Diary of a Charlestonite

I’ve had a great year teaching hen parties, first wedding dance and sending our dancers for vintage events. Here’s some pictures: Crazy partner dancing at the Vaudeville Rave. This is a marvellous dancer called Daniel Jazz. He can spin round at lightning speed and mixes in crazy acrobatics with jazz…

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Wonderful drawings from the 20s and 30s

One of my favourite artists from the 20s is Jeanne Mammen. She drew wonderful scenes from nightclubs in the 20s in Berlin, and sketches and paintings which summed up the ambiance of that era and the personalities. Some of my favourites of her work capture scenes from the lesbian nightclubs…

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