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Fred Astaire Dance Studios
Company typePrivate
IndustryDance education
Founded1947; 77 years ago (1947)
FounderCharles Casanave, Chester Casanave, and Fred Astaire
Headquarters
Longmeadow, Massachusetts
Websitewww.fredastaire.com

Fred Astaire Dance Studios, Inc. is a ballroom dance franchise chain of studios in the United States and Canada, named after and co-founded by famous dancer Fred Astaire. It is headquartered in Longmeadow, Massachusetts, USA.

The company was co-founded by Astaire along with Charles and Chester Casanave in 1947. Astaire divested his interest in the chain in 1966, while agreeing the continued use of his name by the franchise. The studios became franchised in 1950; currently there are no corporate owned studios. Each franchise is individually owned & operated. Currently there are 140 Fred Astaire studios in the United States alone. As of December 2010, Fred Astaire Dance Studios will now be franchising around the world and has studios opened in countries like Lebanon and South Africa.

Notable associates

The following dancers worked for and or started with Fred Astaire Dance Studios and won at least one United States Dance Championship.

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