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Waikato Independent, Volume XXIII, Issue 3075, 26 June 1923, Page 7

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BUFFERS FOR DANCERS ‘‘BEPA RA TJ () N 811 U FF!,E. ’ ’ LONDON, May 27. Waist h<;Hs 1o kc,ep dancers apart, wire appartus to prevent skirts lifting during tlie more; exi ra.\agaiit stops, and a buffer arrangement under tin* oilin to prevent cheek-fu-cheek dancing are among tin* startling forecasts made by a noted teacher discussing tlie morals of the modern dance, say despatches from Paris. “Certainly I believe that if these devices are not used the conserjuauc.es of ballroom dancing on the minds of tin l young will be most serious,” he says. “I have b'een shocked by the dancing both in Paris and New York” The correspondent adds that there is no doubt that very degrading dancing is now indulged in, in Paris and elsewhere. Ballrooms in Paris are being raided and constant supervision is being kept, over dancers who are known to be deforming the. regulation dances. Professor Rossi, a well-known Rouen teacher, has come to Paris to experiment with the “Princess Lily buffer,” which prevents the bodies of the dancers coming too close together. It consists of a. small leather waistband. with three outstanding springs disguised as rousett.es. Each collision throws back the dancers gently but firmly. The “dream pose” is thus rendered impossible. Dance detectives will shortly be stationed in ballrooms.