A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE ARTHUR MURRAY STUDIOS
Arthur Murray himself first started teaching people to dance in 1912. Starting with a “learn to dance at home” mail order business, he founded his first dance studio in 1923 on 43rd Street in New York City.
Since that time the Arthur Murray Franchised Dance Studios have grown and now have studios throughout the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, Australia, South Africa, Germany, Italy, Israel, and Japan. Arthur Murray’s dream of teaching the world to dance is being fulfilled.
Such movies as Dirty Dancing, Shall We Dance, An American President, True Lies, Saturday Night Fever, Scent of a Woman, and Flash Dance are some of the many films which have used Arthur Murray instructors to either teach a dance to the stars and/or dance in the film.