Maryland high schools use ‘dance contracts’ to ban twerking from homecoming

Consider it the real world edition of "Footloose."

Some Maryland high schools are banning twerking from their dances — and are enforcing the ban with "dance contracts."

Every student who plans on attending Annapolis High School's homecoming dance must sign a contract, vowing to abstain from any "explicit" moves, which include just about anything Miley Cyrus does in her music videos: grinding, "intimate touching of the breasts, buttocks…or that simulate sexual activity" and "buttocks touching a partner or in the air."

Read the entire contract here.

The school has handed out contracts in previous years. This year, however, parents are also required to sign these contracts.

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"There's no question that the provocative nature of dancing has increased in the past five years, ten years," Bob Mosier, county schools spokesperson, tells the Baltimore Sun. "This is an attempt to create events that are safe and enjoyable for the entire student body."

"This, unfortunately, has become the norm. Some of this crazy dancing that makes others feel uncomfortable," Annapolis High School Principal Susan Chittim tells the Capital Gazette. "Some kids feel left out because of the dancing that occurs."

Students who don't sign the contract won't be allowed to attend.

The contract at South Rider High School, which also requires a parent's signature, leaves no room for misinterpretation and specifically mentions a ban on twerking — in capital letters.

"The manner of dancing will be appropriate for a school function," reads South River High School's dance contract. It details prohibited forms of dancing such as "freaking, grinding, or any other dancing that can be construed as vulgar or provocative – including TWERKING!"

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"Kids express themselves differently these days," Courtney Schrieve, a representative for River Ridge High School in Washington tells MyNorthwest.com about its decision to ban twerking. "All you have to do is turn on YouTube and see Miley Cyrus. And we just want them to know that at a school dance there's certain expectations about how you dance."

"The parents like the contract, I'm not sure all the students like the contract but they abide by it," Schrieve adds.

Some parents are even getting an education in risqué dance moves.

"I know my parents would never know what that was, but now they know what twerking is," student Bailey Greene tells CBS Baltimore.

Nine out of 12 high schools in Anne Arundel County, Md., are now using some form of dance contracts.

Some students aren't convinced the contracts will have much impact.

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"The first day we get it, it's usually just kind of funny to read it because of the way they describe everything," says Lexi Pline, Annapolis High School junior, of a receiving a new school contract. "It's kind of hilarious."

"I guarantee we will see some twerking," says Annapolis High School senior Kate Gonsalves.

Students will get a warning for their first dirty dancing offence. Further failure to comply to the rules may lead to being kicked off the dance floor or even banned from future school dances.

Twerk at homecoming, and you may miss out on prom.

Parents, would you support dance contracts at your kids' schools?

Maybe it's time to bring square-dancing back.