Cabaret dance
Modern cabaret began in 1881 in Montmartre, Paris, when Rodolphe Salis opened Le Chat Noir, where artists and writers mixed songs, poems and satire in a small room. The format spread across Europe; German Kabarett grew from 1901 and flourished in 1920s Berlin, with short numbers of song, dance, monologue and sketch performed among audience tables.
In Paris the dance side was carried by venues such as the Moulin Rouge, opened in 1889 by Joseph Oller and Charles Zidler and known for the French cancan, a high-kicking dance with ruffled skirts. The cancan's best-known music is the galop from Offenbach's Orpheus in the Underworld (1858). The Folies Bergere, opened in 1869, became a music-hall revue house in 1886; both still stage shows.
Sources
- Cabaret - Wikipedia
- Cabaret - Encyclopedia.com
- Can-can - Wikipedia
- Folies Bergere - Wikipedia
- Moulin Rouge: 134-year history of this Parisian cabaret (official site)
- Musee de Montmartre (official site)
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