{"id":7141,"date":"2020-10-05T21:20:41","date_gmt":"2020-10-06T01:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/laguna-hills\/?post_type=team_member&#038;p=7141"},"modified":"2024-05-09T13:44:34","modified_gmt":"2024-05-09T17:44:34","slug":"briana-suakjian","status":"publish","type":"team_member","link":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/laguna-hills\/member\/briana-suakjian\/","title":{"rendered":"Briana Suakjian &#8211; Owner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Briana was brought up in Huntington Beach and fell in love with<br \/>\ndancing at the age of 2 1\/2 continuing her training in all traditional<br \/>\ndance genres. Her extensive background as a principle ballerina for the<br \/>\nBallet Repertory Theatre along with performances in musical and<br \/>\ncontemporary productions earned her the title of Miss Teen Dance<br \/>\nCalifornia and Miss Dance of Southern California. After completing her<br \/>\ndegree in dance she continued to teach and choreograph, earning her<br \/>\nstudents top awards and placements in to major national ballet<br \/>\ncompanies. Deciding to add to her highly versatile repertoire of dance,<br \/>\nshe continued her training in International Standard, Latin, and American Smooth and Rhythm ballroom dances leading to her 2010<br \/>\nUnited States and World Pro\/Am Championship title wins in five<br \/>\ndivisions including the exclusive Open Smooth Championship. Since<br \/>\nturning professional in 2011, she continues to compete, teach, and<br \/>\nchoreograph assisting in shows such as \u201cSo You Think You Can Dance\u201d,<br \/>\nand the stage production of \u201cWhere\u2019s My Money\u201d. With her dance<br \/>\npartner and husband Kris Suakjian, Briana has placed as \u201cProfessional<br \/>\nOpen American Smooth\u201d and \u201cShowdance\/Theatre Arts\u201d finalist and<br \/>\nwinner in major national and international Dancesport competitions. As<br \/>\na dancer, competitor, teacher, and choreographer, her vast and versatile<br \/>\nbackground in dance offers her students a unique blend of artistic,<br \/>\ntechnical, and practical knowledge relatable to dancers of all ages and<br \/>\nbackgrounds in dance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":7122,"template":"","class_list":["post-7141","team_member","type-team_member","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/laguna-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team_member\/7141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/laguna-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team_member"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/laguna-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/team_member"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/laguna-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team_member\/7141\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/laguna-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/laguna-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}