Strict guardian dance

"I went to school and the nuns, they'd do the nun dance on you if you were bad," the strict guardian said. "I'm the evil stepfather. That's my role in life," the strict guardian said. "This house is not a democracy," the guardian said.
2 examples of people who maybe could get the nun dance done on them sometime:
Ludovico Sforza
R.W. Emerson
Perhaps?
Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps...