Discover a better way to impress at swanky social functions than by singing Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde in its entirety. With today’s deal, $15 gets you two private lessons and one group dance party at DanceSmiths' Fred Astaire Dance Studio (a $50 value). Located in Bartlett, DanceSmiths' offers instruction to everyone from those in need of pre-wedding pointers to those preparing for the upcoming Intergalactic Hustle-and-Jive Championship. With this Groupon, you'll get an intro sampler of five to seven different dances. Couples and stag dancers are equally welcome with today’s Groupon, though each partner must purchase their own.
Fred Astaire Dance Studio offers two 30- to 45-minute private sessions in two umbrella dance varieties: rhythm dances and smooth dances. These include social and party dancing, ballroom and Latin dancing, and ultraviolet competitive ballroom dancing. You can use this opportunity to sample several dance styles to see which one is the best fit. You also get to attend one Friday-night group practice party (from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m.) to blow off steam and show off newly acquired skills in a social, noncompetitive setting.
Specializing in Latin and ballroom, DanceSmiths' Studio is owned by Beth and Benji Smith, an alliterative pair who have been teaching dance lessons in Memphis for years. No matter how busy your schedule or how leaden your feet, Fred Astaire’s staff of professionally trained instructors will tailor your private sessions to match your skill level and specific goals. Next time you find yourself surrounded by dancing dancers in mid-dance, astound them all by unleashing the skills you picked up under Fred Astaire Dance Studio’s tutelage.
You must be 21 or older to purchase today's Groupon.
Reviews
Though most Tennesseans have yet to foxtrot to their computer to write online reviews, one YellowPages user gives Fred Astaire Dance Studio a perfect five stars:
- Great people! Great instruction! Lots of fun! You don't even have to have a partner. The teachers dance with you. They do the fun stuff like salsa and swing and the pretty stuff like waltz [sic] too. – williewonka
Groupon Says
Tough Guys Don't Dance
Tough guy actor Fred Astaire was the product of another era—one in which it was still socially acceptable for tough guys to dance. These days, tough guys have to maintain an impenetrable veneer of stoic invulnerability, speaking in monosyllabic anger-belches and ingesting only products available in metal cans.
While softer, more compassionate guys are generously busying your significant other on the dance floor, twirling away her inhibitions and giving her a moonlit night to remember forever, here are some tough guy things you can do:
- Opening things with your teeth
- Painting your scowling face in the mirror with your fingertips to psych yourself up for the annual office soup drive and air hockey tournament
- Tearing the phone book a new one for having such limited pizza delivery options after 10 p.m.
- Finishing up your traditional Nang Yai shadow-puppet adaptation of Season Four of 24
- Killing a deer with your own bare hands, followed by killing a bear with your own dear hands
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