Re: Dance craze

From: Scott Chase (ecphoric@hotmail.com)
Date: Thu May 03 2001 - 01:55:49 BST

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From: "Scott Chase" <ecphoric@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Dance craze
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    >From: Douglas Brooker <dbrooker@clara.co.uk>
    >Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
    >To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
    >Subject: Re: Dance craze
    >Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 19:36:10 +0100
    >
    >
    >
    >"Wade T.Smith" wrote:
    >
    > > Hi Trupeljak Ozren -
    > >
    > > >Any ideas why would, and how, such a strange thing as "dance epidemcs"
    > > >appear and/or spread through population? What could be behind it?
    > > >I have this feeling that it is important and connected with recent
    > > >discussions on religion/behavior memes etc...
    > >
    > > The Shakers were a religious sect that used dancing for ceremonial
    > > purposes. Did Shakerism appear because dancing was forbidden or
    > > discouraged? Were they driven to the New World?
    > >
    > > Do modern dance fads meet with similar reprobation?
    >
    >According to newspaper reports in the UK, the new Attorney General of the
    >United States is opposed to dancing on religious and moral grounds. There
    >has
    >been no mention that he singles out faddish dancing.
    >
    >
    Well, if so, someone needs to play Kevin Bacon to his rendition of John
    Lithgow.

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