Caroline Privou & Petra Zimmermann of Cologne, Germany - Same-sex Female International Style Ballroom World Champions competing in the Ladies' A division at the 2019 EuroGames, located at the Palacavicchi Ballroom in the Metropolitan Ciampino area of Rome, Italy
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Caroline & Petra have been the top female International style Ballroom dancing couple for many years in many cities. They began dancing in 2000 and have won numerous top awards; not only throughought their own country of Germany, but also throughout Europe and around the world, including an unequaled clean sweep of 49 first place wins out of 49 heats right here in the US during Gay Gaymes DanceSport Cleveland, 2014.
[I met Petra & Caroline that year during Gay Gaymes Cleveland and after learning that they would be attending April Follies the following spring in SF as non-competitive performers, I arranged 5 days of private coaching with them in a row; covering one of each of the 5 Ballroom dances each day. They cannot teach very often bc when competing, preparation takes much of their time, plus in their non-dancing lives, they are neurosurgeons, so the chance to schedule this much time with 2 top performers like Caroline & Petra was a great opportunity. I HIGHLY suggest that anyone take whatever time they can get, if such an possibility ever arises. For me, their technique and focus on detail was priceless]
Caroline Privou & Petra Zimmermann not only compete in SameSex Ballroom DanceSport events, but they have also been competing successfully in mixed-gender contests as well, since more of those contests are opening up to same-gender couples (wasn't that always one of our goals in same-sex DanceSport, even before the very first Gay Games DanceSport Amsterdam, 1998 to begin with?). One of those contests includes the "World Series" of International Style Ballroom & Latin dancing, The Blackpool Dance Festival, held at the incomparable Empress Ballroom in Blackpool, England.
~ Terry Chasteen,
DanceSport Dupont Circle,
Washington DC
Chrissianne reporter: What is your proudest dancing moment?
Petra: Fortunately, we had a lot of moments in our career that were very special for us due to different reasons but certainly one of the most moving experiences was entering the world famous Empress Ballroom as a same-sex couple in the Senior competition of the prestiguos and world famous Blackpool Dance festival.
Fri. Jul q2, 2019 - 12:49 pm
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