The saying “horse racing and dancing as usual” (馬照跑, 舞照跳) was considered to be the Chinese government’s promise to Hong Kong people about maintaining the capitalist way of life after the handover. The dancing here refers to the everyday social and popular dance, which consists of a variety of styles and has been constantly evolving in terms of aesthetics, culture and practices. This chapter examines a pivotal moment in Hong Kong ballroom dance in the pre-handover era that epitomized the long-celebrated capitalist lifestyle that is embedded with Akbar Abbass’ ‘compensatory logic’ in Hong Kong cultural production. In 1990s, capitalizing on the dance professionals from the global competitive dance scene and economically less developed countries, local dance businesses developed an industry to provide male professional dance-partnering services targeting a niche market of an exclusively rich female clientele. The industry created a lack of—and thus the desire for—glamour and provided commodities of immediate access to it with the labour and expertise of dance professionals. The capitalist lifestyle of Hong Kong in dance is characterized by the addictive consumerist euphoria misrecognized as freedom.