Karen Hauer

Karen Hauer

Karen Hauer is a Venezuelan professional Latin dance specialist. She has appeared on Strictly Come Dancing and So You Think You Can Dance. Hauer was married to former dance partner Matthew Hauer until 2009. She married fellow professional dancer Kevin Clifton on 11 July 2015.

About Karen Hauer in brief

Summary Karen HauerKaren Hauer is a Venezuelan professional Latin dance specialist and World Mambo Champion. She has appeared on Strictly Come Dancing and So You Think You Can Dance. Hauer was married to former dance partner Matthew Hauer until 2009. She married fellow professional dancer Kevin Clifton on 11 July 2015. They announced on 15 March 2018 they were no longer together romantically.

In October 2018, Karen announced she would be teaching & performing with Gorka Marquez at Donahey’s Dancing with The Stars Weekends in 2019. She was born in Valencia, Venezuela, and took up dancing after moving to New York when she was eight. She studied at the Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance and then went on to study Ballroom and Latin at the age of 19.