Virginia Town (and Others) Bans Dancing

Azlan · **Posted:** Tue Apr 29, 2003 1:43 pm

It's happening in London too...

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Better Watch Your Step, Pub Dancers Warned

By Sarah Lyall
The New York Times, in the Salt Lake Tribune

LONDON -- To comply with the law, the managers at Pitcher and Piano have posted "No Dancing" signs in prominent places. <a href=http://www.sltrib.com/2003/apr/04292003/nation_w/52310.asp target=_blank>more</a>

Stuart Sweeney · **Posted:** Wed Apr 30, 2003 4:29 am

"...they had observed 14 people unlawfully dancing..." Unlawful dancing - which circle of Hell does that condemn you to?

Toba Singer · **Posted:** Wed Apr 30, 2003 1:04 pm

Am I the only CD member old enough to recall the "No Sunday Dancing" signs that were posted in bars in Massachusettes--yes, even in Provincetown? Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that No Sunday Dancing was the cornerstone of the Crimes Against Chastity statute in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts that when I was a young'un forbid individuals of opposite sexes from cohabiting. Credible evidence of prosecutable "lewd and lascivious cohabitation" could be the presence of a pair of men's shoes in a woman's closet. On a more serious note, this omnibus statute at one time also forbid contraception and abortion. Talk about fox-trotting down the primrose path... :roll:

Azlan · **Posted:** Sat May 03, 2003 10:13 am

Ha:

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Ex-Indonesian leader defends controversial singer

JAKARTA (AFP) - Former president Abdurrahman Wahid has come to the defence of hugely popular Indonesian singer Inul Daratista, whose dance style has been condemned as erotic by several Muslim leaders. <a href=http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20030429/en_afp/lifestyle_indonesia_030429200905 target=_blank>more</a>

Azlan · **Posted:** Mon May 05, 2003 8:42 pm

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Indonesians Argue Over Pop Star's Dance

By CHRIS BRUMMITT, Associated Press Writer

JAKARTA, Indonesia - The world's most populous Muslim nation is battling terrorism, economic despair and separatist guerrillas, but most Indonesians seem obsessed with something else: a local pop star and her swerving hips. <a href=http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030505/ap_on_re_as/indonesia_dancer_4 target=_blank>more</a>

Dean Speer · **Posted:** Wed May 07, 2003 5:52 pm

Charming and beautiful, Lynden (a town founded by Dutch immigrants) in our fair and progressive state of Washington, banned public dancing a few years ago. When I visit this community, I am SO tempted to go a dancin' down the sidewalk. Perhaps something from "Swan Lake" or even better, maybe a Forsyth work. Oooo, how the silly part of me is getting ready to shake, shake, shake.

Azlan · **Posted:** Sun Jun 08, 2003 9:46 am

Dean, I'd hate to see you in jail! Speaking of which, I hope Inul won't be arrested:

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Dancing puts clerics in a twist
An Indonesian's sensual moves revolutionize a genre

Ellen Nakashima
Washington Post, in the Philadelphia Inquirer

JAKARTA, Indonesia - The klieg lights dimmed. The crowd roared: "Inul! Inul!" <a href=http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/news/nation/6037238.htm target=_blank>more</a>

Azlan · **Posted:** Tue Jul 08, 2003 12:06 pm

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Woman wins right to go 'dirty dancing'

Steve Irsay
Court TV

MARSHALL, N.C. (Court TV) — After her dancing was banned as "inappropriate," one woman took the fight for her right to party all the way to federal court. <a href=http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ct/20030701/cr_ct/womanwinsrighttogodirtydancing target=_blank>more on Yahoo</a>

Azlan · **Posted:** Sat Jul 12, 2003 8:08 pm

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Bungee Jumping Allowed in Singapore

YEOH EN-LAI
Associated Press

SINGAPORE - Singapore will now permit bungee jumping. Also, people can dance on the bar in saloons allowed to stay open 24 hours. And theater performances can use explicit language. <a href=http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030712/ap_on_re_as/singapore_loosening_up_2 target=_blank>more on Yahoo</a>

Azlan · **Posted:** Fri Aug 01, 2003 10:00 am

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Pakistan Won't Take Risque, Pushes Theater Off Stage

Mohammad Shehzad
OneWorld South Asia

ISLAMABAD, August 1 (OneWorld) - The future of more than 200 artistes in the east Pakistan city of Lahore remains uncertain after the city's cultural police closed down half a dozen popular theaters last month, claiming they were peddling bawdy plays and engaging in prostitution. <a href=http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/oneworld/20030801/wl_oneworld/4591647981059736005 target=_blank>more on Yahoo</a>

Stuart Sweeney · **Posted:** Sun May 22, 2005 7:02 am

Bar dancers feel the pinch as politicians declare party is over
From Catherine Philp in Bombay for The Times

IT IS midnight in Bombay and on the dance floor the slender girl in heavy make-up closes her eyes as she arches her back and mouths the words of the Hindi pop song as the lights bounce off her sequinned costume.

From his faux-leather couch the customer looks on intently, his eyes flickering across her body as he clutches his beer. He hands over a wad of notes to a waiter, who holds it above the dancer’s head before letting the notes flutter down around her as she dances, smiling gracefully at her benefactor.

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osiris661 · **Posted:** Sun May 22, 2005 8:52 am

What is going on with the HTML tags??? I can't read half of these posts.


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