"Moulin Rouge Moulin Rouge (, 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 birthplace of the modern form of the can-can dance. Originally introduced as a seductive dance by the courtesans who operated from"
"A recent example is Faceboyz Folliez, a monthly burlesque and variety show at the Bowery Poetry Club in New York City. Folies Bergère The Folies Bergère () is a cabaret music hall, located in Paris, France. Located at 32 rue Richer in the 9th Arrondissement, the Folies Bergère was built as an opera house by the architect Plumeret. It opened on 2 May 1869 as the Folies Trévise, with light entertainment including operettas, comic opera, popular songs, and gymnastics. It became the Folies Bergère on 13 September 1872, named after nearby rue Bergère. The house was at the height of"
"building has experienced a wide range of uses: open-air cafe, music-hall, television studios and restaurant. It is now a private property. The windmill Radet, however, marks the entrance to a bistro named Le Moulin de la Galette. The area has been depicted by artists such as Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Vincent van Gogh, Pablo Picasso, Ramon Casas, Paul François Quinsac, Kees van Dongen and Maurice Utrillo. Moulin de la Galette The Moulin de la Galette is a windmill and associated businesses situated near the top of the district of Montmartre in Paris. Since the 17th century the windmill has"
"Folies Bergère The Folies Bergère () is a cabaret music hall, located in Paris, France. Located at 32 rue Richer in the 9th Arrondissement, the Folies Bergère was built as an opera house by the architect Plumeret. It opened on 2 May 1869 as the Folies Trévise, with light entertainment including operettas, comic opera, popular songs, and gymnastics. It became the Folies Bergère on 13 September 1872, named after nearby rue Bergère. The house was at the height of its fame and popularity from the 1890s' ""Belle Époque"" through the 1920s. Revues featured extravagant costumes, sets and effects, and often"
"to the public and managed by the not-for-profit organization. The windmill is high and its wings are wide. Sempin Windmill The Sempin Windmill, or Moulin de Montfermeil, is a windmill located in Montfermeil in the French department of Seine-Saint-Denis, approximately east of Paris. It is the last surviving windmill in the department. The tower was originally built in 1740 to replace the Bruyères windmill, which had been built in 1525 but had become obsolete. It was rented for the first time by Messire Hocquart to Jacques Boyartaux on May 6, 1742. The windmill, reconstructed in 1818, fell into disrepair in"
"Windmill Theatre The Windmill Theatre — now The Windmill International — in Great Windmill Street, London was for many years both a variety and revue theatre. The Windmill remains best known for its nude ""tableaux vivants"", which began in 1932 and lasted until its reversion to a cinema in 1964. Many prominent British comedians of the post-war years started their careers working at this theatre. Great Windmill Street took its name from a windmill that stood there from the reign of King Charles II until the late 18th century. In 1909 a cinema, the Palais de Luxe, opened on the"
"Moulin de la Galette The Moulin de la Galette is a windmill and associated businesses situated near the top of the district of Montmartre in Paris. Since the 17th century the windmill has been known for more than just its milling capabilities. Nineteenth-century owners and millers, the Debray family, made a brown bread, galette, which became popular and thus the name of the windmill and its businesses, which have included a famous guinguette and restaurant. In the 19th century, Le Moulin de la Galette represented diversion for Parisians seeking entertainment, a glass of wine and bread made from flour ground"
"cabaret was often captured on canvas by another Montmartre artist, Maurice Utrillo. In 1993 American comedian and entertainer, Steve Martin, wrote a play, ""Picasso at the Lapin Agile"", which had a successful run in Chicago, Los Angeles, and elsewhere. The play depicted an imagined meeting between Pablo Picasso and Albert Einstein at the Lapin Agile. Today, many people visit the Lapin Agile, sitting at wooden tables where initials have been carved into the surfaces for decades. Located in a stone building on the steep and cobbled Rue des Saules, the cabaret presents visitors with French songs dating back as far"
"two orchestras: the Orchestre National de France and Orchestre Lamoureux, as well as the French base of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. The Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France and Ensemble orchestral de Paris play most of their concerts here too, along with other dance, chamber music, recital and pop events. Although the theatre is privately owned, it is supported by the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations, which has owned the building since 1970. Yasmina Reza's 'Art' premiered on the Comédie stage in 1994, winning two Molière awards. Prices can be expensive for the main stage, and vary widely even for a"
