The 'Footloose'-type law banning dancing after midnight came into effect after WWII when dance halls were fronts for prostitution. By Abid Rahman After 67-years of furtive shape throwing, the people ...

Who knew the fictional rural (and slightly backwards) town of Bomont from the Kevin Bacon classic Footloose is actually a real place? And by real place we mean the entire industrialized nation of ...

Don't be surprised to find a "no dancing" sign when you're in a <strong>Japanes</strong>e club as it's completely against the law to dance after midnight. So club ...

TOKYO — James Brown, circa 1972, is blasting from the speakers. Thousands of drops of light swirl around an otherwise dark, smoky dance floor, where a group of middle-aged regulars do the soul cha cha ...

A Japanese mayor put eight elderly women on TV three years ago to promote tourism with their song-and-dance routine. Three years later, they are national pop stars who tap a new, more energetic ...

Dancing with gymnastic flair, expressive modern dance and highly stylized butoh dance are all on the program tonight in a “Contemporary Dance Showcase” at the Japan Society. Choreography Art ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Sahomi Tachibana, a Japanese American master teacher and performer of Nihonbuyo (traditional Japanese dance) lives in Portland. Tachibana just turned 100 in April. The legacy she ...

Japan's Princess Yuriko, on a wheelchair, the wife of late Prince Mikasa, uncle of the current Emperor Akihito, is seen after praying at the altar during the funeral of late Prince Mikasa at the ...

The 'Footloose'-type law banning dancing after midnight came into effect after WWII when dance halls were fronts for prostitution. By Abid Rahman After 67-years of furtive shape throwing, the people ...

After 67-years of furtive shape throwing, the people of Japan can openly dance again, reports CNN. The near seven decade ban on dancing after midnight, which isn't too far off the rather nonsensical ...