Berliners at the Wansee resort during a heatwave enjoying a dance on the beach. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images). 1925

Margaret Morris dancers exercising on the sands at Saint-Idesbald. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images). August 1929

Three members of a dance school rehearse for an upcoming performance on the beach at Worthing. One dancer with a hoop pursues two others with small pipes. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images). 24th June 1935

Pupils from the International Institute of Margaret Morris Movement practice on the beach at Sandwich on the Kent coast. (Photo by Reg Speller/Fox Photos/Getty Images). 17th August 1935

Music hall singer Florrie Ford cavorting in the sea at Morecambe in Lancashire with her companions. (Photo by Harry Shepherd/Fox Photos/Getty Images). 22nd August 1939

Three women in bathing costumes. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images). Circa 1948

Dancer Ann Argent practices her routine on the beach. (Photo by Orlando /Three Lions/Getty Images). Circa 1950

Members of the London Theatre Ballet Company form a frieze-like tableau on the beach at Eastbourne. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images). 1951

Three Windmill Theatre dancers enjoying the sun on the beach at Angmering during a break in rehearsals. (Photo by William Vanderson/Getty Images). 1952

Saint James Ballet Company limber up on the beach at Burnham in Somerset. (Photo by Erich Auerbach/Getty Images). Circa 1953

Television dancing duo Boyer and Ravel, dancing on the beach at Eastbourne, East Sussex, where they have been spending the summer. (Photo by Carl Sutton/Picture Post/Getty Images). 19th September 1953

A ballet dancer draws circles in the sand with the points of her toes. (Photo by John Chillingworth/Picture Post/Getty Images). August 1955

Late night revellers dancing in the Acapulco beach area of Beirut (Photo by Keystone Features/Getty Images). March 1965