Waltz right in, gay or straight

By Jeannine Stein
Los Angeles Times

The sport (art?) of ballroom dance isn't a foreign concept anymore, thanks to the phenomenal success of ABC's "Dancing With the Stars," which has brought copious couples into dance classes ... mostly heterosexual couples, that is. So where would a same-sex couple go if they wanted to perfect the jive or learn the finer points of a waltz?

They'd head to Plummer Park in West Hollywood, where ballroom dance champion Christopher Beroiz teaches Gay Ballroom, a six-week program in which students learn two dances in 90-minute sessions (the current series that just kicked off features tango and rumba).

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