Regulating traffic can be difficult but police officers in western Romania have found a solution to their pains and are taking ballet classes to help them do their work more gracefully. About 20 members of the local community police are already attending classes under two former dancers of the Timisoara Opera Ballet. Classes, which have just begun, will initially take place twice a week for a month.

"We started by filming our pupils’ awkwardness and I’m sure we will already see some progress in a month’s time," the head of the community police in the town of Timisoara, Dorel Cojan, said.

The classes are exclusively for member of the community police. Unlike the local police, they do not conduct investigations but are mainly responsible for road safety and can be called up to regulate traffic.