Why did Gaëlle Benchetrit take a break from ballroom dancing? Reason explored ahead of her Dancing Queens debut

Dancing Queens is set to air this week. In the upcoming Bravo show, six dancers will compete in professional dancing competitions along with their professional dancing partners. One of the six dancers set to appear on the show is Gaelle Benchetrit, who previously competed professionally but had to take a break due to her pregnancy.

Gaelle Pereira Benchetrit is the owner of the first French medical spa in New York and will be competing alongside Nino Langella on the show.

Tune in on Tuesday, May 9, at 9 pm ET to watch the season premiere of Dancing Queens on Bravo.

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Meet Gaelle Benchetrit ahead of her appearance on Dancing Queens

One of the six dancers set to appear in Bravo’s upcoming dance reality show is Gaelle Pereira Benchetrit. The businesswoman and dancer is the owner of the first French medical spa in New York called Clinique Des Champs Elysees, which also has branches in Paris and Dubai.

According to her website, she is originally from Paris and established the spa because she wanted a specific French approach to beauty and “aesthetic medicine” in the USA that she was used to.

The upcoming Dancing Queens star spoke to Exclusive Life Magazine about her life in 2022. The magazine described her as “the definition of what a cosmopolite lifestyle” can look like. She is a mother of three and a working professional. The article further stated that when she’s not at the clinic, she can be found in dancing studios, perfecting her skills.

It continues:

"She is also a Pro-Am Ballroom dancer, who had competed in the US and Internationally."

The upcoming Dancing Queens cast member loves to spend time with her loved ones and enjoys going to the beach with her children. She likes to describe the balance between her home life and work as “sophisticated yet simple.”

Gaelle is the wife of Yossi Benchetrit, the chief procurement and programming officer at Altice USA, and the two made a purchase for roughly $70 million for Harry Machlowe and CIM Group’s supertall on 432 Park Avenue, where they already own a condo. According to the Wall Street Journal, the unit is on the 82nd floor, is roughly 8,000 square feet, and costs approximately $8,750 per square foot.

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More about the show

The upcoming Bravo show will feature six bold and talented women as they go up against one another as they compete in various ballroom competitions across the nation. Set to appear in Dancing Queens are women from all walks of life, including stay-at-home mothers, business owners, and a finance executive. The cast members will put their lives on hold as they get ready to compete.

The press release reads:

"Pro-Am combines amateur dancers competing with professional partners. These highly skilled amateur dancers spend tens of thousands of dollars on their hair, makeup and outfits, plus the expenses for their professional partners to practice, travel and compete."

Set to appear on the show are:

1. Gaëlle Benchetrit with Nino Langella
2. Leonie Biggs with Kostiantyn “Koysta” Samarskyi
3. Donie Burch with Iliah Vinikovskiy
4. Pooja Mehta with Kristijan Burazer
5. Colette Marotto with Oleksiy “Alex” Pigotskyy
6. Sabrina Strasser with Stanislav Kochergin

Tune in on Tuesday, May 9, at 9 pm ET to watch the season premiere of Dancing Queens on Bravo.