{"id":7178,"date":"2018-10-22T10:00:27","date_gmt":"2018-10-22T10:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bloomfield-hills\/?p=5354"},"modified":"2018-10-22T10:00:27","modified_gmt":"2018-10-22T10:00:27","slug":"take-the-stage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bloomfield-hills\/blog\/dance-competitions\/take-the-stage\/","title":{"rendered":"Take The Stage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bloomfield-hills\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2018\/09\/IMG_2148-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Fred Astaire competes at Bloomfield Hills High School\" width=\"659\" height=\"494\" class=\" wp-image-5356 alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This summer, Fred Astaire Dance Studio students took to the stage at Bloomfield Hills High School, delighting audiences and dancing up a storm for our annual summer show.<\/p>\n<p>Held August 25th, our annual summer dance show has evolved from an in-studio soiree featuring the homegrown talent and flair of our students to a destination dance gala with our students kicking it up a notch as they prepared dazzling performances for their dance peers.<\/p>\n<p>With any skill, it\u2019s important to work toward a goal, and dance is no different. We encourage our students from day one to think about why they\u2019re here and what they hope to achieve.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bloomfield-hills\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2018\/09\/IMG_2145-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Fred Astaire of Bloomfield Hills competes in competition\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5355\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Creating opportunities to show off their new skills is one step in that journey. We plan at least two studio shows yearly, giving students something to work toward.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s nothing like performing the dance steps you\u2019ve practiced for weeks or months. Yes, many dancers experience a quick case of the jitters, but that doesn\u2019t stop them from braving the dance floor and showing what they can do.<\/p>\n<p>And our students are a fantastic audience. Whooping, cheering, clapping \u2013 the enthusiasm is deafening, a great support for first-time performers and repeats as well.<\/p>\n<p>Take a look at these fantastic photos of our summer dance show \u2013 and consider performing next time!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This summer, Fred Astaire Dance Studio students took to the stage at Bloomfield Hills High School, delighting audiences and dancing up a storm for our annual summer show. Held August 25th, our annual summer dance show has evolved from an in-studio soiree featuring the homegrown talent and flair of our students to a destination dance [&hellip;]<\/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":[28,29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dance-competitions","category-fred-astaire-fads-history"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bloomfield-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7178","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=7178"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bloomfield-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7178\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bloomfield-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bloomfield-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bloomfield-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}