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The Moulin Rouge on Boulevard de Clichy at evening

The Moulin Rouge by day

Moulin Rouge (French for Red Mill or windmill) is a traditional cabaret, built in 1889 by Joseph Oller, who already owned the Paris Olympia. Situated in the red-light district of Pigalle on Boulevard de Clichy in the 18th arrondissement, near Montmartre, Paris, France, it is recognized by the large red imitation windmill on its roof. Moulin Rouge can refer to: Moulin Rouge the Paris cabaret (the Red Mill) At the Moulin Rouge, the painting by Toulouse-Lautrec Moulin Rouge Hotel in Las Vegas Moulin Rouge (1952 film) Moulin Rouge (book) a book by French author Pierre La Mure, the basis for the 1952 film Moulin... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 483 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1711 × 2124 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 483 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1711 × 2124 pixel, file size: 1. ... The Moulin Rouge on Boulevard de Clichy, Paris. ... The Moulin Rouge on Boulevard de Clichy, Paris. ... Cabaret is a form of entertainment featuring comedy, song, dance, and theatre, distinguished mainly by the performance venue — a restaurant or nightclub with a stage for performances and the audience sitting around the tables (often dining or drinking) watching the performance. ... Year 1889 (MDCCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... The Olympias entrance and billboard Paris Olympia is a music hall at 28, Blvd. ... For the 2004 album by American rapper Ludacris, see The Red Light District. ... Pigalle is the name of an area in Paris, France around Place Pigalle (a plaza) on the border between the 9th and the 18th arrondissements, named after the sculptor Jean-Baptiste Pigalle (1714-1785). ... The 18e arrondissement is one of the 20 arrondissements of Paris, France. ... Montmartre seen from the centre Georges Pompidou (1897), a painting by Camille Pissarro of the boulevard that led to Montmartre as seen from his hotel room. ... This article is about the capital of France. ... A Dutch tower windmill, sporting sails, surrounded by tulips A windmill is an engine powered by the wind to produce energy, often contained in a large building as in traditional post mills, smock mills and tower mills. ...

Over the past hundred years, the Moulin Rouge has remained a popular tourist destination, offering musical dance entertainment for adult visitors from around the world. Much of the romance from turn-of-the-century France is still present in the club's decor.

Notable performers at the Moulin Rouge have included La Goulue, Josephine Baker, Frank Sinatra, Yvette Guilbert, Jane Avril, Mistinguett, Le Pétomane, Édith Piaf and others. The Moulin Rouge was also the subject of paintings by post-impressionist painter Toulouse Lautrec. This article does not cite its references or sources. ... This page is for the American entertainer. ... Sinatra redirects here. ... Yvette Guilbert, born January 20, 1867 in Paris, France – died February 4, 1944 in Aix-en-Provence, was a music-hall singer and actress. ... Avril by Toulouse-Lautrec Jane Avril (1868-1943), was a French can-can dancer made famous by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec through his paintings. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Le Pétomane Le Pétomane was the stage name of the French professional farter and entertainer Joseph Pujol (June 1, 1857 - 1945). ... Édith Piaf (December 19, 1915–October 11, 1963) was one of Frances most beloved singers,[1] and became a national icon. ... Post-Impressionism is a term applied to a number of painters of the late 19th and early 20th centuries whose style developed out of or reacted against that of the Impressionists. ... Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (November 24, 1864 - September 9, 1901) was a French painter. ...

Moulin Rouge was also the title of a book by Pierre La Mure, which was adapted as a 1952 film called Moulin Rouge, starring Jose Ferrer and Zsa-Zsa Gabor. Several other films have had the same title, including 2001's Moulin Rouge!, starring Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman. Both the 1952 and 2001 films were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. Pierre La Mure was a French author. ... Moulin Rouge is a 1952 movie directed by John Huston. ... José Vicente Ferrer de Otero y Cintron, known as José Ferrer (January 8, 1912-January 26, 1992), was an actor and director, born in Santurce, Puerto Rico. ... Zsa Zsa Gabor Zsa Zsa Gabor (born February 6, 1917) is a Hungarian-American actress and socialite, who, like her two sisters, is best known for her beauty and wealthy lifestyle. ... Moulin Rouge is a 2001 Academy Award-winning jukebox musical film directed by Baz Luhrmann. ... Ewan Gordon McGregor (born March 31, 1971) (IPA pronunciation: [1]) is a Scottish actor who has had significant success in mainstream, indie and art house films. ... Nicole Mary Kidman AC (born June 20, 1967), is an Australian [1] actress. ... // The Academy Award for Best Motion Picture is one of the Academy Awards, awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which are voted on by others within the industry. ...

Can-Can at the Moulin Rouge

The main feature of an evening at the Moulin Rouge is the nightly performance. The Moulin Rouge is famous internationally as the 'spiritual home' of the traditional French Can-Can, which is still performed there today. Whilst the dance of the can-can had existed for many years as a respectable, working-class party dance, it was in the early days of the Moulin Rouge when courtesans first adapted the dance to entertain the male clientele. It was usually performed individually, with the courtesan moving in an increasingly energetic and provocative way in an attempt to seduce a potential client. It was very common for them to lift their skirts and reveal their legs, underwear and occasionally the genitals. As time progressed, the can-cans seen at the Moulin Rouge became more and more vulgar and overtly erotic, causing much public outrage. The Can-can (also spelt Cancan, Can Can) is regarded today primarily as a music hall dance, perfomed by a chorus line of female dancers who wear costumes with long skirts, petticoats, and black stockings, harking back to the fashions of the 1890s. ...