"Lapin Agile Lapin Agile is a famous Montmartre cabaret, at 22 Rue des Saules, 18th arrondissement of Paris, France. It existed circa 1860 under the name Au rendez-vous des voleurs. Some twenty years later the walls were decorated with portraits of famous murderers and the place became known as the Cabaret des Assassins. Tradition relates that the cabaret received this name because a band of gangsters broke in and killed the owner's son in a robbery attempt. In 1875, the artist Andre Gill painted the sign that was to suggest its permanent name. It was a picture of a rabbit"
"gigs included a semi-secret double bill of Calexico and Kurt Wagner (of Lambchop) followed by a gig by The 5678s, just after they had appeared as the house band in Quentin Tarantino's . A Rottweiler dog living on the roof of the venue (known as ""Roof Dog"") became the Windmill's mascot, until its death in August 2015. The Windmill was voted the third best music venue in London, in a 2012 poll in Time Out magazine, and #7 by The Guardian in 2008, and has been described as ""one of the top-10 music venues in the U.K."". The Windmill, Brixton"
"France, the expression ""faire un Boeuf"" is used by musicians to this day to mean ""to have a jam session"" and derives from the name of this cabaret. In 1928, owner Louis Moysés was forced to move to a new location, and this was followed by more moves, always within the 8th arrondissement. [[File:Le Bœuf sur le toit - intérieur.jpg|thumb|left|360px|Interior of Le Boeuf sur le Toit in 2007]] The many relocations proved ruinous to the effervescent spirit of the original cabaret. Le Boeuf sur le Toit exists as a chic restaurant to this day. But the glamour, social cachet, avant-garde"
"2000 seats and contains over 3500m³ of water. The dome rises 25m from the stage. This show is very intimate despite the technical means implemented, since the farthest of the two thousand spectators, in the fourteenth row, is only twelve meters from the stage. Among the projects, contacts were gradually established with the owners of the Lido, a famous cabaret located on the Champs-Élysées and the service company Sodexo. And in the beginning of 2013, the first auditions were held in Paris. The new performers of the troupe were selected during a rigorous casting process while the Lido transformation work"
"Café des 2 Moulins The Café des 2 Moulins (French for ""Two Windmills"") is a café in the Montmartre area of Paris, located at the junction of Rue Lepic and Rue Cauchois (the address is 15, rue Lepic, 75018 Paris). It takes its name from the two nearby historical windmills, Moulin Rouge and Moulin de la Galette. The interior consists of a bar area and multiple small tables. The café has gained considerable fame since its appearance in the 2001 film ""Amélie"", in which it is the workplace of the title character. It has since become a popular tourist destination."
"la Galette"" (F274), which is also named ""The Blute-Fin Windmill, Montmartre"", there are several other paintings with the name Blute-Fin. Here are the images of paintings from van Gogh's period in Paris that include windmills: Le Moulin de la Galette (Van Gogh series) Le Moulin de la Galette is the title of several paintings made by Vincent van Gogh in 1886 of a windmill, the Moulin de la Galette, which was near Van Gogh and his brother Theo's apartment in Montmartre. The owners of the windmill maximized the view on the butte overlooking Paris, creating a terrace for viewing and"
"as the fifteenth century. Lapin Agile Lapin Agile is a famous Montmartre cabaret, at 22 Rue des Saules, 18th arrondissement of Paris, France. It existed circa 1860 under the name Au rendez-vous des voleurs. Some twenty years later the walls were decorated with portraits of famous murderers and the place became known as the Cabaret des Assassins. Tradition relates that the cabaret received this name because a band of gangsters broke in and killed the owner's son in a robbery attempt. In 1875, the artist Andre Gill painted the sign that was to suggest its permanent name. It was a"
"Cabaret du Ciel The Cabaret du Ciel (Cabaret of Heaven) was a well-known cabaret in the Montmartre district of Paris. The ""Cabaret du Ciel"" was an early version of modern theme restaurants, with a theme centered around celestial concepts connected to the afterlife in Paradise. The cabaret was located next to the ""Cabaret de L'Enfer"" (Cabaret of Hell) at the same address at 53 Boulevard de Clichy. The ""Cabaret du Ciel"", along with the ""Cabaret de L'Enfer"" (Cabaret of Hell), and the ""Cabaret du Néant"" (Cabaret of Nothingness), was part of a trio of themed restaurants established at around the"
