Carmen, Bryan, you've finished your competitive dancing. You could have finished earlier or could have danced more. Why now?
Carmen: It was a difficult decision for both of us. We've retired (stopped dancing) as a competitive couple but we continue to dance in various shows. We chose this year to finish our career because at this moment we were both ready to do it. Before this time neither I nor Bryan was ready. I think we choose the right time because if we would have done it a year ago it would have been early for me, and if we would have postponed it for a year Bryan would have had to wait too long. Now we are in our prime and I'm sure we would keep it if we continued to dance, but we reached the top level and we wanted to stay in people's minds as we are now. And I'm happy that we are retiring right now.
You became the first couple of the world for nine times. Which of these nine World Championships is more memorable for you?
Bryan: It is rather difficult to say because every competition has its own particularities. But of course I will always remember first dancing with Carmen. It was a very special moment, very exciting, which impressed both of us. And I will also remember the first championship which we won as well as the last festival in Blackpool.
Carmen: The performance in Blackpool was very important and exciting for me too. The audience gave us a very warm welcome. You have several steps in your career and this festival was the most memorable for me.
Now you don't have to strive for victory at tournaments anymore. What are your purposes now? What are you going to do?
Bryan: Now that we don't have to spend so much effort concentrating on competitions, we have new possibilities for new impressions and new events in our life. Now we can spend our energy on something else. We will develop various projects which have some relation to dance. I mean miscellaneous shows - maybe something special in dancing sphere, perhaps Argentine tango.
Carmen: Yes, we'd like to concentrate our efforts on activity related to dance because it can open new doors for us. I think we will continue to do shows for eighteen months. After that we will find some other project. Perhaps we will deal with one Japanese company and take part in clothes and shoe advertising
