{"id":2086,"date":"2016-03-28T10:00:39","date_gmt":"2016-03-28T10:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bloomfield-hills\/?p=2086"},"modified":"2016-03-28T10:00:39","modified_gmt":"2016-03-28T10:00:39","slug":"meet-aubrey-meade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bloomfield-hills\/blog\/dance-info-news-trends\/meet-aubrey-meade\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Aubrey Meade"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Aubrey\"<\/a>We are so thrilled to welcome Aubrey Meade to our Fred Astaire Dance Studio staff of instructors!<\/p>\n

A graduate of Central Michigan University with a degree in music education and performance, specializing in opera, Aubrey lives now in Lincoln Park.<\/p>\n

With the intention of building an operatic performing career, Aubrey performed throughout college and was preparing to audition for graduate school when her voice gave out. \u201cI was singing too much and too often,\u201d she says. \u201cOn stage, my voice just cut. I was the main part in the opera. Thankfully, it was the end of the opera. My voice was done after that show.\u201d<\/p>\n

With a diagnosis of vocal dysphonia, Aubrey had to give up her dream of an operatic career, so she turned her artistic talent and love of performance toward dance.<\/p>\n

While working retail, she spotted an ad for a dance instructor at Fred Astaire Dance Studio. \u201cIt was a phenomenal thing,\u201d she says. \u201cI thought it was a dream. I treated this like an audition, came in ready to go. I was working 60 hours a week in retail, it was terribly unfulfilling. I felt like an artist who couldn\u2019t express herself.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cWorking with people is phenomenal,\u201d says Aubrey. \u201cI help them build their confidence, allow them to express themselves artistically, I just love working with people and making them happier.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Text<\/a>\u201cIt\u2019s great to see people who might come in on a negative day, at the end of a 45-minute dance lesson, they feel rejuvenated or energized, that’s so fantastic.\u201d<\/p>\n

With two autistic brothers, Aubrey is especially compassionate when working with one of Fred Astaire\u2019s choice charities, Jacks Place for Autism. \u201cShe is compassionate and understanding,\u201d says Evan Mountain, owner of Fred Astaire Dance Studio. \u201cShe really relates to it. She\u2019s very sensitive and she’s good with groups, and very funny.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMy brothers are autistic, but they’re very different,\u201d Aubrey says, emphasizing the importance of individualizing instruction for all students. \u201cOne is physical, likes to build, ride his bike, and my other brother is all about video games. I’ve always individualized how I communicate with them.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve always been artistic,\u201d says Aubrey. \u201cWe came from a very poor family. I got into the arts because it was free. You had to pay to play sports. I\u2019ve always done theater, choir, band. Both of my parents barely graduated high school. I have always been thankful for the stuff that I have, always valued…every opportunity has been so unexpected.\u201d<\/p>\n

We are thrilled to have Aubrey as a vital part of our team!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We are so thrilled to welcome Aubrey Meade to our Fred Astaire Dance Studio staff of instructors! A graduate of Central Michigan University with a degree in music education and performance, specializing in opera, Aubrey lives now in Lincoln Park. With the intention of building an operatic performing career, Aubrey performed throughout college and was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dance-info-news-trends","category-featured"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bloomfield-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bloomfield-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bloomfield-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bloomfield-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bloomfield-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2086"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bloomfield-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2086\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bloomfield-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bloomfield-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bloomfield-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}