"Moulin de Craca Moulin de Craca is a windmill in Plouézec, Côtes-d'Armor, France. First working in 1844 it was restored from 1995. It is popular amongst both locals and tourists because of its location on top of a cliff overlooking Port Lazo. Every August the Plouézec-Ballinamore twinning committee organises Noz Ar Vilin Fest Noz around the windmill. There is a selection of Breton and Irish music and dancing, as well as local cuisine and drinks. Amongst the specialities are ""Moules-Frites"" (Mussels and chips), ""Crêpes"", ""Galettes"", Breton cider, and Chouchen. After falling into disrepair, the windmill was restored in 1993. It"
"Diavolo"" (as ""L'hôtellerie de Terracine"") on 28 January 1830, and Ferdinand Hérold's ""Zampa"" on 3 May 1831. After 22 March 1832 the Opéra-Comique left the Salle Ventadour and moved to the Salle de la Bourse, where it opened on 24 September 1832. The Salle Ventadour was reopened on 10 June 1834 as the Théâtre Nautique — ""nautique"" since some of the main attractions were works performed in a basin of water on the stage. The programs included the ballet-pantomime ""Les ondines"", which was based on Fouqué's novella ""Undine"", about a water sprite who marries a knight in order to save"
"Pointe-Claire Windmill The Pointe-Claire Windmill (French: Moulin à vent de Pointe-Claire) is a windmill in Pointe-Claire, Quebec, Canada. It is the oldest windmill on the island of Montreal and one of 18 remaining windmills in Quebec. Like most mills in New France it was built to a French design, a cylindrical stone tower with a movable roof which could be turned by a tail pole to face the sails to the wind. The mill had two doors, to provide an exit regardless of which ways the sails faced. The walls are four French feet (1m32) thick at the base. The"
"Sempin Windmill The Sempin Windmill, or Moulin de Montfermeil, is a windmill located in Montfermeil in the French department of Seine-Saint-Denis, approximately east of Paris. It is the last surviving windmill in the department. The tower was originally built in 1740 to replace the Bruyères windmill, which had been built in 1525 but had become obsolete. It was rented for the first time by Messire Hocquart to Jacques Boyartaux on May 6, 1742. The windmill, reconstructed in 1818, fell into disrepair in the nineteenth century after it became redundant with competition from another mill. It was restored in 1896 when"
"Élysée Montmartre Élysée Montmartre () is a music venue located at 72 Boulevard de Rochechouart, Paris, France. It opened in 1807, burned down in 2011, reopened in 2016, and has a capacity of 1,380 patrons. The nearest métro station is Anvers. The Élysée Montmartre was originally a ballroom inaugurated in 1807 where the famous Can-Can was performed among others dances during the 19th century. In 1900, the venue was damaged by fire, and was re-decorated. After the Second World War, the venue can also host boxing matches. The piece ""The Mask"" by Maupassant takes place in this venue and Henri"
"Crazy Horse (cabaret) Le Crazy Horse Saloon or Le Crazy Horse de Paris is a Parisian cabaret known for its stage shows performed by nude female dancers and for the diverse range of magic and variety 'turns' between each nude show and the next. Its owners have helped to create related cabaret and burlesque shows in other cities. Unrelated businesses have used the phrase ""Crazy Horse"" in their names. The Paris Crazy Horse occupies former wine cellars (12 in all which have been knocked together) of an impressive Haussmanian building at 12 Avenue George-V (from the British king George V,"
"as Cirque Du Soleil, The Flying Farfans, and The Flying Caceres. Cirque Du Soleil's ""La Nouba"" features a bar-to-bar flying trapeze act, and Cirque Du Soleil's ""Corteo"" presents a high-flying act quite similar to flying trapeze, but without bars. The flyers fly from one catcher to another in an innovative adagio-influenced aerial act. Still other flying trapeze acts focus on high-flying aerial tricks from the flyers, but perform their release tricks to the net, rather than to catchers. Also, some flying trapeze acts have other equipment (which includes 2 Russian swings, with one for the swinging catcher and the other"
"A new ogee cap was constructed and fitted to the windmill tower. The windmill is a six storey tower mill with an ogee cap which has a gallery. There is a stage at third floor level. The mill had four double Patent sails carried on a cast iron windshaft. The windmill drove two pairs of French Burr millstones, and was also capable of driving the three pairs of French Burr millstones in the watermill. The watermill is a three storey brick building with a roof of pantiles. It is powered by an undershot Poncelet waterwheel made by Whitmore & Binyon,"
