Ghosts of Weimar Past at The Triad

Ghosts of Weimar Past is a program of musical time travel, in which we honor the spirit of cabaret and vaudeville from the birth to the death of Weimar Berlin.  From the gritty 20s, tumultuous 30s, and uncertain 40s, cabaret existed— most importantly, as a way to criticize and defy the faults of society. Ghosts of Weimar Past is full of Marlene Dietrich standards, snippets from Anita Berber’s Dances of Depravity, and the LGBTQ+ anthems and anti-Nazi songs that were sung under the very nose of fascism.  Chanteuse Artemisia LeFay and the Orchestra of the Depraved (pianist/singer Hannah Mount; accordionist/singer Mary Spencer Knapp; accordionist/singer Natasha Thweatt) resurrect the songs of Michael Jary, Mischa Spoliansky, Kurt Weill, Friederich Hollaender and more.