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Same-sex dancers compete in the 2nd annual World Championship Same-Sex Dancing competition in Budapest, Hungary A documentary project about the same-sex ballroom dancing, or Dancesport, culture of competitions held throughout the United States and Europe.

Newly crowned men's standard division World Champion same-sex ballroom dancers Gergely Darabos, rear far right, and Robert Tristan Szelei, rear second from right, of Budapest, Hungary, join women's standard champions Petra Zimmermann, left, and Caroline Privou, second from left, of Cologne, Germany, in a victory dance at the 2nd annual World Championship Same-Sex Ballroom Dancing competition, held at the Korcsarnok arena in Budapest, Hungary on October 21, 2006. ..Szelei and Darabos, known as the "Black Swans," were the defending Latin division champions, but finished a disappointing fourth before winning the standard title. They have been training and preparing to host the 2nd annual World Championship and the Csardas Cup, the first-ever Eastern European same-sex ballroom competition. This is the pinnacle event of the blossoming same-sex ballroom scene...The event was organized by the US-based World Federation of Same-Sex Dancing, which hosted the first World Championship Same-Sex championships in 2005 in Sacramento, California. The Black Swans did a large amount of the coordination and planning in Budapest, a city that had never seen an event of this kind. When government funding fell through, they secured funding from patron Desire (accent on the ?e?) Dubounet, owner of the local Club Bohemian Alibi drag club. ..The World Championship events are newly recognized, but same-sex dancers have been competing on a national and international circuit for a number of years, especially in Europe, including at the Eurogames, the Gay Games, the London Pink Jukebox Trophy and the Berlin Open, among others. Countries including the United States, the Netherlands, Germany and, now, Hungary, hold their own national same-sex championships. Hungary held its first national championships in April 2006...Szelei and Darabos spent three months at the Sacramento Dancesport same-sex dance school in California this summer, on the first scholarship offered by the World Federation. The men b

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2006-2007 Same-Sex Ballroom
Newly crowned men's standard division World Champion same-sex ballroom dancers Gergely Darabos, rear far right, and Robert Tristan Szelei, rear second from right, of Budapest, Hungary, join women's standard champions Petra Zimmermann, left, and Caroline Privou, second from left, of Cologne, Germany, in a victory dance at the 2nd annual World Championship Same-Sex Ballroom Dancing competition, held at the Korcsarnok arena in Budapest, Hungary on October 21, 2006. ..Szelei and Darabos, known as the "Black Swans," were the defending Latin division champions, but finished a disappointing fourth before winning the standard title. They have been training and preparing to host the 2nd annual World Championship and the Csardas Cup, the first-ever Eastern European same-sex ballroom competition. This is the pinnacle event of the blossoming same-sex ballroom scene...The event was organized by the US-based World Federation of Same-Sex Dancing, which hosted the first World Championship Same-Sex championships in 2005 in Sacramento, California. The Black Swans did a large amount of the coordination and planning in Budapest, a city that had never seen an event of this kind. When government funding fell through, they secured funding from patron Desire (accent on the ?e?) Dubounet, owner of the local Club Bohemian Alibi drag club. ..The World Championship events are newly recognized, but same-sex dancers have been competing on a national and international circuit for a number of years, especially in Europe, including at the Eurogames, the Gay Games, the London Pink Jukebox Trophy and the Berlin Open, among others. Countries including the United States, the Netherlands, Germany and, now, Hungary, hold their own national same-sex championships. Hungary held its first national championships in April 2006...Szelei and Darabos spent three months at the Sacramento Dancesport same-sex dance school in California this summer, on the first scholarship offered by the World Federation. The men b