Teens' "Sexy" Dance Moves Split Texas Town

Karen Miller, 53 years old, saw her first "freak dance" four years ago when she was chaperoning a high-school dance attended by her freshman daughter.

One boy was up close to a girl's back, bumping and grinding to the pounding beat of the music.

"I thought, 'That's just dadgum nasty,'" Ms. Miller recalls. "It really had me sick to my stomach."

Ms. Miller took the initiative and broke it up. School employees at the dance seemed oblivious, she says.

They're oblivious no longer. A new resolve by school officials in this
booming Dallas suburb to crack down on sexually suggestive dancing --
and skimpy clothing -- has sparked a rancorous debate over what
boundaries should be set for teenagers' self-expression. Argyle joins a
long list of other schools around the country that have banned the
hip-hop inspired dancing known as "grinding" or "freak dancing."