Bars in Sweden are supposed to ban people from dancing unless they have a special licence. But that finally looks set to change, with a controversial law likely to be overturned later this month.
Spontaneous dancing remains outlawed in Sweden except in venues with special “dance licences” after a majority in parliament voted down a move to free the feet.
VIDEO: Three years after opening her dance school in Stockholm, Bangladeshi dancer Wahida Zennath catches up with The Local. Timing was in her favour, as South Asian "Bollywood-style" dance classes are all the rage in Sweden.
Two young women in Malmö upset at being told they couldn't dance as a pair in a Swedish traditional dancing class have reported the folk dance group for discrimination.
Dancing enthusiasts are holding a demonstration in central Stockholm on Saturday to protest against a rule in Sweden that forbids bar patrons from breaking into dance at establishments that don't have a specific dance license.
While "Slumdog Millionaire" brought Bollywood music to the movie-going masses, the Indian embassy is aiming to broaden Swedes' appreciation of the culture of the sub-continent with a programme of classical dance.
Hundreds of restless Stockholmers gathered at Kulturhuset at midday on Tuesday for an hour's worth of grooving to work off those dull workday blues at Lunch Beat - the disco while you eat.
Friday night marks the season premiere of one of Sweden's most popular television shows, with viewers chomping at the bit for the chance to watch an odd mix of celebrities strut their stuff on Let's Dance.
A large crowd led by members of the Bounce dance troupe performed a collective dance tribute to deceased pop legend Michael Jackson in Stockholm's city centre on Wednesday.
Four young men from Sweden's industrial heartland have taken talent to new levels with a taste-defying video clip that has captured the imagination of a large international audience.
Sweden's Equal Opportunities Ombudsman (Jämo) has ruled against a woman who accused a dance school of discrimination when it refused to allow her to take the lead while learning the foxtrot, newspaper Svenska Dagbladet reports.
Tony Irving is the twinkle-toed Brit whose quips cut celebrities down to size on the dancefloor. He may have made a name for himself as the sharp-tongued jury chairman on the TV show Let’s Dance, but there’s more to the man than his quick retorts.
It’s had them dancing in their living rooms from Copenhagen to Cincinnati, and now a bevvy of sure-footed Swedish celebrities is lined up to prove that anyone, given weeks of intensive training, can be a great ballroom dancer.
<i>(AFP)</> Pippi Longstocking, the unruly and world-famous creation of Swedish writer Astrid Lindgren, takes to the ballet stage in a colourful choreography in which streetdance collides with classical steps.
While one-fifth of Swedish residents have some type of immigrant background, less than two percent of executives in the culture sector have a foreign background - a very low figure even in comparison to the rest of the highly segregated Swedish labour market.
