C121 He Had Spent Half His Life Mourning and Dancing Drunk for Half His Life
In the '20s of the last century, there was an upsurge of social dancing in Shanghai. A dance hall in Hongkou, called the Black Cat Dance Hall. At first, there were only a dozen or so dancers, and they were all considered to have learned it in private dancing schools. They were the earliest group of professional dancers in Shanghai. At that time, the income of the red dancers was quite good
