*Where* you can dance can be legally restricted. Usually places that have liquor licenses cannot have dancing unless they have a cabaret license and the jurisdiction controls how many of those and how close to each other. In some places dancing cannot go on in an establishment at all of any type where the public is invited unless there is a cabaret license (studios and private clubs usually excepted). Or there can be a zoning requirement restricting it to a part of town (ie, in the 1800's there was no dancing allowed in Ann Arbor east of Division street because it was too close to the Unversity and might encourage moral decrepitude).
There is a 1st Amendment constitutional right to freedom of expression and dancing is included. However, the government can make regulations about the 'time, place, and manner' of the activity as long as they do not prohibit it. Cabaret laws have easily passed this test for hundreds of years. Igor Polk wrote: > Carol, > > Does it mean dancing is restricted in bars all around country? > > Great article, thank you very much ! > > Igor Polk > > > _______________________________________________ > Tango-L mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l > -- Carol Ruth Shepherd Arborlaw PLC Ann Arbor MI USA 734 668 4646 v 734 786 1241 f Arborlaw - a legal blog for entrepreneurs and small business http://arborlaw.com _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
