Dancing Around The Law

July, 1980

Art is the mirror to man's soul. And the dance is a most beautiful art; it contains beauty of both form and movement. For its protection of the arts and the Constitution, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts is to be applauded for its artful decision in the 1979 case of Commonwealth vs. Plank, in which it upheld the right of citizens of the commonwealth to dance nude.Marsha Plank, a dancer at the Squire Lounge in Revere, Massachusetts, was arrested after performing a dance in which all sh...

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