Spiegeltent

A mirror tent ( Flemish: Spiegeltent ), also called mirror palace, is a portable event hall made ​​of wood and canvas, reminiscent of the shape and mobility of a circus tent. Original origin of the mirror tents is Belgium.

History

The mirror tents served in the early 20th century primarily as a dance palaces ( danspaleis ) or as a place for wine tasting. An early operator was the Antwerp Academy Horebeke who built a tent of mirrors at funfairs. From him Willem Klessens acquired his first tent. The Klessens family traveled since 1935 with the Kempisch also danspaleis on fairs between Lommel, Mol and Balen. It operates to this day, as of 2011, nine mirror tents, which is next to the Kempisch danspaleis nor the Cristal Palace (1947 ) from the first half of the 20th century.

From the early days of the mirror tents still seven or eight copies are received. These include The Grand Spiegeltent, The Famous Spiegeltent (1920 ) and Le moulin rouge (1910). The Berlin Bar jeder Vernunft is housed in a mirror tent of 1912.

Equipment and use

Chance of today, there are also new buildings that follow the historical models in the equipment. Mirror tents, despite their temporary sojourn most magnificently equipped, the wood exterior walls are often interspersed with lead glass and the interior with velvet. Some offer both the dance floor even a stage. Faceted glass or mirrors allow visitors to easily make eye contact and therefore possibly to start a flirt.

Interior of the same

The Famous Spiegeltent, built circa 1920 by Oscar Mols Dom and Louis Goor, recorded in 1980

Culture

A new appreciation experienced the mirror tents since the 1970s due to several music and theater festivals. The first scene of Volker Braun Iphigenia in freedom plays in a mirror tent.