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List of Illustrations MAPS 1. Shanghai’s entertainment district. (86) 2. Sub-districts in Shanghai’s entertainment district. (87) 3. Locations of licensed “dance saloons” (cabarets, nightclubs, and ballrooms) in Shanghai. (88) FIGURES 1. A collage printed in Liangyou magazine displaying the strong association of jazz music and cabaret culture to the city. (7) 2. An illustration of “Black Peony,” the main character of Mu Shiying’s short story of the same name. (10) 3. The Russian Ball held at the Majestic Hotel ballroom in 1929. (23) 4. A Russian quintet identified as “Mr. Bershadsky’s Quintet.” (31) 5. Three African American jazz musicians who played in Shanghai clubs in the 1920s. (37) 6. A rare photo collage showing all of the band members of Whitey Smith’s orchestra. (45) 7. The Majestic Hotel ballroom. (62) 8. Black Cat cabaret dance star Li Lina. (71) 9. Peach Blossom Palace dance hostess Wu Aina. (72) 10. Cabaret hostess Yang Peiying and her “caboose”Yu Hanmin. (74) 11. Peach Blossom Palace and Sun Sun cabaret hostess Lu Pinjuan. (75) 12. Neon sign advertising the Great Eastern cabaret. (77) 13. Interior of Canidrome ballroom in 1935. (94) 14. Buck Clayton and his Harlem Gentlemen, posing in front of the orchestral shell at the Canidrome ballroom. (95) 15. Paramount ballroom exterior view. (98) 16. Paramount ballroom entrance. (100) 17. Paramount ballroom main dance floor. (101) Shanghai.indb 9 2010/5/11 11:47:25 AM x · List of Illustrations 18. Paramount ballroom upper dance floor. (102) 19. Ermoll’s Orchestra posing in the shell at the Majestic Hotel ballroom. (104) 20. Exterior of Ciro’s nightclub. (105) 21. Illustration showing a female singer named Lu Ming at Ciro’s nightclub. (106) 22–23. Paradise ballroom blueprint and dance floor. (108) 24–25. Paradise ballroom wait staff and tea boys. (109) 26–28. Metropole Gardens ballroom: the entrance hall, exterior view and interior view. (112) 29–33. A montage of illustrations of a summer evening at the Metropole Gardens ballroom. (114–115) 34–35. The Casanova and Ambassador ballrooms on Avenue Edward VII. (123) 36. Dance hostesses from the Paradise ballroom. (126) 37–38. The Liang sisters: Liang Saizhen and Liang Saizhu. (127) 39. A promotional photo for a film starring the four Liang sisters. (127) 40. “Hot song and dance star” Bai Yan. (135) 41. Wei Aina, winner of the “Hundred flowers beautiful dance party” held in 1936 at the Yangzi ballroom. (143) 42. A pictorial juxtaposition suggesting the close connections between the gang bosses and civic leaders of Shanghai and the fantasy world of nightlife in the city. (157) 43–44. Rare photos of a ballroom dance contest held at the Lafayette Gardens ballroom in 1935. (159) 45. Sign advertising Sun Sun Dancing School. (161) 46. A promotional photo of the Yangzi ballroom, showcasing its Deco features. (165) 47. A Russian orchestra poses at the bandstand in the Yangzi ballroom. (165) 48. Cover of an issue of The Dance (Wuchang texie). (185) 49. Cover of an issue of Ciro’s Pictorial (Xianle huabao). (185) 50. Cover of an issue of Film and Dance (Yingwu). (187) 51–53. Three examples of dance tickets from the 1940s. (214) 54–57. Cabaret hostesses and male workers storming the SAB and wrecking the offices. (249) 58. Photographs published in the North China Daily News, February 1, 1948, showing the arrests of cabaret hostesses. (251) Shanghai.indb 10 2010/5/11 11:47:25 AM ...

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