Chinese Urban Dwellers Face the Problem of Dancing Grannies

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http://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-am...-dance-n147246

BEIJING -- They gathered shortly before dusk in Beijing’s Dragon Pond Park, most of them older women, greeting each other warmly before lining up and raising their arms in preparation for their first dance.

On the face of it, you couldn’t imagine a less menacing sight.

Yet to their mostly younger critics these “dancing grannies” are a scourge on the city, a growing threat to peace and tranquility.

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The “dancing grannies”, as they’ve been dubbed by the Chinese media, are facing an urban backlash. Younger city-dwellers see them as a nuisance, and are demanding they turn down the volume.

“Here is okay. It’s a park, not an (apartment) complex,” said Fan defensively, “But I do advise them to keep the volume down. We stopped dancing for three days during school exams.”

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[Double L]

I love street entertainment.

[xzmattzx]

It seems like some people can't face the music.

[xzmattzx]

No need to dance around the obvious solution here.

[xzmattzx]

Some people just march to the beat of their own drum.

[xzmattzx]

This issue has disturbed the rhythm of the neighborhood.

[Urban Zombie]

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[POLA]

Hey, these ladies are here in SF too! I have to say though, this seems like a ineffectual exercise routine.

[MolsonExport]

I saw lots of dancing grannies in Fuxing park (Shanghai). There must of been several hundreds scattered about, with dancing gramps too.

[ukw]

Originally Posted by xzmattzx

Some people just march to the beat of their own drum.

The hecklers are out of step with reality. We aren't playing a game of musical chairs here for Christsake -- Chinese cities are big enough to avoid that whole legal song and dance.