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Pole Dancing Isn’t Art, Rules New York Court
Strippers may have spent years honing their lap dances, but that doesn’t make it art, a New York court ruled Tuesday.
The decision came down after an Albany-area gentlemen’s club called Nite Moves applied for tax breaks traditionally granted to classical music performances and the ballet. In a 4-3 decision, however, the Albany Court of Appeals ruled that exotic dancing does not qualify as “dramatic or musical arts performances” — meaning Nite Moves can’t wriggle out of the $400,000 in unpaid sales tax it owes.
Read more: http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/10/25/pole-dancing-isnt-art-rules-new-york-court/#ixzz2AMWsR1qA
Strippers may have spent years honing their lap dances, but that doesn’t make it art, a New York court ruled Tuesday.
The decision came down after an Albany-area gentlemen’s club called Nite Moves applied for tax breaks traditionally granted to classical music performances and the ballet. In a 4-3 decision, however, the Albany Court of Appeals ruled that exotic dancing does not qualify as “dramatic or musical arts performances” — meaning Nite Moves can’t wriggle out of the $400,000 in unpaid sales tax it owes.
Read more: http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/10/25/pole-dancing-isnt-art-rules-new-york-court/#ixzz2AMWsR1qA