This week, a friend sent me a YouTube video on Facebook of a couple arrested for dancing at the Jefferson Memorial on May 28, 2011. I briefly looked at the video, shared it on my Facebook page, and went off to work. When I came home, I saw the link was shared again and that […]
Dancing With Racist
Denying that you are racist is the easy part. Jimmy Carter says that racism is involved in the movement against Obama’s Presidency. Teabagging conservatives argue that it’s not despite racist signage being brought to their protest and events. Conservatives say that racism is not behind guns having been brought to town hall meetings on […]
Indian Professor Resigns Over Students’ ‘Immoral’ Dancing
Last night at India’s prestigious National Institute of Technology (NIT), Kurukshetra, a Computer Architecture Design professor resigned over a controversy involving students’ dancing It happened after lecturers banned students from dancing–when students opposed the ban, the lecturer shouted on them. Shortly after, the students went on strike, and the professor was forced to resign. This […]
Disco owners fight for right to nude dancing
Kathmandu – Hundreds of disco workers protested in Kathmandu on Monday against a government crackdown on “nude dancing”. Police have raided scores of discos, nightclubs and dance bars in the past two weeks and detained 1 500 people. They said many of those arrested were running bars here “nude dances” were performed. These are not allowed by […]
Pole dancing is the new fitness technique in China
Women in China are catching up with the latest fitness activity:pole dancing.A contorversial activity mainly considered the domain of strippers in the US,is emerging as a great way to remain fit.Don’t worry, this activity is done with clothes on.The increasing number of gyms and dance schools clearly upheld this trend. The woman who claims to […]
In Venezuela, ‘Dancing Devils’ Live on
Posted by Laura Vidal to Global Voices Online The Dancing Devils of Yare, a pagan-Christian celebration in Venezuela that takes place nine Thursdays after Holy Thursday, and is a very typical artistic and cultural expression of the region. To understand better what it is all about, in this Wikipedia article Dancing Devils of Yare, there […]
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