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Find out why Arthur Murray is the most friendly place for dance lessons in Raleigh!

Join us weekly for Swing dance lessons, Salsa dance lessons, Ballroom dancing and more! No partner necessary and no experience needed. Serving Raleigh, Cary, Durham and beyond!

For those new to dancing, we invite you to come any weekly newcomer classes view our calendar for class schedules.

 

 

 

Brief History of Arthur Murray

 

Arthur Murray was born Murray Teichman on April 4th, 1895. He grew up on New York's lower East Side, poor, shy and scared stiff of dancing. In his early teens Mr. Murray attended Morris High School by day, studied draftsmanship first at Cooper Union, and night school at Columbia University, while working as an errand boy. read more...

 

Brief History of the Franchise

 

 

His first business was selling dance lessons by mail, using a kinetoscope. Though the idea was successful, he had problems with the business, which failed. His second business was drawing and selling "footprints" (an unusual use of drafting skills) which prospective dancers could place on the floor and follow to learn how to dance. This mail-order business remained successful. His third business, launched in 1925, involved selling branded dance lessons through franchising. He trained dance instructors for the Statler Hotel chain, who then went to various hotels and gave lessons; Murray kept some of the profits from each franchise. read more...