L’indecenza del valzer

“The indecent foreign dance called the Waltz was introduced … at the English Court on Friday last … It is quite sufficient to cast one’s eyes on the voluptuous intertwining of the limbs, and close compressure of the bodies … to see that it is far indeed removed from the modest reserve which has hitherto been considered distinctive of English females forced on the respectable classes of society by the evil example of their superiors, we feel it a duty to warn every parent against exposing his daughter to so fatal a contagion.” (1816)

https://books.google.it/books?id=XAzP__xv7CkC&pg=PA32&lpg=PA32&dq=Times+of+London%2C+1816+waltz&source=bl&ots=1IWbJiqSWM&sig=1ZrmZtMZ1P7D9qCscvn6VLJCag8&hl=en&sa=X&ei=t92yUKv4OajB0AGa84HADA&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Times%20of%20London%2C%201816%20waltz&f=false

Ora è la trap, prima era il rock, prima ancora il Jazz… ah, questi giovini!

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