{"id":8480,"date":"2026-03-19T16:30:27","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T21:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bentonville\/?post_type=team_member&#038;p=8480"},"modified":"2026-03-24T16:26:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T21:26:05","slug":"natalie-parker-dance-instructor","status":"publish","type":"team_member","link":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bentonville\/member\/natalie-parker\/","title":{"rendered":"Natalie Parker &#8211; Dance Instructor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left\"><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Originally from Oklahoma, Natalie spent her childhood moving as a military child, living in North Carolina and Hawaii before returning to Morris, Oklahoma in 2011 to be closer to family.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">She has always had a passion for both competitive sports and creative pursuits, though she didn&#8217;t begin her dance journey until college.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Natalie attended Northeastern State University, where she earned a Bachelor&#8217;s degree in Creative Writing. During her time there, she served as a student leader and head instructor for the student-led dance organization, Impressions Dance Co. She also had three pieces of her writing published in literary journals and expanded her experience choreographing and performing in a variety of styles, including hiphop, jazz, contemporary, and tap.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">After graduating, Natalie pursued her passion for dance professionally, which led her to Fred Astaire Dance Studios. As a newcomer to Northwest Arkansas, she is grateful for the warm welcome she has received and is excited to continue growing within community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":8481,"template":"","class_list":["post-8480","team_member","type-team_member","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bentonville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team_member\/8480","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bentonville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team_member"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bentonville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/team_member"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bentonville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team_member\/8480\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bentonville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bentonville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}