{"id":5299,"date":"2018-12-27T04:40:17","date_gmt":"2018-12-27T09:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fredastairedan.wpengine.com\/default\/?page_id=5299"},"modified":"2025-11-21T19:59:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T00:59:16","slug":"staff","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/frederick\/staff\/","title":{"rendered":"Fred Astaire Dance Studios Professionals &amp; Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"5299\" class=\"elementor elementor-5299\" data-elementor-settings=\"{&quot;ha_cmc_init_switcher&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2d0876cf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2d0876cf\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4c5e427d\" data-id=\"4c5e427d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17da9b1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"17da9b1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df25539 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"df25539\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/frederick\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/113\/2025\/11\/0095-FADS-Frederick-studio-20240820-768x512.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-8763\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/frederick\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/113\/2025\/11\/0095-FADS-Frederick-studio-20240820-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/frederick\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/113\/2025\/11\/0095-FADS-Frederick-studio-20240820-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/frederick\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/113\/2025\/11\/0095-FADS-Frederick-studio-20240820-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/frederick\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/113\/2025\/11\/0095-FADS-Frederick-studio-20240820-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/frederick\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/113\/2025\/11\/0095-FADS-Frederick-studio-20240820-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/frederick\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/113\/2025\/11\/0095-FADS-Frederick-studio-20240820-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\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\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60450180 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"60450180\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Fred Astaire Dance Studios Professionals &amp; Staff<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21b17e70 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"21b17e70\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Our friendly staff and talented Dance Instructors can help you realize your dance goals \u2013 and you\u2019ll have lots of fun doing it! 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Certified Instructor<\/a><\/div>    \n        \n    \n    <div class=\"ue_post_blocks_text\">Paige\u2019s passion for dance began at a young age as she explored many styles throughout her adolescence,...<\/div>        \t<div class=\"ue_post_blocks_link\">\n          <a class=\" \" href='https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/frederick\/member\/paige-lowe-certified-instructor\/'>Read More<\/a>\n    \t<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ue_post_blocks_box\">\n    <div class=\"ue_post_blocks_image\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/frederick\/member\/jacob-montoya-certified-instructor\/\" style=\"display:block;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/frederick\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/113\/2025\/08\/Jacob-1-768x768.jpg\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/frederick\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/113\/2025\/08\/Jacob-1-768x768.jpg\" alt=\"Jacob\" width=\"768\" height=\"768\"><\/a>\n  <\/div>\n    <div class=\"ue_post_blocks_content\">\n      \n     \n         \n    <div class=\"ue_post_blocks_title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/frederick\/member\/jacob-montoya-certified-instructor\/\">Jacob Montoya - 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