Our Curious Past

29: Tears on the Dance floor: The Tragic Love and Heartbreaking Fate of Lavinia Schulz & Walter Holdt

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A unique couple meet in 1920s Germany, and fall in love. Their relationship is fiery, but they become famous dancers, dazzling audiences in Germany…

Yet their commitment to their art will lead them both to a heartbreaking tragedy.

I’m Peter Laws and tonight I give you ‘Tears on the Dancefloor: The Tragic Love and Heartbreaking fate of Lavinia Schulz & Walter Holdt.

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    • Core Sources:

    https://janreetze.blogspot.com/2010/12/the-mask-dancers-lavinia-schulz-walter.html

    https://clasebcn.com/tips/lavinia-schluz-walter-holdt/

    ‘Empire of Ecstasy: Nudity and Movement in German Body Culture, 1910–1935’ by Karl Toepfer UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS, 1997.

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