The Black Swans

World Champion same-sex ballroom dancer Robert Tristan Szelei, center, gives a ballroom lesson to female dance couple Denae Wagner, left, and Cindy Mills, both of California, at an apartment belonging to the parents of Szelei's dance partner, Gergely Darabos, in Budapest, Hungary on October 20, 2006. Wagner and Mills were preparing to compete in the 1st Csardas Cup 2006, the first same-sex international championship ever held in Eastern Europe, held on the same day as the 2nd Annual World Championship Same Sex Dancing Competition in Budapest on October 21, 2006. ..Szelei and Darabos, who are known as the "Black Swans," are the reigning world champions in men?s Latin same-sex ballroom dancing. They competed in the 2nd annual World Championship and the Csardas Cup, the first-ever Eastern European same-sex ballroom competition, the pinnacle event of the blossoming same-sex ballroom scene...Szelei and Darabos went on to win the men?s Standard division and finished fourth in the Latin division. ..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

Add to Cart Add to Lightbox Download

Filename: DSC_4225.JPG
Copyright: Angela Jimenez 2006
Image Size: 3608x2405 / 633.8KB; Black Swans Budapest Cindy Mills Csardas Cup Denae Wagner Gergely Darabos Hungary Robert Tristan Szelei Same-sex ballroom championship competition dancing eastern europe gay latin men performing arts sports standard subculture
Contained in galleries: 2006-2007 Same-Sex Ballroom

World Champion same-sex ballroom dancer Robert Tristan Szelei, center, gives a ballroom lesson to female dance couple Denae Wagner, left, and Cindy Mills, both of California, at an apartment belonging to the parents of Szelei's dance partner, Gergely Darabos, in Budapest, Hungary on October 20, 2006. Wagner and Mills were preparing to compete in the 1st Csardas Cup 2006, the first same-sex international championship ever held in Eastern Europe, held on the same day as the 2nd Annual World Championship Same Sex Dancing Competition in Budapest on October 21, 2006. ..Szelei and Darabos, who are known as the "Black Swans," are the reigning world champions in men?s Latin same-sex ballroom dancing. They competed in the 2nd annual World Championship and the Csardas Cup, the first-ever Eastern European same-sex ballroom competition, the pinnacle event of the blossoming same-sex ballroom scene...Szelei and Darabos went on to win the men?s Standard division and finished fourth in the Latin division. ..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