Circus bears untrained in the art of dance are often the least popular big-top attraction, falling somewhere between the bearded lady and a slice of stale rye bread on a pedestal. Ensure an appearance in the spotlight with today's Groupon: for $39, you get three private dance lessons and one group dance lesson at Arthur Murray Dance Studio in Virginia Beach (a $315 value). All lessons can be taken solo or with a partner.

Arthur Murray Dance Studio's experienced instructors navigate couples and individual two-steppers through myriad dance disciplines. Three 40-minute private lessons indoctrinate students with dance classics such as the conversational fox trot, the disco-infused hustle, jump-jiving swing dancing, and the waltz, known as “the mother of all dances” because of its doting attention to making sure everyone’s shoes are safely tied. Latin-infused tutorials such as salsa and tango dial up tempos to improve leading or following skills in a fun, high-energy setting. Alongside the private lessons, dancers can sidle into one of the studio's scheduled 45-minute group lessons to get the kind of social practice that judgmental brooms and graceless vacuums just can’t provide.

Arthur Murray has been a leading name in franchise dance since 1912, when an entrepreneur, also coincidentally named Arthur Murray, began selling mail-order dance lessons. Over the course of the following century, the company grew and expanded internationally to become the cavorting juggernaut that it is today.