{"id":214,"date":"2024-07-30T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-30T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/franchising\/?post_type=dance_council&#038;p=214"},"modified":"2025-11-07T20:21:35","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T20:21:35","slug":"olga-bylim","status":"publish","type":"dance_council","link":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/franchising\/dance-council\/olga-bylim\/","title":{"rendered":"Olga Bylim"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">International Dance Council Member<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Area Director<\/li>\n<li>Area Dance Director<\/li>\n<li>Studio Owner<\/li>\n<li>Studio Manager<\/li>\n<li>With Fred Astaire Dance Studios since 1996<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>BIO<\/h2>\n<p>Olga<span data-ogsc=\"rgb(238, 0, 0)\">\u00a0<\/span>studied ballet and gymnastics before starting Ballroom dancing in 1978\u00a0<span data-ogsc=\"rgb(238, 0, 0)\">in Poltava, Ukraine<\/span>. Over these years she\u2019s danced at more than 500 Dance Sport Championships. Olga is currently a<span data-ogsc=\"rgb(238, 0, 0)\">\u00a0New York<\/span> Area Franchise Developer, <span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">and an Owner of the Fred Astaire Dance Studio in Tarrytown, NY<\/span>.<\/p>\n<h2>ACHIEVEMENTS<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>2001 National United States Finalist in the International Ballroom style<\/li>\n<li>1998 National United States Rising Star Champion in the International Ballroom style<\/li>\n<li>1996-2001 Fred Astaire National Champion<\/li>\n<li>1990 Soviet Union 10-dance Championships Second Runner-Up<\/li>\n<li>1989-92 Ukrainian National Champion in the International Ballroom, Latin American and 10 Dance Styles<\/li>\n<li>1993-95 Ukrainian National Champion in the International Ballroom Style<\/li>\n<li>Finalist in many major International Championships in the United States, Germany, Canada, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Russia and Ukraine<\/li>\n<li>Bachelor Degree in Education<\/li>\n<li>NDCA National Class Adjudicator<\/li>\n<li>Licentiate Degree in American and International Styles<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>AREAS OF EXPERTISE<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>American Smooth<\/li>\n<li>American Rhythm<\/li>\n<li>International Ballroom<\/li>\n<li>International Latin<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Olga Bylim is part of the prestigious\u00a0<a title=\"Fred Astaire Dance Studios International Dance Council\" href=\"\/fred-astaire-dance-studios-dance-council\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" aria-label=\"Click here to go to Fred Astaire Dance Studios Dance Council page - open in a new tab\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"https:\/\/staging-fadsmarketingsite.kinsta.cloud\/fred-astaire-dance-studios-dance-council\" data-uw-rm-ext-link=\"\">Fred Astaire Dance Studios International Dance Council<\/a>, which oversees Dance Instructor training and certification, judges (Professional, Amateur, Pro\/Am) at Regional, National &amp; International Fred Astaire Dance Studio Dance Competition events, actively coaches our Students &amp; Instructors in dance studio locations across our network, and continuously reviews our proprietary dance curriculum to ensure only the finest, most up-to-date programs for our Students. For more information on the Fred Astaire International Dance Council or any of its members, please\u00a0<a title=\"Contact us\" href=\"\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" aria-label=\"Contact us - open in a new tab\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"https:\/\/staging-fadsmarketingsite.kinsta.cloud\/contact\/\" data-uw-rm-ext-link=\"\">contact us<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":295,"template":"","class_list":["post-214","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\/214","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\/295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/franchising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}