Arthur Murray Dance Studio

I took lessons here for a few months. First the good. The teacher are really nice and encouraging. They explain things well and make sure everyone has fun and gets to dance. I would never say that they don’t hire good teachers. The main thing that kept me from going back was the huge price tag. They charge $ 135 per «unit» aka, private lesson, and tend to pressure you to take weekly private lessons, so you’re spending at least $ 540 a month if you do that. It does come with unlimited group classes, which is nice but they are only 45 mins and it was just too far of a drive for me. I also felt they taught so many different group lessons on different classes at random times in the month to keep you from really ever truly learning one dance really well. With all the dance options in Kansas City, overall I would recommend to a friend that they go to a place that allows drop in classes instead, at least someplace that doesn’t require a contract.

It is so much fun. The instructors are all great and a joy to see each week. My husband gave these lessons to me for my birthday and he enjoys them more than I do. He may actually acquire some rhythm from our instructor Sunni. If you have ever wanted to know how to dance this is the place to come.

We took dance lessons here a few times before our weddings and they are decent.
Dance instructors are nice enough but they do the hard sell on buying months if lessons which we declined but my parents bought. They had fun and learned a few new dances but the paid a lot of money for the sessions.
I was not overly impressed with our lessons so I didn’t buy a package or additional lessons past the wedding ones.
Just beware of high pressure sell tactics.

My wife and I have discussed dance classes for five years or so, but never could seem to make it happen. (Strangely enough, our four year old daughter can’t seem to figure out why we haven’t been able to go until now either.) Well, recently a groupon offer came up around the time for the wife’s birthday and I jumped at the chance to get started.
The studio is in the upstairs of the row of shops that are just north of the tracks on Pflumm. Once you park in the lot, you’ll walk north on the sidewalk to the entrance on the Pflumm side of the building, then head upstairs.
Once inside, we were met by Darren and Monica, filled out a brief questionnaire about what we were interested in doing/​learning, and were on the floor in no time at all. Darren was wonderful. His easy and relaxed instruction style helped us work through the jitters. He quickly helped us through the basics of a couple of different steps and helped us comfortably laugh at our mistakes, or missteps, in this case.
After the lesson, we sat down to discuss where we should go with the lessons and how we should get there. We’re not looking to be on the «Dancing with the Who’s That?» type shows, but would like to be proficient in the basics of several dances and that’s what we’re getting.
The studio has a deal going now where you get 6 (45min) private lessons, 3 (45min) group lessons, and 3 practice parties for $ 550 when paid all at once. The private lessons are packed with instruction and technique, so weigh that. It seems like a lot of money, and don’t get me wrong — it is, but we learned a whole lot in a short span of time and are looking forward to going back.