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2017 12:52 PM EDTThey still got the moves — and the passion
An elderly couple from Germany is making waves with their stellar dance moves that have now gone viral
A recent video of 64-year-old Nellia Ehrentraut swinging around the dance floor with her husband, Dietmar, to “Down the Road Apiece” by The Refreshments has been viewed more than 64 million times, according to the Mirror Online
The video shows the couple dancing energetically at a competition as an audience cheers
“We still have a lot of fun,” the longtime lovers told ABC News
And they aren’t amateurs. In their more than three decades of dancing, they have won numerous awards in different dance competitions, according to their website
They’re set to compete again in June
The Ehrentrauts’ live in the small town of Durmersheim in Baden-Wurttemberg
They offer workshops in their town for others hoping to learn how to dance
featuring their favorite moves from the ’40s and ’50s
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proving that age is no barrier when it comes to dance
A post shared by Nellia Ehrentraut (@nelliaswing)
the couple is seen shaking a leg to the song "Down the Road Apiece" by Johan Blohm and The Refreshments
The audience cheers for the duo with great enthusiasm as Dietmar and Nellia show off their moves with the zeal of two 20-year-olds
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A post shared by Nellia Ehrentraut (@nelliaswing)
This dance has become an integral part of our lives
We discovered the 1950s music scene and found like-minded people at concerts and festivals." As they have reached millions of hearts through the 2017 video
"We are quite flabbergasted what the video has set in motion
I had not even seen anyone filming us." The duo's video currently has over 17 million views on YouTube with more than 3k comments.
Editor's note: This article was originally published on December 13, 2023. It has since been updated.
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