NEWS ++ Friedrichstadt-Palast celebrates 100 years of its iconic trademark – the world’s longest kickline | 18.10.2024 - ART at Berlin | Contemporary Art | Ausstellungen | Galerien | Museen | Galerieführer | Kunst

On 18 October 2024, the iconic trademark of the Palast celebrates its 100th anniversary. The kickline was performed for the first time in 1924 in a revue by Erik Charell. At the beginning of the 20th century, 15 women still danced on stage. They laid the foundation for a dance tradition that is still the highlight of every Grand Show and the Palast’s trademark a hundred years later – albeit in a progressive and new way. Today, there are 32 dancers who move in a long line in complete synchronisation.

Erik Charell, a former assistant to Max Reinhardt as well as a dancer and choreographer, took over the artistic direction of the Großes Schauspielhaus, the predecessor of the Palast, in 1924. These revues included world-famous crowd-pullers, including the British ‘John Tiller Girls’, one of the most successful dance groups at the beginning of the 20th century. His first revue ‘An Alle!’ premiered on Saturday 18 October 1924 and laid the …

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Image above: Collage Kickline (2024 FALLING | IN LOVE und 1957 Palast Revue 57) | Foto: Nady El-Tounsy (links), Walter Weitzer (rechts)

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