<Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> www.fredastaire.com </Td> </Tr> <P> 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 . </P> <P> 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 . </P> <P> The following dancers worked for and or started with Fred Astaire Dance Studios and won at least one United States Dance Championship . </P>

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