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THE NEW LOOKS OF FRENCH CABARETS…
THE
CHARM AND THE CACHE ARE GONE. OF COURSE, THEY BLAME THE AMERICANS FOR IT!!
Photo: Le Moulin Rouge today’s Dancing Girl. She can be a Can Can dancer or any kind of dancer. Time has changed, so did the old and traditional image and role of the first Moulin Rouge’s Can Can Dancer like La Goulue and Jeanne Avril.
Photo, left: The
interiors and décor of a contemporary French Cabaret. The new look (s) of the
majority of today’s French Cabarets in France. Nothing like the good old times
of “Vieux Paris” and Montmartre. They look like a fancy boutique on Rodeo
Drive in Beverly Hills, California or any Gucci, Cartier or Versace store in a
cosmopolitan city across the world. And of course, they blame the Americans for
it. Yah Right! Photos are courtesy of “Les Folies de Paris” a state of the
art ultra modern French Cabaret.
Photo, right/below: Modern Cabaret Dancer at
the ultra modern “Les Folies Bergeres”, Paris, France
Almost every
aspect of the old and traditional Parisian Cabarets has changed. The narrative
style of their attractions has changed…the menu of food and drinks had changed…the
faces of the waiters, managers and personnel have changed…the looks of the
dancing girls have changed…the role of the dancing girls and actresses has
changed…the make-up of the performers and singers has changed…the style and
character of the dancing girls, acrobats and magicians have changed…even the
outfits, skirts and jupons of the dancing girls have changed…even what you hear
in those places have changed; before, it
was the poetry and prose of Parisian poets and artists, now you hear: “Yes,
Yes, we take Dollars.”, or “But of course, sir, you can pay in Dollars…we
love the United States”. Give me a break! Zut alors! Sacre Bleu !!
Nowadays, it is
glamour, flashy lights, neon, electronic boom boom and laser beams spotting the
performers, and nothing anymore chocks
the Parisian society,
except good American folks and young adults at those fancy Parisian cabarets,
wearing blue jeans, T shirts and asking the waiter to bring them ketch up for
their $50.00 Filet Mignon or Steak Tartare! But, they are not chocked to
take their Dollars!!
Photo, left and below:
The ultra modern and chic Cabaret “Les Folies de Paris”
This is how
approximately, the current Le Moulin Rouge management describes its programs and
depicts its dancers. “In the flashing mass of petticoats that hail the
approach of ‘Zidler’s Diamond Dogs’, the Moulin Rouge can-can dancers,
four of the wildest and funkiest always high kick to the front. The
multi-talented, taunting and seductive Four Whores of The Apocalypse can always
be relied upon to have the audience crazy with lust, quivering with delight,
doubled over with laughter and, most importantly, spending up big at the Moulin
Rouge.”
Nini-Legs-in-the-Air (Caroline O’Connor)
Mome Fromage (Lara
Mulcahy)
China Doll (Natalie
Mendoza)
Arabia (Christine
Anu)
Photo: China Doll, Nini and Mome
ARABIA AND CHINA DOLL
ARABIA, NINI, ZILDER, CHINA AND MOME
The Performers
They sing, they dance, they juggle, they conjure, contort and clown.
They are the performers of the Moulin Rouge. Outlandish, outrageous and
completely out of control, the Moulin’s troupe of dazzling performers kept
audiences gasping and reeling. From the gravity defying circus acrobatics of the
Tabasco Brothers to the incredible Le Petomane, a man who could ‘sing’ tunes
through his rear end! So amazing was Le Petomane that he became the highest paid
performer at the Moulin Rouge. Along with the Can-Can dancers the entertainers
of the Moulin Rouge made it undoubtedly the wildest nightclub of the century.
LA KO KACHAU
Let’s go now to the magnificent « Les Folies Bergeres »
in Paris… Next…Au suivant!
The
Lobby of "Les Folies Bergere" in Paris, France