Member-only story
Dancing Queens: An Interview with Sabrina Strasser
I am so excited to welcome Sabrina Strasser to the blog! She is an Open Latin pro-am competitive ballroom dancer, mother of two, and owner of SabiChic, a dancewear accessories brand. Of course, you may know her better from the show Dancing Queens, which recently wrapped its first season on Bravo. I sat down with Sabrina to talk about competing in ballroom, managing mindset and that tricky life-dance balance, and her experiences on Dancing Queens.
Those First Dance Steps
Sabrina was first inspired to try ballroom dancing after watching Dancing with the Stars. She started out slowly, dancing just one day a week, but quickly grew as a dancer. I was interested to learn that she had three teachers before partnering with her current teacher, Stanislav Kochergin (Stas for short). I wondered how this affected her growth as a dancer because I could see the value in getting a variety of perspectives and approaches along your dance journey, but I could also see the challenge in having to get to know new dance partners.
Sabrina felt her past teachers did the right thing in encouraging her to move on to someone else. Her first teacher did not compete and was more like someone who provided an introduction to ballroom dance. She credits her second teacher with helping her to realize her deep passion for…
