{"id":6935,"date":"2019-04-06T03:31:58","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T07:31:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bonita-springs\/?post_type=team_member&#038;p=6935"},"modified":"2024-04-22T12:09:53","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T16:09:53","slug":"katie-guillen-coach","status":"publish","type":"team_member","link":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bonita-springs\/member\/katie-guillen-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"Katie Guillen \u2013 Coach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Katie was only 3 years old when she took her first dance class in Bradenton, Florida. \u00a0She learned Ballet, Tap, and Jazz at Georgene\u2019s School of Dance. \u00a0While studying Elementary Education at Florida State University, she continued to dance Jazz, Hip Hop, and Pom as a teammate on the Golden Girls dance team. \u00a0Katie also graduated from the University of Florida with a Law degree. \u00a0However, her heart still belonged to dance. \u00a0Luckily, she found Fred Astaire in the fall of 2007 and started taking lessons as a student. \u00a0In less than a year she became an instructor at the Fred Astaire in Fort Walton Beach, Florida. \u00a0Since then, she has received the highest awards as a teacher in Florida and many of her students have won top solo and showcase awards nationally. \u00a0Her competitive professional accomplishments include:<\/p>\n<p>-Fred Astaire World Open Rhythm Champion<\/p>\n<p>-3-times Fred Astaire National Show Dance Champion<\/p>\n<p>-2-times U.S. Mambo Champion<\/p>\n<p>-U.S. Open Rhythm Semi-Finalist and Rising Star Finalist<\/p>\n<p>-U.S. Open Cabaret and Theatrical Vice Champion<\/p>\n<p>-Emerald Ball Open Rhythm Finalist<\/p>\n<p>-Ohio Star Ball Rising Star Rhythm Finalist<\/p>\n<p>Since retiring from professional competition, she enjoys choreographing showcases for the studio, the region, and recently she choreographed the 70<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0Anniversary Show at Fred Astaire National Championships in Orlando.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":7150,"template":"","class_list":["post-6935","team_member","type-team_member","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bonita-springs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team_member\/6935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bonita-springs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team_member"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bonita-springs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/team_member"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bonita-springs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team_member\/6935\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bonita-springs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bonita-springs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}