{"id":7225,"date":"2022-09-01T14:33:38","date_gmt":"2022-09-01T18:33:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/princeton\/?post_type=team_member&#038;p=7225"},"modified":"2026-02-13T20:56:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T01:56:12","slug":"tara-manager-studio-owner","status":"publish","type":"team_member","link":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/princeton\/member\/tara-manager-studio-owner\/","title":{"rendered":"Tara &#8211; Studio Owner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"x_x_x_p1\">Tara Fanzo is a Co-Owner and Dance Director at Fred Astaire Dance Studios \u2013 Princeton NJ. She began dancing at the age of 5, and has over 15 years of training in classical\u00a0ballet, as well as jazz, modern, and contemporary.\u00a0She received most of her dance\u00a0training at The Washington School of Ballet in DC where she got the opportunity to perform at many venues including\u00a0the Kennedy Center and Radio City Music Hall. Tara\u00a0moved to NJ in 2009 to study at the Princeton Ballet School on scholarship,\u00a0and later\u00a0began her ballroom dancing career as a professional instructor and competitor\u00a0with Fred Astaire Dance Studios specializing in American Rhythm and American Smooth. Some of her competitive achievements include:<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_x_x_p1\">United States Rising Star Rhythm Champion<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_x_x_p1\">United States 9 Dance Vice Champion<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_x_x_p1\">Fred Astaire 9 Dance Champion<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_x_x_p1\">Fred Astaire Open Rhythm &amp; Smooth Finalist<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_x_x_p1\">Fred Astaire World Rising Star Rhythm &amp; Smooth Champion<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_x_x_p1\">Tara has a true passion for dance, and the significant, positive\u00a0impact it has on people\u2019s lives. She especially loves seeing students grow and transform as they develop new skills and confidence, and helping\u00a0them\u00a0reconnect with and express\u00a0their highest selves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":8324,"template":"","class_list":["post-7225","team_member","type-team_member","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/princeton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team_member\/7225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/princeton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team_member"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/princeton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/team_member"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/princeton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/princeton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}