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A tea-dance circa 1926.
Gastro Obscura

Tea Dance

The surprisingly subversive history of dancing over afternoon tea.
Covering up records meant your secrets stayed secret.
hidden

Why British DJs From the '60s and '70s Kept Their Best Records Secret

The art of the "cover-up" once led an obscure Marvin Gaye record to be misidentified for decades.
Ashawnta Jackson September 26, 2017
STAYIN ALIVE! STAYIN ALIVE!
spiders

Disco-Dancing Peacock Spiders Are Impossible to Resist

Arachnophobes and chorophobes excepted.
Eric Grundhauser September 14, 2017
DANCE! DANCE! DANCE!
world record

Here's 1,069 Robots Dancing in Unison

They set a new world record.
Eric Grundhauser August 18, 2017
Rybachiy, Russia

Dancing Forest

The reason for the strange contortions in the trunks of these "drunken" pine trees in Russia is still a mystery.
Inside the Cross Club.
Prague, Czechia

Cross Club

A steampunk-styled three-floor factory churning out art, activism, and electronic beats.
The project trailer, 1941.
Schoharie, New York

Site of the First Known Free Open-Air Motion Picture Presentation

A tiny village in Upstate New York ushered in the precursor to drive-in movies.
science

In 1971, Stanford Students Did an Interpretive Dance to Demonstrate Protein Synthesis

"tRNA!"
Lauren Young March 10, 2017
The Ballroom
Melbourne, Australia

Flinders Street Station Ballroom

An abandoned jewel of a ballroom on the top floor of Australia’s busiest rail station echoes with the sounds of a bygone era.
film

Watch a Melodramatic Communist Ballet from 1964

A ballerina weeps over the hammer and sickle in Mao's production of "The Red Detachment of Women."
Molly McBride Jacobson January 5, 2017
video

Watch the Physics of Ballet's Hardest Move Explained

Decoding the legendary spins in Swan Lake.
Mariana Zapata December 27, 2016
The <em>Fiesta de la Virgen del Carmen</em> is celebrated in Paucartambo, Cusco, from July 15-18
festivals

The Sleepy Peruvian Town that Comes Alive Each Year to 'Please the Virgin'

Demons, jokers, and colonial characters get together to celebrate tradition and faith with a raucous party.
Mariana Zapata December 13, 2016
germany

Watch Dance Meet Geometry in This 1920s German Ballet

Ballerinas go Bauhaus.
Mariana Zapata December 12, 2016
film

Watch a Hollywood Star Perform a Tap Dance Routine With a Dog

Buttons has quite the soft-paw shuffle.
Mariana Zapata November 3, 2016
sacred spaces

The Quiet Comeback of Istanbul's Hidden Sufi Lodges

The banned dervish halls are scattered through the city.
Joshua Allen October 10, 2016
The Santa Claus schoolhouse.
libraries

9 Bizarre Schools That We Promise Actually Exist

School is in session for gladiators, dead bodies, and Santas.
Oliver Hong September 8, 2016
video

Watch These Human Slinkies Dance in a Neon Disco

It all started with the simple coiled toy.
Lauren Young August 31, 2016
music

The Fabulous History of JAZZ HANDS!

How jazz hands went from musical flourish to cat meme.
Eric Grundhauser August 19, 2016