TTP | Nobody Puts Grinding in the Corner
Dirty Dancing Banned -
November 3rd, 2009
Whether renting your first tux, spiking the punch, or just grinding your boner against your date for three solid hours, few traditions are more time-honored and revered by adolescents than the high school dance. Guys and gals have done a little pressin’ and messin’ on gym floors since the first mirror ball sparkled overhead, but now dirty dancing (AKA: “freakin”) is facing a little friction from parents in Orange County, FL. One parent recently complained after chaperoning a high school dance that it looked like eighty-percent of the students were having sex with their clothes on. Which begs the question: what were the other twenty-percent doing? The Lindy Hop?
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The number of prohibited movements in the Aliso Niguel High School dance contract, which includes no bending over and both feet on the floor. |
Dancing is a perpendicular expression
of a horizontal desire.
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George Bernard Shaw, Nobel-winning Irish playwright
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When the Waltz first gained popularity in the early 1800s in England it was considered "riotous and indecent" according to the Oxford English Dictionary. Today it is considered a classic. What does this mean? It’s only a matter of time before "slammin’ it in reverse and backing that thing up" is a highly regarded move.
Timeless Moves
| The Charleston | Considered lewd by many at the time, this was a popular dance craze in the 1920s. |
| The Hand Jive | Danny Zuko gets down with Cha Cha DiGregorio on American Bandstand with this classic Fifties dance. |
| The Mashed Potato | A 1962 dance craze, helped along here with Dee Dee Sharp. |
| The Robot | One of the coolest dances ever. This kid makes an Eighties dance floor staple a modern masterpiece. |
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At least the kids are dressed at the gym. |
