{"id":7566,"date":"2023-08-28T08:55:43","date_gmt":"2023-08-28T12:55:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/burr-ridge\/?page_id=7566"},"modified":"2026-03-31T10:30:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T14:30:28","slug":"guest-coaches","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/burr-ridge\/guest-coaches\/","title":{"rendered":"The World\u2019s Best Dancers and Coaches, in Our Studio!"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Fred Astaire Dance Studio of Burr Ridge offers and delivers the finest in group and private ballroom dance classes, but we also bring you a great variety in our professional coaching. Broaden your knowledge and skills by meeting and working with some true standouts. You\u2019ll be glad you did. These professionals have helped shape the dance industry and continue to inspire the teaching methods used throughout the dance community. We encourage you to enroll today with one (or better, both!) of these special guest coaches.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t

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Jim Carter
\nMaster Class and Coaching Day
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  • International Dance Council Member<\/li>
  • With Fred Astaire Dance Studios since 1984<\/li><\/ul>

    BIO<\/strong><\/p>

    Jim has proudly been part of the Fred Astaire Dance Studios family since 1984.\u00a0 For decades Jim has been the Choreographer and creative genius of many of the industry\u2019s iconic and award-winning best Solos, Novelties, Showcases and Professional Showdances.\u00a0 His choreography consistently wins top awards at Regional and National Fred Astaire competitions.\u00a0 Because of Jim\u2019s many years of experience and wisdom he of course excels in all aspects of sales and enrollments, motivational business training, and student and professional coaching and choreography.\u00a0 Jim has been a longtime favorite Fred Astaire Coach to have in studios across the country, because he offers fresh and exciting coaching and choreography lessons, and he adds an infectious spark of fun and enthusiasm to the studio atmosphere like no other.<\/p>

    ACHIEVEMENTS<\/strong><\/p>

    • National Fred Astaire Theatrical and Cabaret Champion<\/li>
    • National Fred Astaire Rising Star Rhythm Champion<\/li>
    • National Fred Astaire Open Rhythm Finalist<\/li>
    • USDC Rising Star Theatrical Champion<\/li>
    • USDC Open to the World Cabaret Finalist<\/li>
    • Texas Challenge Grand Championship Winner<\/li>
    • Featured on\u00a0PBS Night of Championship Ballroom Dancing<\/em><\/li>
    • Choreographed and Produced Several Fred Astaire National Pro Shows<\/li><\/ul>

      AREAS OF EXPERTISE<\/strong><\/p>

      • American Smooth<\/li>
      • American Rhythm<\/li>
      • Theater Arts<\/li>
      • Choreography<\/li>
      • Business Training<\/li>
      • Show Dance<\/li>
      • Enrollment<\/li>
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        The World\u2019s Best Dancers and Coaches, in Our Studio! Fred Astaire Dance Studio of Burr Ridge offers and delivers the finest in group and private ballroom dance classes, but we also bring you a great variety in our professional coaching. Broaden your knowledge and skills by meeting and working with some true standouts. You\u2019ll be […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7566","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/burr-ridge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/burr-ridge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/burr-ridge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/burr-ridge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/burr-ridge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7566"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/burr-ridge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7566\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/burr-ridge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}