IT is a close call, but Seattle Public Schools has no choice but to ban freak dancing, that hyper-sexualized bump-and-grind that some teens pass off as dancing. This is within the district’s role as ...

Reigniting a debate already burning from the days of Jelly Roll Morton, Elvis Presley and 2 Live Crew, Palo Alto High School has decided to try to regulate sexually explicit dancing at school events.

Smash the boom boxes. Seize all the iPods. Erect a naval blockade to keep batteries from entering the country. Freak dancing must be stopped. Freak dancing is not new. It has been appalling chaperones ...

Blue and red light beams blend, spreading hazy purple air. As the hip-hop pounds, the hips intermix; they’re 14-, 15-, 16-year-old hips. They’re boys’ hips, girls’ hips, front to front, back to front.