It will be the first time that a same-sex pair of dancers figures among those whirling their way through the ball’s opening ceremony. ADVERTISEMENTThe event is the highlight of Vienna’s annual ball season, watched by some 5,000 people in the lavish State Opera building and about two million on television. If anyone is uneasy at this re-invention of one of Vienna’s most venerable traditions, it’s certainly not ball organizer Maria Grossbauer. ADVERTISEMENT‘They dance very well’She says that if same-sex couples applied to previous editions of the ball, they would have been welcome. As for who leads when they dance, Iris explains that the two of them take it in turn.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer February 18, 2020 03:56 UTC