The Fred Astaire Dance Studios opened a new location in New Canaan.

The dance studio, located on 111 Main St., offers lessons in international and American ballroom styles, including wedding dance lessons.

A grand opening on Friday featured live performances and complimentary lessons.

"When you're dancing, your focus is all in the dancing. You cannot be anywhere else," says Amy Cherrez, owner of the Fred Astaire Dance Studios. "You concentrate just in the dancing, the steps, learning everything that you're doing, having fun. It's so, to the mind, that brings extra. You know, exercising. Extra everything that we need".

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