Dancing with the Queers

Zoe Balfour & Citabria Phillips

Jennifer Davis

Alise Halbert

David Estrada

Robert Tristan

Zoe Balfour & Citabria Phillips

Citabria Phillips and Zoe Balfour have been dancing and competing together at home and abroad since July 2003. Each celebrated teachers in their own right, they are teaming up to bring you the opportunity to shine in the wonderful warm community of the Same-Sex Standard Dancing.

Here are some of their dancing achievements:

Gay Games in Chicago 2006
Bronze medal in A level Women's Standard
Several of their students also did well at the Gay Games, including couples taking 5th, 4th, Bronze and Gold in the E level of Women's Standard.

US Championships in Orlando, Florida on June 2nd, 2007
Zoe and Citabria took first in women's standard and are the current women's US Champions.

April Follies 2007 & 2008
California State Champions -1st in Women’s International Standard.

EuroGames in Antwerp, 2007
7th in the A level women's International Standard.

North America Title Championship,, 2008
North American Champions in women's International Standard.

EuroGames in Barcelona, 2008
7th in the A level women's International Standard.

April Follies 2009
North American and California State Champions -1st in Women’s International Standard.

They look forward to the gold this year in Copenhagen.

You can contact Zoe directly at zoe@dancingwiththequeers.com.

You can contact Citabria directly at citabria@dancingwiththequeers.com.



	Jennifer Davis

Jennifer Davis is a certified ballroom dance instructor with 15 years of teaching experience. Since 1996 she competed professionally in all major U.S. Dance Sport competitions including Ohio Star Ball and USDSC.

From 1996-2002 Jennifer and her former partner won numerous American Smooth Open Professional & Rising Star finalist awards, including two Rising Star championships. In 1997 they were US National Rising Star finalists with Arthur Murray International. In 2005 Jennifer competed in International Standard with partner Tadas Jonyla, winning both Open Professional & Rising Star finalist awards. In 2006-07 Jennifer partnered with former two-time U.S. International Standard Champion Stephen Cullip for a series of Bay Area performances.

You can contact her directly at jennifer@dancingwiththequeers.com.

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	Alise Halbert
Alise took over as interim director of the Same Sex Program in the Bay Area when her dance partner, Richard Lamberty, moved to Florida in 2007. She has competed and taught all over the US and in England and Germany. She has also performed in many venues throughout the Bay Area, the most recent of which have been with Gala Electronica and the Ricasalsa Dance Company. Alise is so proud of how Zoe and Citabria and many, many others have grown the LGBT Ballroom Dance community in the Bay Area and has great fun teaching at the Sunday Int'l Ballroom classes with them. You can contact her directly at alise@dancingwiththequeers.com. More Info


	David Estrada
David Estrada has been dancing since he was 8 years old, he started with tap, jazz and ballet and made the move into ballroom dancing at the age of 16. David teaches and competes professionally in both the mainstream ballroom world as well as same-sex dancing. He recently relocated to the bay area from LA where he was a co-founder of a same-sex dance network and performed for numerous events in this genre. David was last seen in the same-sex competitions at the april follies where he and his professional partner Eddie Alba were crowned California state same-sex champions in the International Men's Latin. David is currently available for all level students for private lessons. You can contact him at (714)673-2498.


	Robert Tristan
Robbie began Ballroom dancing at the age of 7 and won the Junior National Champion title at the age of 11 in his home country, Hungary. He has competed across Europe at numerous International dance competitions representing Hungary as a youth champion. At the age of 14 Robbie began dancing Jazz Ballet and joined musical theatre productions. His musical theatre credits include the Eastern European tour of Cats. Robbie continued his Ballroom training with an emphasis on International Latin and Show Dance at the age of 20, learning from World Amateur Champion and current Professional World finalist Melinda Törökgyörgy. His highest achievements are in International Same Sex style, where Robbie has won the European and World Champion titles, the later for both Standard, Latin and Show Dance, which makes him and his dance partner the only couple in Same Sex Dance history who has managed to won in all three categories. Robbie coaches Beginners, Individuals, Couples and Formation Teams for International Latin. He is available for private lessons, show choreographies, competition coaching and Pro-Am competitions. weblink: www.RobertTristan.com

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