{"id":8123,"date":"2026-08-19T12:47:55","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T16:47:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/rochester\/?post_type=team_member&#038;p=8123"},"modified":"2026-08-20T09:42:41","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T13:42:41","slug":"arsen-sargsyan","status":"publish","type":"team_member","link":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/rochester\/member\/arsen-sargsyan\/","title":{"rendered":"ARSEN SARGSYAN &#8211; Owner"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"8123\" class=\"elementor elementor-8123\" data-elementor-settings=\"{&quot;ha_cmc_init_switcher&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\" data-elementor-post-type=\"team_member\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d36717e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5d36717e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58614d5e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"58614d5e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Arsen Sargsyan is a professional dancer, choreographer, ballroom instructor, and Co-Owner of Fred Astaire Dance Studios \u2013 Rochester Hills, Michigan. With a distinguished background in classical ballet and competitive ballroom dance, Arsen brings international performance experience, artistry, and passion to every lesson.<\/p><p>He graduated from the Armenian Professional Ballet School in 2006 and went on to perform with the Armenian National Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre and the National Academy Theatre. 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