Dancefloor Collection

The exclusive private-members Kit Cat Club by Fish
The exclusive private-members Kit Cat Club in Haymarket, London with diners taking to the dancefloor dancing by synthetic moonlight to those saddening, maddening melodies

The Embassy Club, 1932
Full house of social celebrities; a Seasons night. Scene at the Embassy Club in Bond Street, London, one of the most fashionable and exclusive nightclubs in the capital

The new ballroom at the Savoy by Fish
Devotees of Terpsichore in the new ballroom at the Savoy Hotel, London. Date: 1926

Dance Time by Helen McKie
Couples dancing in a hotel ballroom during the 1920s, from 11pm to 2am. Date: 1928

The Florida nightclub by Hynes
Impressions and personalities at the Florida Club in South Bruton Mews, renowned for its glass dance floor, which triggered a craze for them in other clubs in and around London

The Foxtrot by Helen McKie
A couple in evening dress take to the floor to dance the foxtrot, accompanied by a band. Date: c.1935

Supper dance in progress at Kettner s
A supper dance in progress at Kettners in 1926. The Bystander writes, At this famous restaurant, which has now regained the popularity which made it so established a success in the Edwardian period

The Hotel de Paris at Bray
Scene showing the dance floor at popular Bray outpost of the Hotel de Paris, one of the evening haunts during Ascot week in the 1920s. Date: 1934

Chez Victor by Fish
The interior of restaurant and nightclub Chez Victor drawn by Fish. Chez Victor was a very fashionable 1920s restaurant/night-club in Grafton Street (above Grafton Galleries)

The Dancers by Vallee
An exotic looking couple dance dramatically while others look on. 1920

The Third Encore by H. M. Bateman
A small man, rather green with exhaustion, mops his brow at the thought of yet another dance with a sturdy lady. Date: 1928

Dance club in London, 1929
The dance floor of a nightclub in London in 1929 frequented by a mixed crowd of Bohemians and the ultra smart. Date: 1929

That Haunting Melody by Hookway Cowles
Mirth and motley at the court of King Jazz. A jazz orchestra plays for people on the dance floor of a nightclub or restaurant. 1930

Tango at the Savoy by Fish
A Spanish lady wearing a tight black bodice and long pink chiffon skirt demonstrates the authentic tango on the dancefloor at the Savoy Hotel. Date: 1926

Entertainment at the newly opened Dorchester Hotel
Page from the Tatler, part of a promotional 4-page feature about the newly opened Dorchester Hotel in Park Lane, London. Main illustration shows the restaurant which overlooks Hyde Park. Date: 1931

A Th頄ansant at a Lido hotel, 1925
An aerial view over the Hotel Excelsior at the fashionable Venetian Lido, frequented by high society. Photograph shows a th頤 ansant in progress

Advertisement for the Palais de Danse, Hammersmith, 1919
1919 advert for the Palais de Danse, a vast and hugely popular dance venue in West London where American jazz bands played the tunes

Dancing at the Carlton Hotel, 1923
Scene at the fashionable Carlton Hotel, London in 1923. Date: 1923

Celebrating the royal wedding at the Hotel Cecil, 1923
A large group of revellers on the dancefloor at the Hotel Cecil, Strand, London pose for a cheery photograph as they celebrate the royal wedding of the Duke and Duchess of York in April 1923

The restaurant of the May Fair Hotel
The restaurant of the newly-opened May Fair hotel in Stratton Street, Mayfair, London showing people seated at tables and others on the dancefloor

The Ballroom at the May Fair Hotel
The magnificent ballroom at the newly opened May Fair Hotel, showing the crowded dancefloor. The room was decorated in a French Empire style, with a coved ceiling painted in rainbow hues. Date: 1927

Brandstatters Cafe Montmartre - Hollywood, California, USA Date: circa 1930s

Crash on the dancefloor
Two girls crash into each other on a dancefloor and exclaim, Why does a girl have to dance backwards?. Date: 1955

Salt Lake City, Utah, USA - Saltair Pavilion - Exterior & In
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA - Saltair Pavilion (on Great Salt Lake) - Exterior & Interior. The interior pictures shows the (then) largest dancefloor in the world, easily able to accomodate 1000 couples

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