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Why was dancing banned in "Footloose"?

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"Footloose" gave us Kevin Bacon in tight jeans, a soundtrack that knocked "Thriller" off the charts, and the radical notion that teenagers should be allowed to dance. The 1984 movie follows a Chicago kid who moves to a small town where dancing is illegal and decides that's simply unacceptable. Why was dancing even banned in "Footloose"?