Changing times at the ballroom studio Berlin
The ballroom and restaurant were built in 1889. Tea dance events to the rhythm of the Golden Twenties and tango extravaganzas rocked the dance floor until the mid 1930s. A meeting place for fascists and communists alike until the completion of the Wall suddenly placed the ballroom in a blind spot of West Berlin – that was the end. Finally, bikers transformed the decaying building into a large parking deck.
In 1989, Sabine Atzberger from Munich found the ballroom and the Berlin architect Thomas Göbel. Together, they restored and modernized the ballroom and then got married there. As a photo studio, temporarily under new management, the ballroom made a name for itself in the emerging media capital Berlin.
In 2004, Sabine Atzberger-Göbel, herself a former film industry pro, took control over the ballroom again. Adapted to meet the requirements of a modern event venue the “ballroom studio“ was returned to its original purpose.
Today, once again, the ballroom is a place of cultural interaction: chamber concerts, readings, and expositions are being held – the ballroom’s architectural acoustics are favourable. At the same time, creative minds from the photo and film industry value its inspiring privacy – for undisturbed productiveness without the constraints of time. Well-established businesses as well as start-ups benefit from the atmosphere – the ballroom presents itself surprisingly versatile and unpretentiously charming.
The ballroom studio is en vogue.