Weimar cabaret

The “Monbijou” one of Berlin’s most exclusive lesbian clubs, by Jeanne Mammen. On the exclusive end of the spectrum, Ruth Röllig, described Club Monbijou West as accessible only by invitation of one of its six hundred members. The hostesses Mali and Igel greeted the clientele personally and enforced a "refined yet promiscuous" atmosphere. Marti Lybeck

Das Triadisches Ballett (Triadic Ballet) is a ballet developed by Oskar Schlemmer. It premiered in Stuttgart, on 30 September 1922, with music composed by Paul Hindemith, after formative performances dating back to 1916, with the performers Elsa Hotzel and Albert Berger. The ballet became the most widely performed avant-garde artistic dance and while Schlemmer was at the Bauhaus from 1921 to 1929, the ballet toured, helping to spread the ethos of the Bauhaus.

History used to be one of our favorite subjects back in school. We absolutely adored learning about ancient cultures, long-gone civilizations, recent developments, and how things changed (though people mostly stayed the same). So whenever there’s a chance to share this passion for the past with you, we pounce!

Cabaret dancer Ludmilla Speranzewa, Berlin, 1926

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Anita Berber in one of her most famous choreographies, which she named "Cocaine", 1922. Berlin is a city of ghosts and one of the most alluring phantoms is Anita Berber, the high priestess of debauchery; she of the kohl black eyes and flaming red hair and vermillion lips. Immortalised by Otto Dix

In the middle of modern-day Berlin a relic of the city’s 1920s cabaret culture has just awoken…

Herwarth Walden's art gallery, Der Sturm, Berlin, 1923, from Michael Stürmer, The German Century (New York: Barnes & Noble, 1999), ...

Germany emerged from the First World War broken and disillusioned. Defeat in the Great War heralded the end of the monarchy, with the Kaiser giving way to the Weimar Republic, named after the small German city that had once been a hotbed of both artistic and scientific progress. Before long,…