An adult male singer in a bright yellow suit dancing with an older adult woman in a floral dress at an elegant indoor event. 4:34
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This older couple can still boogie-woogie

The first beat lands, and Nellia and Dietmar Ehrentraut burst into motion. more

They grew up when boogie-woogie was at its peak. Newer sounds came along over the years, and none of them changed their minds. The old songs are still the ones that get them moving.

Once they start, they do not let up. Dips, turns and spins come one after another, mixed with quick rockabilly steps, and every move lands clean. The most-liked comment says it plainly: they make it look easy.

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Nellia and Dietmar keep the dips and spins coming as the audience watches.

The crowd at this elegant indoor event can hardly contain itself. People watch closely and clap as the moves keep coming.

An adult male singer in a bright yellow suit dancing with an older adult woman in a floral dress at an elegant indoor event. The headline runs in white letters across the lower third.Save
The first beat lands, and Nellia and Dietmar Ehrentraut burst into motion.

Later in the dance they are still moving fast across the wooden floor, and the room is still applauding. One fan said they seem to float.

An elderly couple dances on a wooden floor as people around them watch and applaud. A headline runs in white letters across the lower third.Save
Later in the dance, the pair are still moving fast and the audience is still applauding.

Fans wrote in German, Portuguese, Russian and Romanian, mostly saying the same thing in different words. One wished their own marriage could look like this in old age. Boogie-woogie and its busy swing routines have mostly faded from dance floors, but not from this one.

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