{"id":7295,"date":"2021-02-02T14:22:59","date_gmt":"2021-02-02T19:22:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/ahwatukee\/?post_type=team_member&#038;p=7295"},"modified":"2023-09-06T09:27:54","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T13:27:54","slug":"manuel-carmona-professional-dance-instructor","status":"publish","type":"team_member","link":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/ahwatukee\/member\/manuel-carmona-professional-dance-instructor\/","title":{"rendered":"Manuel Carmona &#8211; Professional Dance Instructor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was born and raised in El Paso, TX. I started my dance journey back in 2014 when I discovered ballroom dancing. I was then bit by the dance bug and continued my dance journey by completing a Bachelor of Arts in Dance with a DanceSport Concentration from New Mexico State University. I achieved many top placement awards while competing collegiately in all four styles including, Latin, Rhythm, Smooth, and Ballroom. I also won numerous years in our local &#8220;Look Who&#8217;s Dancing&#8221; competition. After teaching locally for almost 2 years my desire for growth and passion for dance lead me to find Fred Astaire Dance Studios. I joined the Ahwatukee FADS team on August 5, 2019 and have been loving every moment since. After joining the team, I became one of the top teachers in the region and my students have had top placements in regional and national competitions in the solo division.<\/p>\n<p>What I love the most about teaching is watching my students grow as dancers and as people. I love it when my students say &#8220;Remember when I wasn&#8217;t able to do this?&#8221; and are now able to achieve it. Giving people the confidence, encouragement, and support to make their dance dreams come true is what makes my job so gratifying as a dance instructor.<\/p>\n<p>My advice to anyone out there is to step outside of your comfort zone and try something new because you never know how it may impact your life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":7297,"template":"","class_list":["post-7295","team_member","type-team_member","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/ahwatukee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team_member\/7295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/ahwatukee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team_member"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/ahwatukee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/team_member"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/ahwatukee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team_member\/7295\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/ahwatukee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/ahwatukee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}