Later, however, with the rising popularity of music hall entertainment in Europe, courtesans were no longer 'required' at the Moulin Rouge and it became a legitimate 'nightclub'. The modern can-can was born as dancers were introduced to entertain the guests, many of them failed ballet dancers with exceptional skill. The can-can that we recognize today comes directly from this period and as the vulgarity of the dance lessened, it became renowned for its athelic and acrobatic tricks. Also the Moulin Rouge has lost much of its former reputation as a 'high-class brothel' and it would soon become fashionable for the very best in French society to visit and see the spectacular cabarets, which have included a traditional French can-can ever since. The dance is recognizable for the long skirts with heavily frilled undergarments that the dancers wear, high kicks, hops in a circle whilst holding the other leg in the air, splits, cartwheels and other acrobatic tricks, normally accompanied by squeals and shrieks. As the dance became respected, it became less and less crude, however but the choreography is always intended to be a little riqsue at times and somethat provocative and 'a little naughty'.

Today, the Can-Can performed at the Moulin Rouge has iconic status in dance throughout the World. In France, the Moulin Rouge and the dance that made it famous are regarded with great respect as part of the country's cultural heritage.

Contemporary description

Andrey Bely wrote in his 1906 letter to Alexander Blok about the "Tavern of Hell" at Moulin Rouge, where lackeys were dressed as devils: Boris Budaev Andrei Bely (Андрей Белый) was the pseudonym of Boris Nikolaevich Bugaev (1880 - 1934), a Russian novelist, poet, theorist, and literary critic. ... 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Blok in 1907 Alexander Blok (Александр Александрович Блок, November 28 [O.S. November 16] 1880 – August 7, 1921), was perhaps the most gifted lyrical poet produced by Russia after Alexander Pushkin. ...

Sometimes I would venture from my sepulchre to the jazz of night Paris, where having gathered the colours, I would think them over in front of the fire. I could be seen walking through a funeral corridor of my house and descending down a black spiral of steep stairs; rushing underground to Montmartre, all impatience to see the fiery rubies of the Moulin Rouge cross. I wandered thereabouts, then bought a ticket to watch frenzied delirium of feathers, vulgar painted lips, and eyelashes of black and blue.

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec painted numerous posters and scenes of night life at the Moulin Rouge.

Naked feet, and thighs, and arms, and breasts were being flung on me from bloody-red foam of translucent clothes. The tuxedoed goatees and crooked noses in white vests and toppers would line the hall, with their hands posed on canes. Then I found myself in a pub, where the liqueurs were served on a coffin (not a table) by the nickering devil: "Drink it, you wretched!" Having drunk, I returned under the black sky split by the flaming vanes, which the radiant needles of my eyelashes cross-hatched. In front of my nose a stream of bowler hats and black veils was still pulsing, foamy with bluish green and warm orange of feathers worn by the night beauties: to me they were all one, as I had to narrow my eyes for insupportable radiance of electric lamps, whose hectic fires would be dancing beneath my nervous eyelids for many a night to come.

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Striptease

Main article: striptease

The People's Almanac credited the origin of striptease as we know it to an act in 1890s Paris in which a woman slowly removed her clothes in a vain search for a flea crawling on her body. At this time Parisian shows such as the Moulin Rouge and Folies Bergere pioneered semi-nude dancing and tableaux vivants. One landmark was the appearance at the Moulin Rouge in 1907 of an actress called Germaine Aymos who entered dressed only in three very small shells. For other uses, see Striptease (disambiguation). ... The 1890s were sometimes referred to as the Mauve Decade, because William Henry Perkins aniline dye allowed the widespread use of that colour in fashion, and also as the Gay Nineties, under the then-current usage of the word gay which referred simply to merriment and frivolity, with no... The Eiffel Tower has become the symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... For other uses, see Flea (disambiguation). ... Costume, c. ... Tableau vivant, Folies Bergères c. ...

In film and television

On July 1, 1962, the Ed Sullivan Show was taped at the Moulin Rouge and featured American singing star Connie Francis and France's most famous rocker, Johnny Hallyday. The Ed Sullivan Show was an American television variety show that ran from June 20, 1948, to June 6, 1971, and was hosted by Ed Sullivan. ... Connie Francis (born December 12, 1938 in Newark, New Jersey) is an American pop singer best known for international hit songs such as Whos Sorry Now?, Where The Boys Are, and Everybodys Somebodys Fool. She is known to have one of the most distinct voices in the... Johnny Hallyday (born June 15, 1943 in Paris) is a French singer and actor. ...

Nine movies have been made with the title Moulin Rouge: This article is about motion pictures. ...

• In 1928, directed by Ewald André Dupont.
• In 1934, directed by Sidney Lanfield. Lucille Ball appeared as a chorus girl.
• In 1939, directed by André Hugon.
• In 1944, directed by Yves Mirande.
• In 1952, directed by John Huston, starring Jose Ferrer and Zsa Zsa Gabor. See Moulin Rouge (1952 film).
• In 2001, directed by Baz Luhrmann. See Moulin Rouge!.

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• French Cancan by Jean Renoir in 1955 is a fictionalized history of the Moulin Rouge.

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• A Night at the Moulin Rouge, a 1951 film (also circulated under the title Ding Dong!) of burlesque acts of the Moulin Rouge club in Oakland, California.

• The Moulin Rouge can be seen in the PlayStation game Medal of Honor: Underground.

• The music video for Christina Aguilera, Pink, Lil' Kim and Mýa's Lady Marmalade was shot at the Moulin Rouge.

• In the Bollywood movie, Parineeta (2005 film), the Moulin Rouge was mentioned when in a card game, if one team won then everyone would go to the Moulin Rouge. A scene was also shot in the "Moulin Rouge", where Rekha does a cameo to the song Kaisi Paheli Zindgani.

• The film "Rush Hour 3" features the Moulin Rouge, in which there is a Fight Scene.

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