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1920s

Le Pustra Dives into the Dark Legends of Weimar Berlin

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His face is heavily painted like an early silent film star. Asta Nielsen perhaps, or Alla Nazimova. His hair is a cotton candy poof of lavender or garish red. Lounging in an impeccably tailored tuxedo, he takes a drag from an ebony cigarette holder and partially disappears in a shroud of smoke. A time-traveler, he … Read more Le Pustra Dives into the Dark Legends of Weimar Berlin

Daniel Malheur: Pop Goes the Monokel

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Daniel Malheur steps up on the stage, a dapper man in full vintage attire with a pencil mustache and painted lips. He approaches a gramophone and gives it a hearty cranking. As the scratchy strains of a bygone orchestra emits from the ancient machine, he stands in front of a vintage microphone and peers at … Read more Daniel Malheur: Pop Goes the Monokel

Anja Pavlova: From Russia with Love, a 1920s Burlesque Dancer in Berlin

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Maybe you’ve seen her on burlesque stages in Berlin, looking like she emerged from one of Jay Gatsby’s legendary parties: all kinetic arms and flailing legs, a 21st century embodiment of a gin-soaked, high-kicking, rouge-kneed flapper. She’s Soviet sensation Anja Pavlova, internationally known for burlesque routines that are part bump ‘n’ grind and part Savoy kicks. … Read more Anja Pavlova: From Russia with Love, a 1920s Burlesque Dancer in Berlin

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