Posted on 09/07/2015 9:56:02 AM PDT by Enlightened1
- A spate of noisy disputes between middle-aged women and nearby residents has prompted China's communist leaders to step in and regulate dancing in public places, state media said Monday.
Groups of dancers often gather on China's public squares and street corners performing choreographed routines to loud music, sometimes provoking anger from neighbours.
China will step up efforts to manage such dancers, creating a "public square dancing management mechanism" which will be "under government leadership", the official Xinhua news agency reported.
"Public square dancing will enter into the social management system," Xinhua cited a joint statement from four central departments including the culture ministry and the civil affairs ministry as saying.
The agencies will manage dancing in accordance with existing laws, it added.
"Dancing in public squares, as a cultural sporting activity deeply loved by the masses... has enriched the spiritual lives of people," the statement said.
But it added: "problems such as inadequate space and... disturbances to local residents by noise and defects in management mechanisms have gradually appeared".
Square dancing has become a hot topic in China, with stories on dancing "damas" -- a term referring to middle-aged and elderly women -- lighting up state media.
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“Roose...Footroose....everlybody cut roose...”
Confucius say man who try to cut in on dancing couple get toe stepped on.
“No Hokey-Pokey in Hong Kong!”
The Chinese have figured out that the “Hokey Pokey” really IS what it’s all about.
Is it the dancing or the loud music? Perhaps they should mime dance. Naw, that would really be annoying.
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