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Special Artsy Fartsy Show Broadcast from Tompkins Square Park celebrating the 2012 Dance Parade NYC
The Cabaret Law, which originated in 1926 and was largely forgotten until early
1990s, was resurrected by Giuliani’s administration to address drug problems in
urban nightclubs. However, it inadvertently caused many legitimate dance
oriented establishments to be fined and shuttered. Judge Michael Stallman of the
New York Supreme Court ruled in 2006 that dance could not be differentiated
from aerobics and therefore was not considered an expressive form of art. Hence,
unlike music, film, theater, poetry, and fine art, social dancing was not protected
by the state’s Second Amendment Freedom of Expression clause.
In an effort to demonstrate that dance was indeed expressive, Greg Miller enlisted
civil rights attorney Norman Siegel, former head of the New York Civil Liberty
Union, to obtain a parade permit for 75 organizations to celebrate many diverse
cultural and movement forms as possible: a dance parade.

Come Join the Artsy Fartsy Show’s live broadcast from Tompkins Square Park May 19, 2012 3-5pm