Moulin Rouge

For other uses, see Moulin Rouge (disambiguation).
Moulin Rouge

Poster by Jules Chéret, 1890
Address 82 Boulevard de Clichy
Paris
France
Coordinates 48°53′03″N 2°19′57″E / 48.88417°N 2.33250°E / 48.88417; 2.33250Coordinates: 48°53′03″N 2°19′57″E / 48.88417°N 2.33250°E / 48.88417; 2.33250
Type Cabaret
Capacity 850
Construction
Opened 6 October 1889
Architect Adolphe Willette and Édouard-Jean Niermans
Website
Moulinrouge.fr

Moulin Rouge[1] (French pronunciation: [mu.lɛ̃ ʁuʒ], French for "Red Mill") is a cabaret in Paris, France.

The original house, which burned down in 1915, was co-founded in 1889 by Charles Zidler and Joseph Oller, who also owned the Paris Olympia. Close to Montmartre in the Paris district of Pigalle on Boulevard de Clichy in the 18th arrondissement, it is marked by the red windmill on its roof. The closest métro station is Blanche.

Moulin Rouge is best known as the spiritual birthplace of the modern form of the can-can dance. Originally introduced as a seductive dance by the courtesans who operated from the site, the can-can dance revue evolved into a form of entertainment of its own and led to the introduction of cabarets across Europe. Today, the Moulin Rouge is a tourist attraction, offering musical dance entertainment for visitors from around the world. The club's decor still contains much of the romance of fin de siècle France.

History

Birth

The Moulin Rouge in 1900

The Belle Époque was a period of peace and optimism marked by industrial progress, and a particularly rich cultural exuberance was about at the opening of the Moulin Rouge. The Expositions Universelles of 1889 and 1900 are symbols of this period. The Eiffel Tower was also constructed in 1889, epitomising the spirit of progress along with the culturally transgressive cabaret.[2] Japonism, an artistic movement inspired by the Orient, with Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec as its most brilliant disciple, was also at its height. Montmartre, which, at the heart of an increasingly vast and impersonal Paris, managed to retain a bucolic village atmosphere; festivities and artists mixed, with pleasure and beauty as their values. On 6 October 1889, the Moulin Rouge opened in the Jardin de Paris, at the foot of the Montmartre hill. Its creator Joseph Oller and his Manager Charles Zidler were formidable businessmen who understood the public's tastes. The aim was to allow the very rich to come and 'slum it' in a fashionable district, Montmartre. The extravagant setting – the garden was adorned with a gigantic elephant – allowed people from all walks of life to mix. Workers, residents of the Place Blanche, artists, the middle classes, businessmen, elegant women and foreigners passing through Paris rubbed shoulders. Nicknamed "The First Palace of Women" by Oller and Zidler, the cabaret quickly became a great success.

The Moulin Rouge in Autochrome Lumière color, 1914

The ingredients for its success:[1]

Toulouse-Lautrec and Mr Tremolada, Zidler's assistant, Moulin-Rouge manager. Paris, 1892.

Greatest moments

Operetta and grand shows

Mistinguett years

Mistinguett at the Moulin rouge

After Mistinguett

The shows went on during the German occupation, and prostitution was in its heyday

Renewal

The Moulin Rouge at midnight
The Moulin Rouge at midday

Films

Documentaries

Books

Illustrated books

About Moulin Rouge and its characters

Legacy

Enterprises

The Moulin Rouge in Paris was a source of inspiration for:

Film

Music

See also

Notes and references

  1. 1 2 "Histoire du Moulin Rouge". MoulinRouge.fr.
  2. http://www.moulinrouge.com/
  3. Chapters 10 & 11, Underneath A Harlem Moon ... the Harlem to Paris Years of Adelaide Hall by Iain Cameron Williams. Continuum Int. Publishing, ISBN 0826458939.
  4. Jaques Habas, Les secrets du moulin rouge, 2010
  5. Emotion in Motion: Tourism, Affect and Transformation, Dr David Picard, Professor Mike Robinson, Ashgate Publishing, 28 November 2012
  6. Compare 'Für Volk and Führer: The Memoir of a Veteran of the 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler, Erwin Bartmann, Helion and Company, 19 October 2013'
  7. Paris under the occupation[Gilles Perrault & Pierre Azema], Gilles Perrault; Jean-Pierre Azéma London : Deutsch, 1989.
  8. 1 2 3 "Jacki Clerico". The Daily Telegraph. 18 January 2013. Retrieved 24 January 2013.
  9. Jacques Pessis et Jacques Crépineau, The Moulin Rouge, October 2002
  10. http://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2014/08/13/doris-haug-maitresse-de-ballet-du-moulin-rouge-est-morte_4471162_3382.html
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