Students practice during their classic dancing course on November 24, 2008 in Prague. In the edgy age of cell phones, video game consoles and hip-hop, Czech teens have clung as well to the gentler habits of a bygone era, taking traditional ballroom dancing and etiquette courses. Every year, thousands aged 15-18 attend such courses to learn rituals established at the time of the Austro-Hungarian empire that continued -- even thrived -- throughout the oppressive years of communismStudents practice during their classic dancing course on November 24, 2008 in Prague. In the edgy age of cell phones, video game consoles and hip-hop, Czech teens have clung as well to the gentler habits of a bygone era, taking traditional ballroom dancing and etiquette courses. Every year, thousands aged 15-18 attend such courses to learn rituals established at the time of the Austro-Hungarian empire that continued -- even thrived -- throughout the oppressive years of communism. Students take a classic dancing course on October 21, 2008 in Prague. In the edgy age of cell phones, video game consoles and hip-hop, Czech teens have clung as well to the gentler habits of a bygone era, taking traditional ballroom dancing and etiquette courses. Every year, thousands aged 15-18 attend such courses to learn rituals established at the time of the Austro-Hungarian empire that continued -- even thrived -- throughout the oppressive years of communism. Students take a classic dancing course on October 21, 2008 in Prague. In the edgy age of cell phones, video game consoles and hip-hop, Czech teens have clung as well to the gentler habits of a bygone era, taking traditional ballroom dancing and etiquette courses. Every year, thousands aged 15-18 attend such courses to learn rituals established at the time of the Austro-Hungarian empire that continued -- even thrived -- throughout the oppressive years of communism