Dancing ban

After community opposition to granting him a permit, a lawsuit by William Elam, owner of the Golden Pine restaurant, resulted in the ordinance being struck down as unconstitutionally vague and infringing on free expression protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.

The events of the 1984 film Footloose were inspired by a dancing ban in the heavily Southern Baptist town of Elmore City, Oklahoma, which lasted until 1980.

[3] During the COVID-19 pandemic, a number of jurisdictions specifically prohibited dancing[4] as part of a suite of public health measures designed to prevent close contact between potential spreaders of the virus.

[5][6] The Church of the Nazarene, a Methodist denomination originating in the Holiness Movement, recommends against "All forms of dancing that detract from spiritual growth and break down proper moral inhibitions and reserve.

"[7] A 19th-century Catholic theologian similarly teaches:[8] There are balls which are gravely licentious, either on account of immodest dances or of the costumes and dresses introduced at them.

[9] Currently and in the past leaders in the largest denomination of Mormonism have looked down on dancing that includes any full-body contact, is suggestive of any sexual behavior, and/or has same-sex romantic overtones.