Strictly ballroom

Dancing is a highly popular pastime for many middle-aged and elderly people, and now in Shanghai many are spending large sums of money on classes that give them the chance to perform before a live audience

Dancing is one of the most popular public leisure activities in China.

Be it dawn or dusk, along the Bund or on the pedestrian walkway of Nanjing Road in Shanghai, one can always find groups of middle-aged and elderly people moving their bodies to the sound of music.