{"id":8696,"date":"2026-08-10T14:08:24","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T21:08:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/huntington-beach\/?post_type=team_member&#038;p=8696"},"modified":"2026-08-10T14:08:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T21:08:24","slug":"slavik-samokhin-dance-instructor","status":"publish","type":"team_member","link":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/huntington-beach\/member\/slavik-samokhin-dance-instructor\/","title":{"rendered":"Slavik Samokhin | Dance Instructor"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p>Viacheslav &#8220;Slavik&#8221; Samokhin is a highly accomplished competitive Ballroom and Latin dancer and dedicated professional instructor. Originally from Russia, he began his dance journey at the age of eight in Moscow and later represented Kazakhstan in international DanceSport competitions. Throughout his career, he has achieved significant global rankings while competing in Amateur categories with several partners.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>He later partnered with Angela, his professional dance partner, and together they moved to California to fulfill their dream of working at the Fred Astaire Dance Studio. As a professional couple, Slavik and Angela are Rising Star World Champions in the Fred Astaire International Latin program. This achievement is an important milestone, yet they regard it as only the beginning of their path and remain focused on reaching even greater success.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Slavik brings extensive teaching experience across all ages, having started instructing at just 16 years old and now accumulating 13 years of professional practice. As an instructor, he is passionate about guiding students of every level with patience, clarity, and expertise while sharing the pure joy of dance. He values genuine human connection and finds great fulfillment in the interactions, encouragement, and shared moments that make every lesson memorable.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":8697,"template":"","class_list":["post-8696","team_member","type-team_member","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/huntington-beach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team_member\/8696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/huntington-beach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team_member"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/huntington-beach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/team_member"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/huntington-beach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/huntington-beach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}