Peter Ekkart

The intense training over these years at the ballet school gave him the basics he needed for his further career in Latin and Ballroom Dancing.

After the death of his father in 1981, Peter Ekkart took over the business with his mother Mar, and two brothers Tom and Wim.

[citation needed] In August 2018 they bought a Fred Astaire dance Studio at Clear Lake, Houston, USA.

In 2023, they bought the rights to open a second Fred Astaire studio in downtown Houston at the Bellaire region.

With the official professional organization Buldo in 1987,[1] he graduated as a Fellow in the disciplines of ballroom and Latin dancing.

[3] They took lessons with coaches all over the world: Marcus & Karen Hilton, Christopher Hawkins, Joanna Bolton, Eldar Dzafarov, Anna Sazhina, Tony & Amanda Dokman, Water Laird, among others.

He and his wife choreographed the celebrity participants Sam Gooris, a singer-entertainer, Herbert Flack, an actor, and Nico Mattan, a cyclist.

He hired Peter and Ellen Ekkart to give a session in ballroom dancing, so he could see how quickly dancers picked up this style.

The fusion of contemporary dance, ballet and ballroom gave a special mix,[6][7] which Vandekeybus can use in the near future.

Ekkart and Wuyts worked together to find the perfect songs, brought in top musicians to play the lead instruments, using Danny's wide voice range for the lead and backing vocals for all the songs, and recorded their first CD.

In search of a music distributor, Ekkart found that the company Dancelife was looking for new talent, and was interested in selling a CD especially made for ballroom dancing schools.

Following this success, three CDs in total were made, the first and second in cooperation with Peter Ekkart, and the third produced only by Danny Wuyts.

After rehearsals and tryouts, Gery's Big Band was ready to play at the official All Round Ballroom Dancing Championships in the early 1990s.

Wim Jansegers had the idea of touring the Flemish cultural centers with authentic ballroom music.

The show toured for two years in 2013 and 2014, and played in all major cities in Flanders, the Dutch speaking part of Belgium.