The Dance Factory in Long Beach, California, is the studio of Richard Sharrard, who trained at Arthur Murray and Fred Astaire studios and studied with teachers in London, New York and Los Angeles, winning awards both as a top teacher and as a performer. He teaches all forms of social dance, from the classic foxtrot and waltz to Latin dances such as rumba, cha-cha and tango, and current styles including salsa, Pachuco swing and country western line dancing, offering both private and group lessons for adults who want exercise and social dancing. The site describes Sharrard as having run The Dance Factory in Long Beach for fifteen years before also operating as DanceFactoryOnline.com. Note: the website carries a copyright date of 2002-2005 and states it was last updated in November 2005, so class details may be out of date.