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Rating: 5 | Votes: 1 | Date: 20/06/2026 18:27:00

First opened on 24 April 1925 on the site of Nottingham's former House of Correction, the Palais de Danse began life as one of the finest dance halls outside London. It stood on Lower Parliament Street, its entrance crowned by an ornate globe and a carved frieze of dancers that survive on the building to this day. The venue was built for the Midland Palais de Danse Company to designs by architects Alfred John Thraves and Henry Hardwick Dawson, who had made their names on cinemas across the regi...