Arthur Murray Dance Studio

This dance studio is fabulous! They are welcoming from the first time to you walk through the door. We have had lessons with all the instructors and they are all wonderful. Julz, is our main instructor and she’s just amazing, I don’t think she’s ever gotten frustrated with us. My husband and I look forward to going every week. We have so much fun!

We have worked with Arthur Murray Dance Studio at our bridal shows and they are amazing people to work with. They staff is so pleasant and friendly and I can’t say enough nice things about her.

i came to Arthur Murray Dance Studio in order to get more confidence on the dance floor, sense of rhythm and of course the skills to dance with my son in his upcoming wedding. The wedding is out of town and we have to learn the mother/​son waltz without dancing with each other. I was assigned Jeff as my main dancing partner. He has been great, very patient and encouraging throughout the process. He has thrown a lot of moves on me, as there is only four weeks to the wedding. I think I have learnt well and really enjoyed dancing with Jeff. He is my son’s age and height as well, which hopefully makes the transition to dancing with my son easier.
First I felt very intimidated dancing in the big room with other dancers, even people sitting and watching. However this fear dissipated very fast and I could totally focus on my own dance.
I have danced couple sessions with other partners as well, which really is great practice as everyone has their unique ways. They have group lessons at night to learn the steps to different dances and I tried to join in whenever possible.
The feeling in the Studio is very friendly and upbeat, everyone gets to know everybody and it is fun.

Says they’re open Saturday until 7pm. I’m here, it’s 3:18pm and they’re closed… Grrrr

My husband and I took a series of four private lessons in here to prep for our wedding. Our instructor, Robbie, was great — — my review here is entirely of the Arthur Murray franchise’s practices.
We paid a pretty penny for our four classes and despite having a great teacher, I don’t feel like we got our money’s worth. We practiced in one quadrant of a large room. Other spaces were used by other students and teachers. We all had to share one common stereo, so that meant my husband and I only danced to our wedding song about half of the time. Despite there being plenty of open space elsewhere in the large room, other teachers and students casually walked through our space while we were dancing. I found this to be very inconsiderate. On one occasion, our class started about 25 minutes late — all the while, Robbie was working with another student. When we did begin, 25 minutes late, there was no apology or explanation.
On our third of four lessons, we were given a «bonus teacher» who was supposed to help us double our progress because now there were two teachers instead of one. I’d bet any money that the truth of it was that this «bonus teacher» was really a teacher in training that was practicing her skills. No thank you, I would have much rather continued with Robbie.
The owner of the studio meets with you a few times — it’s presented as a time for him to make sure you’re satisfied with the services you’re providing, but really he’s just trying to sell you more classes. On a scale of 1 to 10, his energy and enthusiasm was always at a 14, which was just exhausting.
Again, Robbie was a great teacher, but if we were to take private lessons again, I’m very certain we could find a better value and experience elsewhere.

I love this studio. Everyone is so encouraging and positive. My husband and I came for a few classes for fun and have continued for almost two years. All the instructors are amazing and super friendly. Do not hesitate to dance here.

In preparation for our wedding, we came here to get some help with our first wedding dance. I had been married before and against my advice, my ex refused to take dance lessons which was my biggest regret of that wedding because we looked like a bunch of idiots swaying away to a song for 3 minutes. Bored our guest to tears…
Anyway, moving on… we were both on the same page that we needed lessons. I stumbled across an Arthur Murray table at a wedding show and a lovely lady offered me a free lesson which I gladly accepted. We were partnered with Robbie, which if this review was just for him it would be 10 stars. Robbie was and is FANTASTIC at what he does. He has a great personality, is a great teacher and if I could afford it I would come time and time again for dancing lessons from him. He has been flexible with lesson timing for us, thorough and helpful.
Why not 5 stars you ask? Mostly the price, and how the sell you on lessons. It is more expensive than I have ever paid for any kind of dance instruction ever. I have been to many studios before, gotten private lessons of all kinds and this place charges a lot. We originally signed up for 4 lessons for our wedding dance. We get that we aren’t great dancers and may have needed more than the average couple, but we have now gone to no less than 10 dance lessons and spent way more than we ever budgeted for this line item of our wedding. We could have cut it off, but we felt like we really wanted to get as good of a dance as possible and we never really felt done with the dance until now. We could have also gone somewhere else, but honestly we fell in love with Robbie after the first lesson and couldn’t see going to anyone else. After our 4^th lesson, we were approached by a sales manager (I would assume) who tried to sell us on a 50ish lesson package that included all sorts of social dances in addition to what we were already taking. It was a pretty hard sell, and while we would love to be able to continue working on our dance education, we were planning a wedding and honeymoon so we had to decline. I agree with Adam H. when he says that some of their tactics chill the relationship between instructor and student. My soon to be husband suggested inviting Robbie to our wedding, just because we had developed such a great rapport with him and maybe for some last minute tips. I put the kibosh on it only because we are stretched for real estate in our banquet hall, but if I had known we’d have to pay for his services I probably would have died…
With that being said, had we done it again I would still choose Robbie as our instructor and I know that with enough practice our dance will be great. I love all of the group classes that they have too and events that allow you to practice your moves. Should we need dance instruction again (which we will…) we will definitely give Robbie a call.

Have tried lessons at other studios, but always come back to Arthur Murray. A bit more expensive, but their warm personality and professionalism really make up for it. Particularly good at helping you feel comfortable when you are starting out (and feel like an idiot) and in teaching you what you need to social dance. Group classes are also a really nice way to meet other people with a similar interest — or just decompress from a hard day at work.

The moment I walked in Arthur Murray Schaumburg .Was the best thing for me around the time that my wife past away. Though the months of lessons and classes became a second family. Now its going on TWO YEARS and its been a BLAST!!! ON my first lesson my instructor JULZ quickly made me feel right at HOME. People ask me what is my best dance is I SAY I like all dances .I also like when we have the special events like Medal Ball and Fall Festival– it allows you to met experienced dancers and hear and see their knowledge of ballroom dancing. Schaumburg Arthur Murray Rocks!

Decided to work on really learning how to dance as it was on the top of my bucket list. Investigated dance studios in the area to see what they offered. Selected the Schaumburg Arthur Murray location and it was the right choice! That was last August and I can only say that this was not just a good decision, it was a great one. If someone told me what I would be able to accomplish in 9 months I would have said they were nuts but the staff at this studio give it 110% and from the moment you walk in you will feel like you belong there. Go take a lesson!

My now-​wife and I went here for a couple of months to prepare for our wedding dance. This place is very expensive, but I think their teaching program and customer service is bar none, so it still seems like a good value. However, it’s a little… odd that the dance instructors are forbidden to have any contact with clients outside of class/​private lesson. Like if we were to invite our dance instructor to our wedding, the only way she could attend is if we hired her and pay Arthur Murray $ 200 an hour for her time.
That fact definitely chills the relationship, it can be hard to tell if the dance instructor actually likes you or if they are just doing their job. However, the dance instructors are very good at making you feel comfortable and are very supportive. They are funny and are good at making you feel at ease.
Their instruction program is very good, it lays down a base that spans all the rhythm and smooth dances with which you can build upon. You don’t just learn moves, you learn how to dance.

I’d always wanted to take ballroom dancing lessons so checked this place out. Took a series of lessons and our a instructor choreographed a dance to a fav Sinatra song. Patient teachers with a huge sense of humor. Dancing is therapeutic and this place makes it even more enjoyable! Not cheap but worth every penny!