From Ballroom to Event Venue

In the legendary '20s, '30s and '40s, Berlin’s audience amused itself with roaring parties in more than 200 dance halls and ballrooms. To the music of crackling Shellac records, people fled in times of political and economic crises from their everyday life. The pleasure palaces outbid one another with pomp and splendour, and the pleasure-loving audiences flocked to the dance halls. After changes in music and popular culture, however, survival became more difficult for operators of traditional ballrooms.

The "Ballroom and Casino Casanova" in Luther Street 22 (today: No. 14-18), which was known for its expressionist design, was also affected. After alterations by architect Günther Nentwich, the "Casanova” impressed through forms of Rococo and Art Deco. For many years, it was famous as headquarters of Berlin’s fine living world. Due to further increasing competition, the "Casanova" later had to go out of business and was completely destroyed during World War II.

In the late 1990s, “Cassanova” was resurrected in the premises of the former “Charlottenburger Ballrooms”, located in Queen-Elisabeth-Street 45. “Cassanova” and other glamorous ball houses of bygone eras, which were hard to beat in appeal in historic Berlin, provided the inspiration, as the premises were elaborately renovated and modernized.

Since 2002, you can encounter the glamour of the "Cassanova" and nostalgia of the 20s again in Queens 45 BC, which is operated as an exclusive event venue only. Berlin experts have already experienced many specials events here.

The variety of facilities in Rococo and Art Deco style, with expressionistic decor and an extensive selection of event concepts makes Queens 45 BC a successful reincarnation of the entertainment palaces of old Berlin.

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