{"id":7002,"date":"2015-10-12T19:56:08","date_gmt":"2015-10-12T23:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/rochester-ny\/?p=7002"},"modified":"2019-05-05T20:02:43","modified_gmt":"2019-05-06T00:02:43","slug":"student-opinion-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/rochester-ny\/blog\/uncategorized\/student-opinion-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Opinion: Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"

For this months student opinion post we hear from Jane Parker. As she prepares for the November Dancesport Championship, a Fred Astaire competition, she shares \u00a0how competing pushes her to\u00a0reach new heights in Ballroom dancing.
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\u201cI started competing with Vladimir back in 2002 and my\u00a0dancing improved far more rapidly having this goal continuously\u00a0ahead of me. You learn floor craft, avoiding collision with other dancers and continuing along the line of dance, in a way you couldn\u2019t\u00a0at the studio since at competitions there often are 12 or more couples on the dance floor at the same time. At competitions you quickly figure out what your strengths and weaknesses are and you are able to focus on them when preparing for future championships and showcases.<\/p>\n

Another part of\u00a0competing that makes it special is sharing it with other students. There is a\u00a0camaraderie that makes it most enjoyable.\u00a0It is\u00a0loads of fun being at competitions with like minded people who\u00a0share the same passion. I think of each competition I do as treating myself to a vacation with friends. It is doing something I love to do, with people who love to do the same\u00a0thing and with whom I enjoy being.<\/p>\n

The Fred Astaire competitions are an exceptional experience. They make you feel like you are apart of a huge family. It is always first class, good food, good decorations, nice\u00a0accommodations\u00a0and well run.<\/p>\n

For\u00a0those students who have never been to a Fred Astaire Competition, I highly recommend going. It will be a wonderful new adventure, a learning experience, and an unforgettable\u00a0memory you will cherish. You will feel good about yourself that you took the challenge and your dancing will most definitely improve.<\/p>\n

-Jane Parker \u201d<\/p>\n

Jane is a student at the Fred Astaire Dance Studio in Rochester , NY.\u00a0She has\u00a0been\u00a0competing 15 years and dancing 15 years, 13 of those years with Vladimir. Jane\u2019s first\u00a0competition came only 2 months after she\u00a0started taking lessons. Jane and her instructor Vladimir\u00a0\u00a0have won two World Championships, one in Smooth and one in Latin, She has also won three US Championships, one in Smooth, one is Latin, and one in Standard. Her favorite dance in Smooth is always the one she is currently dancing as she loves them all. In Rhythm she favors the Bolero, Mambo and Swing and her favorite Latin dace is the Rumba.<\/h5>\n

Send your student opinion post to rochesterny@fredastaire.com and you can be featured on our blog!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For this months student opinion post we hear from Jane Parker. As she prepares for the November Dancesport Championship, a Fred Astaire competition, she shares \u00a0how competing pushes her to\u00a0reach new heights in Ballroom dancing. \u201cI started competing with Vladimir back in 2002 and my\u00a0dancing improved far more rapidly having this goal continuously\u00a0ahead of me. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/rochester-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/rochester-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/rochester-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/rochester-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/rochester-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7002"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/rochester-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7002\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/rochester-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/rochester-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/rochester-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}