Collin comes from a dance family and started at the early age of 8.\u00a0 After his first competition, he was hooked and never looked back as he loved performing and dancing with all his heart.\u00a0 In his early years, he trained in the International Ballroom and Latin styles, winning multiple National titles in all age divisions.\u00a0 Then in High School, his love changed to the American Smooth style and he dedicated himself to mastering that style.\u00a0 He won multiple National and World titles in the both Youth and Amateur age categories.\u00a0 He attended Brigham Young University and was on their prestigious\u00a0Touring Company winning both Latin and Ballroom British Formation Championships, reached the top 48 in the Latin category at the Blackpool Dance Festival and toured around the US and the UK.\u00a0 He was also an assistant student director at Utah Valley University for their Touring Company, choreographing and competing with them at Blackpool to win both Latin and Ballroom British Formation Championships again.<\/p>\n
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As well as a high level competitor, Collin loves to choreograph show routines.\u00a0 He has choreographed multiple State Title routines for High Schools and Universities.\u00a0\u00a0He also is a music editor so he has an ear for what songs can be excellent for your routines.\u00a0Collin also is a music director at competitions around the USA so he has such a knowledge of musicality and how to utilize the music in your dancing. Having taught and choreographed since he was 16, his experience and expertise is wide-ranged to help any who want to start their dancing journey at Fred Astaire Dance Studios.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":8302,"template":"","class_list":["post-8301","team_member","type-team_member","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/houston-the-woodlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team_member\/8301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/houston-the-woodlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team_member"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/houston-the-woodlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/team_member"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/houston-the-woodlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team_member\/8301\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/houston-the-woodlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/houston-the-woodlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}