{"id":218,"date":"2024-07-30T14:02:16","date_gmt":"2024-07-30T14:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/franchising\/?post_type=dance_council&#038;p=218"},"modified":"2024-07-30T14:02:16","modified_gmt":"2024-07-30T14:02:16","slug":"ricky-bentzen","status":"publish","type":"dance_council","link":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/franchising\/dance-council\/ricky-bentzen\/","title":{"rendered":"Ricky Bentzen"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>International Dance Council Member<\/li>\n<li>With Fred Astaire Dance Studios since 2008<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>BIO<\/h2>\n<p>Ricky Bentzen is originally from Denmark, and represented his home country throughout his Amateur career. He was undefined Danish Latin Champion and 2-Time World Latin Semi-Finalist. In 2008 he moved to the United States, where he became part of Fred Astaire Dance Studios and began his Professional career as an American Rhythm Competitor with\u00a0<a title=\"Albina A. Habrle\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/fads-dance-board-member-albina-habrle\/\" aria-label=\"Albina A. Habrle\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/fads-dance-board-member-albina-habrle\/\">Albina A. Habrle<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>ACHIEVEMENTS<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Danish Latin Champion<\/li>\n<li>2-Time Youth Latin World Semi-Finalist<\/li>\n<li>11-Time undefeated Fred Astaire Professional Open Rhythm Champion<\/li>\n<li>World Professional Open Rhythm Vice Champion<\/li>\n<li>4-Time World Professional Rhythm Finalist<\/li>\n<li>3-Time US Professional Open Rhythm Finalist &amp; more!<\/li>\n<li>11-Time Fred Astaire National Open Professional Rhythm Champion<\/li>\n<li>3-Time US National Open Professional Rhythm Finalist<\/li>\n<li>4-Time World Open Professional Rhythm Finalist<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>AREAS OF EXPERTISE<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>American Smooth<\/li>\n<li>American Rhythm<\/li>\n<li>International Latin<\/li>\n<li>Choreography<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ricky Bentzen 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":299,"template":"","class_list":["post-218","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\/218","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\/299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/franchising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}