Dance Parade
Saturday, May 19th, 2007
Since 1926 New York City has had cabaret laws that make it illegal to dance in bars and restaurants without a dance license. There are less than 150 venues with this license in the five boroughs.
danceparade.org
Fusion of Youth
Zuit Suiter
Collage from video.
Dance Parade Protests NYC Cabaret Laws
The protesters want the city to repeal the ban, which the state Supreme Court’s Appellate Division upheld in February in a ruling against the Gotham West Coast Swing Club and several other plaintiffs.
New York’s restrictive dance laws have been on the books since 1926, at the height of the Jazz Age, when they were passed in part to stop interracial public dancing while enforcing a Prohibition-era definition of “public lewdness.”
To this day in New York’s five boroughs, it is illegal to get up and move your body to a rhythm in any locale where three or more people congregate and food or drink is served _ unless the business obtains a dance license. – AP
Nice video, thanks for posting it. My husband is in the Zoot Suit!.
Hi Michael. I enjoy your site for a number of reasons, one of them being that I know there is a very good chance that I can check your site to see photos, watch video, and read about an event I wished I could’ve attended, but wasn’t able to.
I clicked over here today specifically to see photos of the dance parade, so thanks.
Hey Mal, It’s good to see you blogging again, after letting your Blog Soup go cold for awhile.
nice thanks for posting. soon we have carnaval and will be dancing in the S.F. streets
Nice video . Soon we have a similar dance in the street(not a protest) carnaval Sunday in San Francisco
Everybody dance now!
Thanks all.
Really fabulous shot. I love these little sweethearts.
Yeah, they were adorable, Doc.
Wow! Sometimes the best emerges from challenge. This was rousing!!! I sent to a dozen friends.I’m in san diego and was just looking for info on hoola hooping and googled upon this page. Hope the swing dancers got justice…and that there will be some LEGAL dancin’ in the streets.
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Well i was there last year and everybody support does matter it you like all genre and every boy,girl,man & women enjoy what going on. This year will be better. This is only the beginning.