Strictly no dancing in Huddersfield town centre - what do you think about King St ban for group?
Garrison Johnson and Drama Simpson
Because Garrison and the group were refused a temporary event notice, the matter would then have to be considered by a council licensing panel.
But the dance teacher said it would have taken the panel far too long to reach a decision before the event, which was planned for tomorrow.
The Kirklees Council spokesman added: "We again tried to help by suggesting that a different location, such as the grassed area in The Piazza may be more suitable in terms of both public safety and the type of performances he wished to give, but Mr Johnson and his colleagues chose to leave.
"We will continue doing our best to assist them if they would like to get back in touch as the council is a strong supporter of local business."
Garrison said The Piazza wasn’t suitable because there was nowhere for the team to plug in their sound system.
"We would have to use batteries for the stereos in The Piazza which wouldn’t last very long at all."
Garrison and business partner Drama, from Dalton, met while studying performing arts at Huddersfield Technical College.
It was then that they decided to set up their own dance and acting school.
Garrison said: "We’ve both seen crime throughout our whole childhood and we just wanted to give something back to the community and inspire kids to get into something other than crime.
"We just want to do a few dance moves – it’s not like we’re hanging around on the street corner up to no good.
"We’ve set up the business with money from our own pockets and we want to make a difference but we feel like the council are just bringing us down."
