{"id":6931,"date":"2009-11-18T05:51:57","date_gmt":"2009-11-18T10:51:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/lake-oswego\/?post_type=team_member&#038;p=6931"},"modified":"2025-04-23T13:46:49","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T17:46:49","slug":"alex-aillon-studio-owner-dance-director-area-representative","status":"publish","type":"team_member","link":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/lake-oswego\/member\/alex-aillon-studio-owner-dance-director-area-representative\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Aillon &#8211; Studio Owner, Dance Director, Instructor &amp; Area Representative"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alex Aillon first started his ballroom dance career at a Fred Astaire Dance Studio in Witchita, KS, more than 30 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>He opened Fred Astaire Portland ten years ago in the heart of downtown Portland with great success.\u00a0Five years later, parking and the smell of a Mexican restaurant below drove him to look for a new place to call home. Now, Fred Astaire Portland occupies a beautifully renovated warehouse in Lake Os\u00adwego, close to the upscale shopping area, Bridgeport Village, equipped with two ballrooms, one competition size, and a bar.<\/p>\n<p>Alex continued his competitive dance career with his wife and business partner, Jessi Aillon, and won impressive titles, including:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2013 Open Smooth Champions, Galaxy Dance Festival<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u2013\u00a0<\/em><em>2-time West Coast Dance Champions, Seattle Star Ball\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u2013\u00a0<\/em><em>Rising Star Smooth Vice Champions, Fred Astaire National Dance Championship<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Alex and Jessi live in Portland, OR, with their two sons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":7579,"template":"","class_list":["post-6931","team_member","type-team_member","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/lake-oswego\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team_member\/6931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/lake-oswego\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team_member"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/lake-oswego\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/team_member"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/lake-oswego\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team_member\/6931\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/lake-oswego\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/lake-oswego\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}