In a bid to help curb childhood obesity, starting this September a five-minute daily dancing regime will be added to the Chinese national curriculum. Instructional DVDs have already been sent to regional education authorities detailing the seven steps that students will be expected to perform. To mix things up, new steps and melodies will be added every two years. Cao Jiajing, a student at Beijing’s Ritan School, thinks that “students have a lot of pressure on them from their studies, and maybe this can act as a release for them.” Some teachers are not too impressed, however. Beijing teacher Ma Yanling disapproves of the classes, worrying that “letting students waltz will create hotbeds of adolescent love.”