{"id":8133,"date":"2026-02-23T13:14:03","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T18:14:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/deerfield-beach\/?post_type=team_member&#038;p=8133"},"modified":"2026-02-23T13:42:31","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T18:42:31","slug":"yurii-astashenia","status":"publish","type":"team_member","link":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/deerfield-beach\/member\/yurii-astashenia\/","title":{"rendered":"Yurii Astashenia &#8211; Studio Owner &#038; Professional Dance Instructor"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-ogsc=\"black\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Yurii Astashenia is originally from Siberia, Russia, and began his dance career at the age of 9.<\/div>\n<div data-ogsc=\"black\">He is a finalist of the Siberian Championships and a national and international ballroom dance competitions.<\/div>\n<div data-ogsc=\"black\">Finalist of the Manhattan Dance Championships in the Showdance division and a semifinalist in American Smooth at Fred Astaire Dance Studios National Competitions.<\/div>\n<div data-ogsc=\"black\"><\/div>\n<div data-ogsc=\"black\">In 2018, Yurii moved to the United States, where he worked as a professional dance instructor with Fred Astaire Dance Studios in Albany, New York.<\/div>\n<div data-ogsc=\"black\">In 2026, he is an owner of Fred Astaire Dance Studios Deerfield Beach.<\/div>\n<div data-ogsc=\"black\"><\/div>\n<div data-ogsc=\"black\">Yurii is passionate about helping students grow, build confidence, and enjoy the process of learning to dance. His teaching style combines a strong technical foundation with patience and encouragement, creating a friendly, welcoming atmosphere while making every lesson enjoyable for students of all levels.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":8136,"template":"","class_list":["post-8133","team_member","type-team_member","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/deerfield-beach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team_member\/8133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/deerfield-beach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team_member"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/deerfield-beach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/team_member"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/deerfield-beach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/deerfield-beach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}