Catalans Told Not to Dance With Strangers
BARCELONA, Spain (AFP) — Barcelona disco owners on Tuesday condemned a regional decision to maintain a ban on dancing, unless
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Pandemic Pushes Japan Geisha to Get Online
Japanese geisha “Chacha” sits on her knees with her fingertips neatly placed on the wooden floor, gracefully bowing to an audience sitting not in front of her but miles away, watching online.
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Dancing With Myself: Ballet Stars Stay on Their Toes in Virus Lockdown
From using their sofas as a barre, keeping up their classes by video conference, or posting stretching tutorials on Instagram, dancers from some of the world’s top companies are not letting the layup caused by the virus erode the iron discipline they need to keep in peak physical form.
Read moreGreensboro Ballet
The Greensboro (N.C.) Ballet owes its former executive director $79,668 in back wages, and the former director of its ballet school $7,546, they claim in Guilford County Court.
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Ballet Dancers Down Tutus in Longest Strike Ever at Paris Opera
Paris Opera has lost more than $13.3 million in a month-long strike by ballet dancers fighting to cling onto pension rights that date back to the “Sun King” Louis XIV.
Read moreBallroom Dancers Say Immigration Clampdown Hurting Business
With a steady interest in learning iconic dances like the foxtrot and tango, fueled in part by “Dancing with the Stars,” studio owners say their efforts to hire professional instructors are hampered without overseas help.
Read morePanel Takes Up Ban on Boys Joining Dance Teams
The Eighth Circuit heard oral arguments Wednesday in two Minnesota boys’ challenge to the state high school arts and athletics association’s policy of barring boys from participating on competitive dance teams.
Read moreBallet Dancer Wins Contract Fight at Top EU Court
Siding with an Italian ballerina, the European Court of Justice ruled Thursday that operatic and orchestra workers are entitled to challenge abuses in fixed-term employment contracts.
Read moreIranian Teen Detained Over Instagram Dance Videos
Iran has detained a teenage girl who posted dance videos on Instagram and attracted tens of thousands of followers.
Read moreBerlin Councilwoman Wants to Shut Legendary Berghain Club
A nationalist councilwoman in Berlin has been ridiculed online for proposing the closure of one the city’s most famous techno clubs because of its long opening hours as well as partygoers’ drug consumption and lascivious behavior on the dance floor.
Read moreFeds Say Visa Fraudsters Donned Clients in Folk Costumes
Federal prosecutors unveiled visa-fraud charges against a trio they say doctored fliers for Armenian folk concerts and staged photos of immigrants dressed in traditional dance costumes.
Read moreNYC Mayor Repeals 1920s Ban on Dancing in Bars
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio signed a law Monday repealing the “Footloose”-esque Cabaret Law, a Prohibition-era mandate that banned dancing in New York City bars that didn’t hold a special license.
Read moreOregon School Hazing Case Goes to Jury
At a high school in an affluent suburb, sports team “initiations” were the norm. Now, a federal jury is deciding whether the school’s dance team initiations amounted to hazing. And whether coaches and administrators are responsible.
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Ahead of Prom, Gay Teen Takes Old-Fashioned School to Court
As his school gears up for yet another prom where he says the principal will literally separate same-sex couples on the dance floor, a Buffalo teen brought a federal complaint Wednesday to put the community’s old-fashioned notions in the dustbin.
Read moreLGBT Activists ‘Freak Out’ at Texas Governor’s Mansion
Adorned with glitter, spandex and drag, nearly 100 people flocked to the Texas governor’s mansion Thursday night for a dance-party protest against legislation that targets the LGBT community.
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Oklahoma Town Repeals ‘Footloose’ Ordinance
A small Oklahoma town repealed a long-standing “Footloose” ordinance on Wednesday that banned public dancing within 500 feet of a church or public school.
Read moreOklahomans Can’t Dance Too Close to a Church
A small Oklahoma town has canceled its Valentine’s Day dance because it would violate a morality ordinance that prohibits dancing within 500 feet of a church.
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