Modern Dancing
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Year Published: 1930s
Creator: Arthur Murray
Description: Produced by Arthur Murray for Pathe Films. Home transfer from 16mm original. Print in care of Niagara Artists Centre. This instructional film highlights the joy and benefits of dancing, emphasizing its popularity across all ages. It showcases the expertise of Arthur Murray's dance instructors and the various dance styles they teach, including the tango, foxtrot, and rumba. The film features testimonials from students who find relaxation, improved health, and enjoyment in learning to dance, reinforcing the idea that dancing is a timeless social activity that can enhance one's quality of life. Keywords dancing, Arthur Murray, instructional film, social art, dance styles, tango, foxtrot, rumba, relaxation, health benefits
Complete Record: Produced by Arthur Murray for Pathe Films. Home transfer from 16mm original. Print in care of Niagara Artists Centre. This instructional film highlights the joy and benefits of dancing, emphasizing its popularity across all ages. It showcases the expertise of Arthur Murray's dance instructors and the various dance styles they teach, including the tango, foxtrot, and rumba. The film features testimonials from students who find relaxation, improved health, and enjoyment in learning to dance, reinforcing the idea that dancing is a timeless social activity that can enhance one's quality of life. Keywords dancing, Arthur Murray, instructional film, social art, dance styles, tango, foxtrot, rumba, relaxation, health benefits
Transcription
[Music] dancing has been the most popular social art since the first tick of time today in america dancing is still the favorite form of recreation everybody dances there's no age limit dancing is for the young and heart from nine to ninety so forget your worries throw away your cares and sway to the tropic tempo of the tango with this gay young group of instructors from the arthur murray school of dancing the arthur murray teachers are not only the most talented dancers in their profession but are the most expert tutors as well capable of teaching every dance maneuver from the modern walls to the conga [Music] the exciting rhythm of the rumba provides a caribbean background for a demonstration of one of the more exotic forms of modern terp sigrid here is the most pleasant way of relaxing from the home and drum of the workaday world and helpful tool for dancing improves your carriage and posture takes years off your shoulders and puts them under your heel and toe the extra thrill in dancing well puts a lightness in your heart and a tingle in your veins that makes it well worth time spent in the hands of a capable instructor [Music] so arthur murray takes pride in presenting a few of his devoted pupils most businessmen are beginners when they first come to the studio but continue their lessons long after they become good dancers because they find helpful relaxation in their daily hour of dancing with expert partners [Music] mr george brown one of the pupils demonstrates the foxtrot mr brown says the greatest enjoyment that he gets out of dancing is being able to dance with his children's young friends and match their modern style step for step [Music] bradley martin prominent business executive and polo playing sportsman demonstrates a few expert turns of the tango so [Music] mrs rutherford shepard well known in new york social circles displays the ballroom technique of the walls [Music] this is shepherd you've been coming studio for quite a long while do you find the time well spent i think it's more fun than anything i've done since i've grown up when i leave the studio i feel young and gay and my mind is full of the rhythm of the dance i hope i should be coming here for many years more mr nabloc a prominent lawyer is typical of over 100 000 pupils who are today entered in the roles of the arthur murray school of dance [Music] you're such a good dancer now mr nabla don't your friends ask you why you keep on taking lessons yes they do sometimes and i tell them that there are several reasons first i think it continues to improve my dancing second i think it improves my health because it gives me beneficial exercise and third i think it improves my disposition the premier dance instructor of the world arthur murray himself demonstrates his own ballroom creation the champagne walls [Music] on with the dance and the arthur murray instructors glide over the polished floor to the three-quarter tempo of the walls [Music] the arthur murray school celebrates a quarter century of service in guiding the dancing feet of the nation and when you've learned how to dance well the rhythm of the waltz the foxtrot the tango and the rumba will be an ever recurring invitation to good times and a lot of fun arthur murray tenders an invitation to the dance [Music] you
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