Throwback Thursday Dancing Law
It sounds like one of those odd, old
laws that are no longer on the books – like it being illegal to allow a donkey
to sleep in a bathtub in Arizona – but this
one is only now being repealed.
It’s called the Cabaret Law, and it was
started under Mayor Jimmy Walker in 1926, intended to make it easier for police
to enforce the rules of Prohibition. This law states that any establishment
that wishes to allow dancing must apply for this special license. Actually getting
it is difficult, and today only about 127 clubs (out of over 12,000) have the
license.
A 1987 article in the New York Times
stated the law was meant to ensure fire safety, enforce occupancy limits and
patrol the moral character of club owners. It wasn’t until 1986 that the “three
musicians rule” and the restrictions on jazz instruments were removed from the
Cabaret Law.
Only recently, in 2018, did Mayor de
Blasio sign legislation to finally repeal the Cabaret Law.
From the Big
Blue Book of Ballet Secrets
Dance History Factoid #126:
“The strange dancing law of New York City….”
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laws is easy, but governing is difficult.”
― Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace
― Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace
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