Amy Cherrez

‘We Fell in Love with Everything’: Couple Opens Fred Astaire Dance Studios Downtown

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Marko Micic and Amy Cherrez—natives of Serbia and Ecuador, respectively, and lifelong dancers who became professionals before coming to the United States—met in May 2023 while each of them worked for different studios. The two began dancing together, developed a relationship and started to talk about launching a business. “We both had an interest in owning something that was ours,” Micic said. Now they do. Two weeks ago, the New Haven couple’s vision became a reality when Cherrez and Micic opened Fred Astaire Dance Studios New Canaan at 111 Main St., a second-floor space formerly occupied by the Caren Forbes store.