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China’s “Dancing Grannies”: The Backlash

DANCE Posted: July 8, 2014 8:18 am

“By one estimate there are now one hundred million public dancers in China, and the number is growing rapidly as the country ages. 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.”

DANCE Published: 07.07.14

Read the story in NBC News Published: 07.07.14

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