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The '''Folies Bergère''' established in 1869 in Paris, France, is a [[music hall]] which was at the height of its fame and popularity from the 1890s through the 1920s. {{As of| May 2010}} the institution is still in business. |
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| caption = Exterior view in 2013, after renovations |
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| address = 32 Rue Richer |
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| country = France |
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| designation = [[Cabaret]] music hall |
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[[File:Réouverture des Folies-Bergère le 1er septembre 1869 - Rubrique Bruits de coulisses - Le Gaulois - 3 août 1869.jpeg|thumb|right|160px|[[Le Gaulois]] - 3 August 1869]] |
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[[File:Edouard Manet, A Bar at the Folies-Bergère.jpg|thumb|[[Édouard Manet]]'s ''[[A Bar at the Folies-Bergère]]'', 1882]] |
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[[File:Folies Bergère, Fleur de Lotus, 1893, by Jules Chéret.jpg|<!-- left| -->thumb|160px|[[Jules Chéret]], Folies Bergère, Fleur de Lotus, 1893 Art Nouveau poster for the Ballet Pantomime]] |
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[[File:Skarbina Folies Bergère.jpg|thumb|150px|Folies Bergère, by [[Franz Skarbina]]]] |
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[[File:Mercedes (Folies Bergere).jpg|thumb|right|160px|Mercedes, Folies Bergère, 1895]] |
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[[File:FolliesBergereBoxCostume.jpg|thumb|right|160px|Marinett, Folies Bergère, by [[Stanisław Julian Ignacy Ostroróg|Walery]], {{Circa|1900}}]] |
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[[<!-- File:Baker Banana.jpg -->File:Joséphine Baker - photo Waléry.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Josephine Baker]] in a banana skirt from the Folies Bergère production ''Un Vent de Folie'', by [[Stanisław Julian Ignacy Ostroróg|Walery]], 1927]] |
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[[File:Lila Nikolska.jpg|thumb|{{ill|Lila Nikolska |fr}}, ''La Nikolska'', from the Folies Bergère production '' La grande folie'', 1928<!-- https://unregardoblique.com/tag/lila-nicolska/ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Lila_Nikolska https://www.biblio.com/book/folies-bergere-programme-folies-bergere/d/1405665697 https://www.rubylane.com/item/479375-00835/1928-Folies-Bergere-Revue-Album -->]] |
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[[File:Portret van bijna naakte vrouw met sieraden Melka, Folies Bergere (titel op object), RP-F-F01575.jpg|thumb|right|160px|Melka, by [[Stanisław Julian Ignacy Ostroróg|Walery]]<!-- https://doi.org/10.5949/liverpool/9781846318474.003.0006 Melka Soudani était une danseuse d'origine malienne qui a fait partie de la troupe de Joséphine Baker aux Folies-Bergère. Elle abandonnera les scènes de music-hall après son mariage en 1937 avec Roland Durand-Perroux, un ingénieur parisien. https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princesse_Khandou -->]] |
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The '''Folies Bergère''' ({{IPA|fr|fɔli bɛʁʒɛʁ}}) is a [[cabaret]] music hall in [[Paris]], France. Located at 32 Rue Richer in the [[9ème arrondissement, Paris|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. |
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Revues featured extravagant costumes, sets and effects, and often nude women. In 1926, [[Josephine Baker]], an [[African-American]] expatriate singer, dancer and entertainer, caused a sensation at the Folies Bergère by dancing in a costume consisting of a skirt made of a string of artificial bananas and little else. |
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The institution is still in business, and is still a strong symbol of French and Parisian life. The métro stations are [[Cadet (Paris Métro)|Cadet]] and [[Grands Boulevards (Paris Métro)|Grands Boulevards]]. |
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==History== |
==History== |
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{{more citations needed section|date=April 2014}} |
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[[Image:Cheret-Folies-Berger.jpg|left|frame|Jules Cheret, Folies Bergère, Fleur De Lotus, 1893 Art Nouveau poster for the Ballet Pantomime]] |
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Located at 32 Rue Richer<!-- https://www.parisladouce.com/2023/08/folies-bergere-rue-richer-paris-9.html https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-palm-beach-post-martini-folies-100/117485728/ --> in the [[9ème arrondissement, Paris|9th Arrondissement]], and opened on 2 May 1869, the Folies Bergère, as the '''Folies Trévise''', was built as an [[opera house]], and patterned after the [[Alhambra Theatre of Variety|Alhambra music hall in London]] by the architect, [[Plumeret]], who was a building inspector of the [[Napoleon III|crown]]<!-- https://www.artandpopularculture.com/Plumeret https://www.eutouring.com/history_folies_bergere_cabaret.html https://www.parisladouce.com/2023/08/folies-bergere-rue-richer-paris-9.html http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/memoirs/chenier_living_on_borrowed_time.pdf https://www.lefigaro.fr/histoire/archives/2016/05/20/26010-20160520ARTFIG00311-les-folies-bergere-la-plus-belle-salle-de-ce-genre-a-paris-selon-le-figaro-de-1869.php --><!-- [[Intendance des bâtiments de la Couronne]] --> |
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<blockquote> The term "folies" refers to pleasure houses, vacation homes built from the end of the 18th century near large cities to discreetly shelter the adulterous loves of the bourgeoisie and aristocrats. <!-- https://www.parisladouce.com/2023/08/folies-bergere-rue-richer-paris-9.html --></blockquote> |
