The dancers are only children. But their choreographed moves are so vulgar the dance school is now being investigated.
Officials are investigating a Russian dance school over shockingly suggestive choreography in a video that’s going viral.
In the video, teenage girls perform a Winnie The Pooh-themed dance routine while dressed as bees, flanked by the Soviet adaptation of the beloved honey-loving bear. And while that all sounds innocent enough, the dance moves are anything but.
Throughout the two-minute routine, the teenage girls “twerk” with their backs turned to the audience, grind against the floor, and rip off their skirts.
That video was posted online on Monday and has already been watched more than five million times — drawing the attention of local authorities and sparking a full-blown national scandal.
Buzzfeed reports authorities in the town of Orenburg are now conducting two separate investigations into the dance school, with officials from the country’s Investigative Committee telling the Interfax news agency they were considering charges of negligence and “perverted deeds” against the dance studio and the venue, as well as unnamed public officials.
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I'm not surprised at all. We know so many mothers and daughters with stars in their eyes believing they will have a career as a dancer. If the dance school told them they had to wear a pumpkin on their head I'm sure many of them would do it so it would be seen favourably by their teachers.
It's business and it thrives on upsell. Promise the family their child is talented and they must dance 5 times a week, and wear inappropriate clothes and do tacky moves at the end of year concert but it's all ok because its part if becoming a dancer. I have heard of dance teachers sending home shopping lists and meal
Plans for their students to follow so they can trim down.
It's shameful.
Well colour me a prude. I am sadly not shocked by the sexualisation of the teenage dancers. What I am shocked at is the fact that the routine in itself shows very little talent. The girls obviously CAN move, but the stupid routine limits them to simulated sex and stripping without allowing them to display any other moves. It's not age appropriate at all, and even if performed by older dancers does not display the girls talent or is varied at all.