{"id":197,"date":"2024-07-30T13:44:34","date_gmt":"2024-07-30T13:44:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/franchising\/?post_type=dance_council&#038;p=197"},"modified":"2024-07-30T13:44:34","modified_gmt":"2024-07-30T13:44:34","slug":"ronald-guillen","status":"publish","type":"dance_council","link":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/franchising\/dance-council\/ronald-guillen\/","title":{"rendered":"Ronald Guillen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>\u201cI believe in the inspirational power of dance. My goal is to inspire my instructors and my students.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0\u2013Ronald Guillen<\/p>\n<p>Ronald is originally from Lima, Peru. He grew up learning Latin and Folk Dancing. In 2005, he moved to the United States and joined the Fred Astaire family as an instructor and professional competitor. He taught at the Fred Astaire Dance Studios of Fort Walton Beach, Florida and was trained in all styles of Ballroom and Latin dancing. Ronald has consistently been recognized as one of the top instructors in Florida and has also won many national top teacher awards. He was a Rhythm &amp; Showdance Champion and a Mambo professional competitor. Currently, he co-owns the Fred Astaire Dance Studios in Lakewood Ranch, Florida, with his wife, Katie, and most recently they opened their first international studio, the Fred Astaire Dance Studios \u2013 San Isidro, Lima, Peru.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Achievements:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fred Astaire Dance Studios\u00ae World Open Rhythm Champion<\/li>\n<li>Fred Astaire Dance Studios\u00ae World Rising Star Rhythm Champion<\/li>\n<li>Fred Astaire Dance Studios\u00ae National and World Showdance Champion<\/li>\n<li>2x USDC World Mambo Champion<\/li>\n<li>Emerald Ball Open Rhythm Finalist<\/li>\n<li>Ohio Star Ball Rising Star Rhythm Finalist<\/li>\n<li>USDC Rising Star Rhythm Finalist and Open Rhythm Semi-Finalist<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":281,"template":"","class_list":["post-197","dance_council","type-dance_council","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/franchising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dance_council\/197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/franchising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dance_council"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/franchising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/dance_council"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/franchising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/franchising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}