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.

Same-sex ballroom dance couples line up for the results of the 1st Csardas Cup 2006, the first same-sex international championship ever held in Eastern Europe (which was held prior to the 2nd annual World Championship Same Sex Dancing competition) at the Korcsarnok arena in Budapest, Hungary on October 21, 2006. ..World Champion same-sex ballroom dancers Robert Tristan Szelei and Gergely Darabos, (not seen here) known as the "Black Swans," the reigning world champions in men?s Latin same-sex ballroom dancing, are from Budapest. They competed in and helped to host this pinnacle event of the blossoming same-sex ballroom scene in their hometown...Szelei and Darabos went on to win the men?s Standard division and finished fourth in the Latin division in the World Championship competition. ..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 both got their early training as opposite sex dancers, then started danc

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Same-sex ballroom dance couples line up for the results of the 1st Csardas Cup 2006, the first same-sex international championship ever held in Eastern Europe (which was held prior to the 2nd annual World Championship Same Sex Dancing competition) at the Korcsarnok arena in Budapest, Hungary on October 21, 2006. ..World Champion same-sex ballroom dancers Robert Tristan Szelei and Gergely Darabos, (not seen here) known as the "Black Swans," the reigning world champions in men?s Latin same-sex ballroom dancing, are from Budapest. They competed in and helped to host this pinnacle event of the blossoming same-sex ballroom scene in their hometown...Szelei and Darabos went on to win the men?s Standard division and finished fourth in the Latin division in the World Championship competition. ..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 both got their early training as opposite sex dancers, then started danc