"the model established by the Chat Noir. In December 1899, Henri Fursy opened his ""Boîte à Fursy"" cabaret in the former Chat Noir hôtel on rue Victor-Massé. He claimed to have inherited the mantle of Salis, and said his cabaret ""has thanks to Fursy become once again the goal of all who 'climb Montmartre' to hear their favorite chansonniers..."" Under the management of Rodolphe Salis, ""Le Chat noir"" produced 45 ""théatre d'ombres"" (shadow play) shows between 1885 and 1896, as the art became more popular in Europe. Behind a screen on the second floor of the establishment, the artist Henri"
"Le Moulin de la Galette (Van Gogh series) Le Moulin de la Galette is the title of several paintings made by Vincent van Gogh in 1886 of a windmill, the Moulin de la Galette, which was near Van Gogh and his brother Theo's apartment in Montmartre. The owners of the windmill maximized the view on the butte overlooking Paris, creating a terrace for viewing and a dance hall for entertainment. The windmill paintings are a subset of paintings from Van Gogh's ""Montmartre"" series. In 1886 van Gogh left the Netherlands for Paris and the guidance of his brother Theo van"
"Until 2009, the Paul Raymond Organisation occupied the Piccadilly Buildings section of the building as their offices. A ""gas or electricity explosion"" occurred in the male toilets of the Windmill Club occurred on 3 March 2017 leading to a brief evacuation of the building and surrounding area. Oscar Owide died in December 2017. A month later, the Windmill lost its licence because it been found to have broken the ""no touching"" requirement between performers and clients. There have been four films about or featuring The Windmill: Windmill Theatre The Windmill Theatre — now The Windmill International — in Great Windmill"
"now contains fully operational, working replica machinery. Moulin de Craca Moulin de Craca is a windmill in Plouézec, Côtes-d'Armor, France. First working in 1844 it was restored from 1995. It is popular amongst both locals and tourists because of its location on top of a cliff overlooking Port Lazo. Every August the Plouézec-Ballinamore twinning committee organises Noz Ar Vilin Fest Noz around the windmill. There is a selection of Breton and Irish music and dancing, as well as local cuisine and drinks. Amongst the specialities are ""Moules-Frites"" (Mussels and chips), ""Crêpes"", ""Galettes"", Breton cider, and Chouchen. After falling into disrepair,"
"Les Six began to frequent a bar known as ""La gaya"" which became ""Le Bœuf sur le Toit"" (The Ox on the Roof) when the establishment moved to larger quarters. As the famous ballet by Milhaud had been conceived at the old premises, the new bar took on the name of Milhaud's ballet. On the renamed bar's opening night, pianist Jean Wiéner played tunes by George Gershwin and Vincent Youmans while Cocteau and Milhaud played percussion. Among those in attendance were impresario Serge Diaghilev, artist Pablo Picasso, filmmaker René Clair, singer Jane Bathori, and actor and singer Maurice Chevalier. Another"
"opening at 34 Boulevard de Clichy, Antonin moved the establishment down the street to number 53, where it remained for more than half a century. Meanwhile, the original location was purchased by a competitor, the illusionist Dorville, and his administrator, Roger, who opened a ""cabaret macabre"", the ""Cabaret du Néant"" (Cabaret of the Void), which specialized in more sinister ""invocations of what lies beyond the grave"", while the ""Cabaret du Ciel"" (Cabaret of Heaven) joyfully proposed ""mystical illusions"" and the Cabaret of Hell, ""magic tricks"". According to Jules Claretie, the spectacles offered by the Cabarets of Ciel and Enfer ""did"
"where Frank Sinatra and Natalie Wood rekindle their relationship, in the 1958 movie ""Kings Go Forth"". There is also the famous cat painting with blinking eyes on the entrance wall. Le Chat Noir was referenced in Sakura Taisen Sources Le Chat Noir Le Chat Noir (; French for ""The Black Cat"") was a nineteenth-century entertainment establishment, in the bohemian Montmartre district of Paris. It opened on 18 November 1881 at 84 Boulevard de Rochechouart by the impresario Rodolphe Salis, and closed in 1897 not long after Salis' death. ""Le Chat Noir"" is thought to be the first modern cabaret: a"
"Canadian TV show broadcast on the CBC Numerous clips of several of the shows of the last 20 years and even full videos of all the production numbers from some editions are available on YouTube. Le Lido Le Lido is a cabaret and burlesque show located on the Champs-Élysées in Paris, France. It opened in 1946 at 78 Avenue des Champs -Élysée and moved to its current location in 1977. It is known for its exotic shows including dancers, singers, and other performers. Famous names have performed there including: Edith Piaf, Siegfried and Roy, Sylvie Vartan, Johnny Hallyday, Maurice Chevalier,"