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Located at 32 rue Richer in the [[9ème arrondissement, Paris|9th Arrondissement]], it was built as an [[opera house]] by the architect [[Plumeret]]. It was patterned after the [[Alhambra Theatre+|Alhambra music hall]] in London. The closest métro stations are [[Cadet (Paris Métro)|Cadet]] and [[Grands Boulevards (Paris Métro)|Grands Boulevards]]. |
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It opened on 2 May 1869<!-- https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/podcasts/l-ephemeride-de-frederic-pommier/2-mai-1869-ouverture-des-folies-bergere-3446146 http://www.neufhistoire.fr/articles.php?lng=fr&pg=240&prt=1 https://passagesetgaleries.fr/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Passages-couverts-version-anglaise.pdf https://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/1993/08/26/music-hall-folies-bergere-alfredo-arias-met-en-scene-la-revue-fous-des-folies-naissance-et-vie-d-une-legende_3936711_1819218.html https://cdn.paris.fr/paris/2024/05/14/677f068e18e5facc918904b868d92acd.pdf https://passagesetgaleries.fr/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Passages-couverts-plaquette-ville-de-Paris.pdf https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O577122/les-folies-bergere-la-folie-colour-lithograph-laviny/ --> as the '''Folies Trévise''', with light entertainment including [[operettas]], [[opéra comique]] (comic opera), popular songs, and gymnastics.<!-- https://www.eutouring.com/history_folies_bergere_cabaret.html --> The original name because of a street of that name by the stage door. However, the [[:fr:Duc de Trevise]] objected.<!-- https://www.eutouring.com/history_folies_bergere_cabaret.html --> |
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It opened on 2 May 1869 as the '''Folies Trévise''', with fare including operettas, comic opera, popular songs, and gymnastics. It became the Folies Bergère on 13 September 1872, named after a nearby street, the [[rue Bergère]] (the feminine form of "shepherd").<ref> [http://www.artandarchitecture.org.uk/fourpaintings/manet/folies_bergere/history.html A Brief History of the Folies-Bergère] Art & Architecture</ref> |
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on 13 September 1872, It became the Folies Bergère, named after a nearby street, Rue Bergère ("bergère" means "shepherdess").<ref>[http://www.artandarchitecture.org.uk/fourpaintings/manet/folies_bergere/history.html A Brief History of the Folies-Bergère] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161108235644/http://www.artandarchitecture.org.uk/fourpaintings/manet/folies_bergere/history.html |date=8 November 2016 }} Art & Architecture</ref> |
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[[Édouard Manet]]'s 1882 well-known painting ''[[A Bar at the Folies-Bergère]]'' depicts a bar-girl, one of the [[demimondaine]]s, standing before a mirror. |
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In 1882, [[Édouard Manet]] painted his well-known painting ''[[A Bar at the Folies-Bergère]]'' which depicts a bar-girl, one of the [[demimondaine]]s, standing before a mirror. |
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The ''Folies Bergère'' catered to popular taste. Shows featured elaborate costumes; the women's were frequently revealing, practically leaving them naked, and shows often contained a good deal of [[nudity]]. Shows also played up the "exoticness" of persons and objects from other cultures, obliging the Parisian fascination with the [[négritude]] of the 1920s. |
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In 1886, [[Édouard Marchand]] conceived a new genre of entertainment for the Folies Bergère: the [[music-hall]] [[revue]]. Women would be the heart of Marchand's concept for the Folies. In 30 November 1886, the Folies Bergère, staged the first revue-style music hall show ''Place au jeûne !'',<!-- https://www.foliesbergere.com/fr/histoire --> featuring {{ill|Alice Berthier|fr}} and scantily clad chorus girls, was a tremendous success.<!-- In 1886, the Folies Bergère went under new management, which, on November 30, staged the first revue-style music hall show. The ''Place au jeûne !'', featuring scantily clad chorus girls, was a tremendous success. https://web.archive.org/web/20100307195246/https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/folies--bergere-stage-first-revue --><!-- " Folies Bergère""Place au jeûne" — fast (period without consuming nourishment) www.foliesbergere.com/fr/node/121 www.foliesbergere.com/fr/node/124 www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/1993/08/26/music-hall-folies-bergere-alfredo-arias-met-en-scene-la-revue-fous-des-folies-naissance-et-vie-d-une-legende_3936711_1819218.html www.dutempsdescerisesauxfeuillesmortes.net/textes_divers/cafes_concerts_et_music_halls/cafes_concerts_et_music_halls.htm --><!-- "Folies Bergère" "Place au Jeunes" youth, a young person https://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/08/garden/for-folies-bergere-100-naughty-years.html --> |
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==Notable performers== |
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In the early 1890s, the American dancer [[Loie Fuller]] starred at the Folies Bergère.<!-- https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/72ceac00-a894-0131-e7a8-58d385a7bbd0 https://www.posterazzi.com/folies-bergere-poster-namerican-dancer-loie-fuller-1862-1928-on-a-french-lithograph-poster-1893-by-jules-cheret-for-the-folies-bergere-paris-poster-print-by-granger-collection-item-vargrc0030968/ --> In 1902, illness forced Marchand to leave after 16 years.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.foliesbergere.com/Du-19eme-au-21eme-siecle--fid36.aspx |title=Édouard Marchand et les Folies Bergère |publisher=www.foliesbergere.com |access-date=9 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140426234024/http://www.foliesbergere.com/Du-19eme-au-21eme-siecle--fid36.aspx |archive-date=26 April 2014}}</ref> |
