Arthur Murray Dance Studios

Danced with Erin on a free class introduction. I loved the studio very open and free. Everyone was incredibly nice and i totally understand that dancing is a skill you keep for life but this place was more expensive than a majority of my college coruses! LIke i am talking $ 800 dollars for 6 45 minute private lessons?! Not worth it to me but to someone else I am sure you can learn a ton here.

NOTE: This top section is an update, 3 weeks after my original review was written (which has been kept at the bottom unedited).
Following fairly scathing reviews by my fiancé and I after a subpar experience with the studio, their Director of Services, Amy, reached out to me directly. This was a rare example of AMAZING customer service! Not only did she (with the Dallas studio’s approval) offer us 4 more complimentary lessons, she:
1) allowed us to combine them into two longer lessons to get more momentum per session, and
2) Allowed us to use the studio on a day they were normally closed, ensuring privacy.
I fully realize that these types of arrangements cannot be offered to every customer and I do not want readers to think they can just demand these stipulations. However, what I can say is that these lessons were ten times more productive! We learned 3 different steps instead of one and had a great time doing it. Special thanks to Bailey and Ryan for taking time that is normally a day off for them to work with us!
The Revised Bottom Line: With the right instructors and setting, these are very productive and very worthwhile lessons. We are much more prepared and relaxed going into the wedding. This does not completely erase our original experience though, and since the lessons in and of themselves are fairly pricey, my review adjusts to 3 stars and not higher.
Please see below my original review:
The Setting: 4 lessons with my fiancé purchased as a package and used over a two month period.
The Free consult: The gentleman we first worked with was great. Down to earth, flexible, seemed reasonable. Changed our song and cut it to a specific time when we asked. But as the Manager of the instructors, we did not work with him after the consult. That is when everything seemed to not occur as advertised…
The Lessons: We paid about $ 400 for «4 hours» of «private» lessons. Private it was not. There’s no private space, just one noisy, heavily-​trafficked room you share with other couples and group classes. You can’t even dance to your own song. We only did so 3 times over 4 lessons. My fiancé complained about this constantly and even posted a review similar to this on The Knot. Unfortunately, things did not change over the 4 lessons. But it probably would have been ok had we actually learned and drilled some valuable steps during the lessons… the absolute worst part is how little we learned because they waste so much time — mostly trying to get more money out of you. They only let us dance for about 20 min each 50 min lesson and only taught us 2 steps after 4 hours! We learned more on youtube hour for hour. I wish I had read reviews before outlaying this cash. Multiple people have said the same thing — the goal of Arthur Murray is to sell you more lessons, not teach you to dance beautifully on your wedding day.
The Instructors: After thinking about it for awhile, we have no ill will for the instructors themselves, they were very nice people, and it seemed as though they were well meaning. Patrick remembered who we were when we showed up, asked engaging questions, and genuinely seemed interested in our wedding. The problem was that they spent so much time chatting that we were not able to accomplish much. This wouldn’t have been an issue if the lessons were 90 minutes.
The Bottom Line: I would encourage anybody to take dance lessons before the wedding, just not from Arthur Murray. Trust me — you can do better in terms of what you get for your money (in time and in quality). This is the only time pre-​wedding we’ve felt gouged (and we all know how bad wedding gouging can be).

This place has some great enthusiastic instructors. Other than the outrageous price per lesson, it was a fun experience.