{"id":9292,"date":"2018-04-25T07:13:29","date_gmt":"2018-04-25T07:13:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/academiacanossa.pt\/about-us\/"},"modified":"2026-10-15T23:48:42","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T23:48:42","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/academiacanossa.pt\/en\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\" id=\"wpb-content-root\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1546509144477{margin-bottom: -139px !important;}&#8221;]<div class=\"mkdf-elements-holder   mkdf-one-column  mkdf-responsive-mode-768 \" ><div class=\"mkdf-eh-item     \"  data-item-class=\"mkdf-eh-custom-1126\" data-1024-1366=\"0 0 25px 0\" data-680=\"0 0 80px 0\">\n\t<div class=\"mkdf-eh-item-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"mkdf-eh-item-content mkdf-eh-custom-1126\" >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"rs-p-wp-fix\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<sr7-module data-alias=\"about-us-1\" data-id=\"12\" id=\"SR7_12_1\" class=\"rs-ov-hidden\" data-version=\"6.7.58\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<sr7-adjuster><\/sr7-adjuster>\n\t\t\t\t\t<sr7-content>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<sr7-slide id=\"SR7_12_1-27\" data-key=\"27\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<sr7-txt id=\"SR7_12_1-27-2\" class=\"sr7-layer\" srscsrc><div class=\"mkdf-section-title-holder   mkdf-st-reverse-order\" style=\"text-align: center\">\n\t<div class=\"mkdf-st-inner\">\n                                    <span class=\"mkdf-st-text\" style=\"color: #e5cdb3\">\n                Academia Canossa                <\/span>\n                                        <h4 class=\"mkdf-st-title\" style=\"color: #111111\">\n                Training Since 1978                <\/h4>\n                    \t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/sr7-txt>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<sr7-txt id=\"SR7_12_1-27-4\" class=\"sr7-layer\">Founded in 1978 by Professor Fernanda Canossa, Academia Canossa is one of Portugal\u2019s oldest dance academies. 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