Dark cabaret

Dark cabaret
Dark cabaret
Other names	Punk cabaret
Stylistic origins	Cabaret; burlesque; vaudeville; punk rock; gothic rock; jazz; swing; circus; music hall;
Cultural origins	1970s–1990s, Western and Central Europe
Other topics
	Artists; steampunk;

Dark cabaret is a musical genre that draws on the aesthetics of burlesque, vaudeville and Weimar-era cabaret, with live performances that borrow from the stylings of goth and punk.

^ Issitt, Micah: Goths: A Guide to an American Subculture, Greenwood Publishing Group, 2011, ISBN 978-0-313-38604-6, p. 111