If you’re a fan of Latin American music, then we recommend trying out one of the many Latin dance styles that we teach. These include:

• Salsa
• Argentine Tango
• Rumba
• Cha-cha
• Merengue
• Bolero
• Samba

Latin American music is fast-paced and fun, and often involves elements of jazz, rock and hop. It has influences from all over the world, including Spain, Portugal, Africa, and the Carribean.

Are you a fan of big band music? If so, you’ll love our selection of swing dances. Swing dance evolved with the emergence of jazz in the early twentieth-century. Today, swing dance is danced to rock music of various kinds, including blues and boogie woogie. Swing styles that we offer at Arthur Murray Dance Center San Antonio include:

• Swing
• West Coast Swing
• Lindy
• Jitterbug

San Antonio has a lively swing dance scene, so you can take the skills you learn at Arthur Murray beyond the dance studio. Get in shape, have fun, and make new friends with swing dance lessons at Arthur Murray San Antonio!

It should be no surprise that many of our students are big fans of country music. This is Texas after all! At Arthur Murray Dance Center San Antonio, you can enjoy listening to country music while learning new dance skills, thanks to our country dance lessons. Country dances we teach include

• Country Western
• Country Western Waltz
• Texas Two-Step
• Country Shuffle
• Country Triple

All of these dances are variations of the basic Country Western style, an informal form of dance that dates back to the frontier days. Country Western dance involves a lot of leading and following, as well as heel and toe touches rather than flat-footed glides.

If you’re a fan of classical music and traditional waltzes, then traditional ballroom dancing may be for you. Traditional ballroom dance styles we teach include:

• American Waltz

• Viennese Waltz
• Quickstep
• American Tango

Standard ballroom dancing music is often written in triple meter, and dates back to the Romantic Era, particularly in Vienna. Famous waltz composers include Frederic Chopin and Johann Strauss.

Are you suffering from disco fever? Arthur Murray Dance Center San Antonio is here to help! Those who left their heart in the 1970’s will love our disco dance styles, include:

• Hustle
• Nightclub Two-Step

The hustle has some features in common with mambo, salsa, and swing dance, so fans of those styles may also want to boogie down to one of our disco classes. Nightclub two-step is frequently danced to mid-tempo ballads, such as the song “Lady in Red.”

Whatever your music preference, Arthur Murray Dance Center San Antonio has a dance for you! If none of the musical styles we mentioned tickle your fancy, don’t worry! Get in touch with our team today and we’ll find the perfect dance to get you shimmying and shaking in no time!