{"id":8296,"date":"2025-11-29T12:28:30","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T17:28:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/parker-co\/?post_type=team_member&#038;p=8296"},"modified":"2025-11-29T12:28:30","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T17:28:30","slug":"gabriel-gonzales-professional-instructor","status":"publish","type":"team_member","link":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/parker-co\/member\/gabriel-gonzales-professional-instructor\/","title":{"rendered":"Gabriel Gonzales &#8211; Professional Instructor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Place of Birth:<\/strong>\u00a0Aurora, CO<\/p>\n<p><strong>Favorite food:<\/strong>\u00a0Snow Crab Legs<\/p>\n<p><strong>Favorite Music:<\/strong>\u00a0I listen to just about anything from the 1920s to modern music, but I rather enjoy the slower romantic ballad<\/p>\n<p><strong>Favorite Dance:<\/strong>\u00a0Waltz and Viennese Waltz<\/p>\n<p><strong>Competition Style:<\/strong>\u00a0American Smooth and Rhythm<\/p>\n<p><strong>What I love most about teaching:<\/strong>\u00a0I love creating meaningful memories for people and hearing how my students dance in their own lives to create special, impromptu moments they will never forget.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who I admire most and why:\u00a0<\/strong>My mother, for introducing me to dance after several years of reluctance and helping set me on a path that changed my life.<\/p>\n<p><strong>One thing most people do not know about me:\u00a0<\/strong>I often create my own music when I can\u2019t find what I\u2019m looking for.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Biography<\/strong>: Gabriel is a Colorado Native and experienced Ballroom Dance Instructor with over 10 years of combined experience in teaching, performing, and choreography. 2-time Smooth Finalist, dancing professionally at Future Champions competitions, and has a true passion for helping others grow through dance. Gabriel is dedicated to building confidence, refining technique, and deepening his students&#8217; musical expression. Ready and excited to contribute to the Fred Astaire Parker family!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":8297,"template":"","class_list":["post-8296","team_member","type-team_member","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/parker-co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team_member\/8296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/parker-co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team_member"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/parker-co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/team_member"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/parker-co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/parker-co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}