'Daggering' is dirty but it's what kids do | Sophie Wilkinson

The latest explicit dance trend is sparking moral panic. But to take a swing at dancing for being too erotic is to forget its history"The idea of it is to dance as wildly, as noisily, as furiously as you can; expose yourself as much as possible if you are a woman; and kick as high as you can, no matter which sex you belong to." Though more than 140 years have passed since Mark Twain described the can-can in The Innocents Abroad, his observations fit many subsequent boogies and shimmies. To start...

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