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CONCHITA

Vienna academy teaches men to walk in heels

It seems Austria’s Eurovision winner, bearded drag queen Conchita Wurst, has started a trend - with a Vienna academy that teaches women how to walk in high heels now opening its doors to men who were eager to join the workshops.

Published: 21 October 2015 11:53 CEST
Vienna academy teaches men to walk in heels
Marie-Christin Scherzer leading a class. Photo: Top in Heels

Organisers at the Top in Heels Academy in the 18th district claim that more men have started experimenting with high heels since cross dressing star Conchita won the Eurovision Song Contest last year.

Originally, they launched classes to help women learn how to walk elegantly in stilettos but have now launched a Men In Heels workshop – which focusses on technique, elegance and injury prevention.

The workshops are taught by dancer Marie-Christin Scherzer, who studied ballet and contemporary dance, and drag queen Helmut Fixl.

A 90 minute session costs €45, with the next workshop taking place on October 30th.

Drag queen Helmut Fixl is one of the teachers. Photo: Top in Heels

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EUROVISION

Stadthalle ‘wing’ award for Conchita

Austria’s bearded drag queen and Eurovision winner Conchita Wurst needs to make space on her trophy shelf - she’s just been awarded the first ever "Wiener Stadthalle Flügel" award.

Published: 16 June 2015 12:06 CEST
Stadthalle 'wing' award for Conchita
Conchita Wurst and artist Tomas Eller (centre). Photo: R Waites

The 'wing' sculpture, made of plexiglass and aluminium, resembles the roof of Vienna’s Stadthalle – which hosted the Eurovision Song Contest in May, thanks to Conchita’s win in Denmark in 2014.

Stadthalle boss Wolfgang Fischer said the award had been created to honour those “who have contributed to the success of the Wiener Stadthalle”. It was designed by Vienna-based artist Tomas Eller.

Conchita said that she was honoured to be the first person to be awarded such an important prize and that she felt “proud to have contributed to the fact that the world has focussed its attention on Vienna”.

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