Dance Trivia

Swing Dance is featured in "Blast from the Past" starring Brendan Fraser and Alicia Silverstone.
Enrico Caruso gave Arthur Murray the idea for his famous footprints. Caruso was a student of Mr. Murray's. Knowing that Mr. Murray was having difficulty succeeding with his dancing-by-mail-classes, he jokingly suggested that Mr. Murray begin selling lessons for one foot only, and then when paid, send lessons for the other foot. The thought of lessons "by the foot" gave Mr. Murray the idea for the famous footprints that became an Arthur Murray trademark to define the dance steps.
Johnny Carson, Bob Hope, Eleanor Roosevelt, John D. Rockerfeller, the Duke of Windsor, Groucho Marx, and Ed Sullivan were ALL Arthur Murray Students.
In the movie "My Blue Heaven", Steve Martin and Rick Moranix perform the Merengue
In Merengue, the first beat is interpreted by the dancers as a slight limp and was inspired by attempts to spare an injured war hero's feelings.
Jennifer Lopez was a member of the Fly Girls dance group from the TV show, "In Living Color"
The Cha Cha, Mambo, Rumba, and Salsa all have origins in Cuba
Michael Jackson used Fred Astaire as inspiration for his music video "The way you make me feel"
The Tango was performed by Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jamie Lee Curtis in the movie "True Lies"
Christopher Walken is the famous actor seen dancing in the Fat Boy Slim music video "This and That"

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1. Shuffle
(Dance Lessons Austin/Country Western)
Sometimes called the Double Two Step or the Travelling Swing, the Shuffle is a combination of the Two Step & the popular East Coast Swing. This makes the Shuffle a very versatile dance, allowing a ...
2. Swing
(Dance Lessons Austin/Country Western)
Today's Country Western music has a lot of crossover from Pop & Rock, which has helped to make it more "mainstream music." Country Western Swing is a fast, upbeat dance with lots of turns & spins ...
3. Work For Arthur Murray!
(Employment/Employment)
... that will teach you all of the hottest and latest dances around, such as swing, salsa, tango, and more! Be taught and trained by certified and world recognized dance professionals with the most comprehensive ...
4. Health & Fitness Benefits
(Dance as Fitness/Health and Fitness)
... an aerobic exercise, dance benefits your cardiovascular system as you swing and sway from hips to shoulders. Some doctors recommend thirty minutes of dance, three times per week. Ever since the International ...
5. Hustle or Swing Hustle
(Dance Lessons Austin/Disco)
A number of similar style disco dances which had its beginning in the mid 1970’s and enjoys some continuing popularity as a swing style today. The record “Do The Hustle” by Van McCoy, ...
6. West Coast Swing
(Dance Lessons Austin/Swing Dance)
A stylized Swing dance popular west of the Mississippi from Kansas to California. Danced to slow to medium Swing or Disco music and characterized by slot movements, taps and shuffles, coaster steps, and ...
7. Mambo
(Dance Lessons Austin/Latin)
The fusion of Swing and Cuban music produced this fascinating rhythm and in turn created a new sensational dance. The Mambo could not have been conceived earlier since up until that time Cuba ...
8. Jitterbug
(Dance Lessons Austin/Swing Dance)
A toned down version of a Lindy Hop, which is faster and happier than the American Rock ‘n’ Roll Swing. ...
9. Swing
(Dance Lessons Austin/Swing Dance)
An every popular blend of several African American dances, which include Lindy and Ragtime Jazz and Blues, was well as all the other dance music to accompanying dances of the past ninety years. Today it ...
10. Shag
(Dance Lessons Austin/Swing Dance)
Not to be confused with the Carolina Shag which is a slow laid back type of Swing, it became popular in the late 1930’s along with the Jitterbug and Lindy Hop. The dance was done to up-tempo swing or Foxtrot ...
11. Rock & Roll
(Dance Lessons Austin/Swing Dance)
A popular form of the Swing or Lindy Hop. Began as dance in the 1950’s who were fans of artists like Bill Haley and The Comets followed by Elvis Presley. It continued into the 1960’s with artists like ...
12. Lindy Hop
(Dance Lessons Austin/Swing Dance)
Named by Ray Bolger after Colonel Lindbergh’s flight across the Atlantic. This Swing had as much “getting into the air” as possible. However, the violently acrobatic style use for exhibitions is not the ...
13. Jive
(Dance Lessons Austin/Swing Dance)
International competitive Swing dance with elements of the Lindy Hop and Jitterbug. Characterized by up tempo single time music danced with triple steps done primarily on the toes with very lively mov ...
14. Carolina Shag
(Dance Lessons Austin/Swing Dance)
A very popular Swing style from Virginia down the Carolinas into areas of Georgia. Most often danced to “Beach Music” performed by such groups as the Tams, The Embers, The Drifters, and a wide range of ...
15. Balboa
(Dance Lessons Austin/Swing Dance)
A form of Swing popularized during the 1950's in California. ...
16. Types of Dance Lessons
(Dance Lessons Austin/Austin Dance Lessons)
... on Saturday afternoons. What could be easier! Ballroom Dance Country & Western Dance Disco Dance Latin Dance Swing Dance  ...
17. Dancing at Your Wedding
(Dancing at your Wedding/Dancing at your Wedding )
... Swing and even the Hustle are all popular at weddings today. If you plan to dance to a special song at your reception, feel free to bring a recording of it to your dance lessons so you can work on it ...
18. Swing Dance
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