps one of the sex­i­est dances in ball­room – or a high energy Salsa are more likely to be that spe­cial dance.

One Mid­west­ern cou­ple aston­ished their guest with a slow, roman­tic waltz that sud­denly trans­formed into a pro­fes­sional style CHA-CHA, tak­ing every­one by sur­prise. And, while the dances changed, one thing that stays the same: it takes three to four months to mas­ter the basics to look great on the dance floor for that spe­cial first dance and the entire cel­e­bra­tion. If a couple’s hon­ey­moon includes a cruise, their mem­o­ries of danc­ing on deck will be even better.

There’s even an unex­pected bonus to learn­ing how to dance for your wed­ding. “Many cou­ples come back to the stu­dios after their wed­dings and tell us that they were able to enjoy danc­ing with uncles and aunts and grand­par­ents for the first time,” says Tony Car­di­nali, First Vice Pres­i­dent of Fran­chise Rela­tions for Arthur Mur­ray International.

“While they know that many dif­fer­ent age groups will attend, cou­ples don’t real­ize that the musi­cal range is enor­mous. When they know the basics, they can really enjoy danc­ing to all dif­fer­ent kinds of music.”

If you’d like to kick your wed­ding dance up a notch, Con­tact us for a free intro­duc­tory les­son and wed­ding dance plan!