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;Loie Fuller and Josephine Baker |
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[[Image:Baker Banana.jpg|thumb|150px|Josephine Baker in a banana skirt from the Folies Bergère production ''Un Vent de Folie'']] |
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[[Image:Folies Bergere.jpg|150px|The Folies Bergère in 2005|thumb]] |
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In the early 1890s, the [[United States|American]] dancer [[Loie Fuller]] starred at the Folies Bergère. Nearly thirty years later, in 1926, [[Joséphine Baker]], an [[African-American]] expatriate singer, dancer, and entertainer, became an overnight sensation at the Folies Bergère with her suggestive "banana dance", in which she wore a skirt made of [[banana]]s and little else. |
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In 1918, {{ill|Paul Derval|fr}} (1880–1966) made his mark on the revue. His revues featured extravagant costumes, sets and effects, and "small nude women". Derval's small nude women would become the hallmark of the Folies. During his 48 years at the Folies, he launched the careers of many French stars including [[Maurice Chevalier]], [[Mistinguett]], [[Josephine Baker]], [[Fernandel]] and many others. In 1926, Baker, an [[African-American]] expatriate singer, dancer, and entertainer, caused a sensation at the Folies Bergère in a new revue, ''La Folie du Jour'', in which she danced a number ''Fatou'' wearing a costume consisting of a skirt made of a string of artificial bananas and little else, and ''Un Vent De Folie''(1927).<!-- https://nmaahc.si.edu/object/nmaahc_2016.135.3 --> Her [[burlesque|erotic dancing]] and near-nude performances were renowned. The Folies Bergère catered to popular taste. Shows featured elaborate costumes; the women's were frequently revealing, practically leaving them naked, and shows often contained a good deal of [[nudity]]. Shows also played up the "exoticness" of people and objects from other cultures, obliging the Parisian fascination with the [[négritude]] of the 1920s.{{clarify|reason="obliging" appears not to be the right word, but I am not sure what word should be used instead|date=January 2021}} |
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In 1926 the facade of the theatre was given a complete make-over by the artist {{ill|Maurice Pico|fr}}. The facade was redone in [[Art Deco]] style, one of the many Parisian theatres of this period using the style.<ref>{{cite web |
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*[[Louisa Baïleche]], dancer and singer |
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*[[Cantinflas]] |
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In 1936, Derval brought Baker from [[New York City]] to lead the revue ''En Super Folies''. {{ill|Michel Gyarmathy|de}}, a young Hungarian arrived from [[Balassagyarmat]], his hometown, designed the poster for ''En Super Folies'', a show starring Baker in 1936. This began a long love story between Michel Gyarmathy, Paris, the Folies Bergère and the public of the whole world which lasted 56 years. The funeral of Paul Derval was held on 20 May 1966. He was 86 and had reigned supreme over the most celebrated music hall in the world. His wife Antonia, supported by Michel Gyarmathy, succeeded him. In August 1974, the Folies Antonia Derval passed on the direction of the business to [[Hélène Martini]], the empress of the night (25 years earlier she had been a showgirl in the revues). This new mistress of the house reverted to the original concept to maintain the continued existence of the last music hall which remained faithful to the tradition. |
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*[[Charlie Chaplin]] |
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*[[Maurice Chevalier]] |
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Since 2006, the Folies Bergère has presented some musical productions with [[Stage Entertainment]] like ''[[Cabaret (musical)|Cabaret]]'' (2006–2008) or ''[[Zorro (musical)|Zorro]]'' (2009–2010). |
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*[[Dalida]] |
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* [[Norma Duval]], Spanish actress and star |
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*[[Fernandel]] |
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* [[W. C. Fields]], American comic actor |
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*[[Ella Fitzgerald]] |
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*[[Jean Gabin]] |
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* [[Grock]], clown |
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*[[Benny Hill]] |
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*[[Zizi Jeanmaire]] |
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*[[Elton John]] |
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*[[Margaret Kelly Leibovici]], founder of the Bluebell Girls |
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*[[Valérie Lemercier]] |
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* [[Lisette Malidor]], singer |
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*[[Marcel Marceau]] |
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*[[Mistinguett]] |
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*[[Yves Montand]] |
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*[[Édith Piaf]] |
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*[[Liane de Pougy]] |
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*[[Yvonne Printemps]] |
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*[[Raimu]] |
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* [[Régine]], in [2004 |
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*[[Frank Sinatra]] |
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*[[Charles Trenet]] |
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*[[Sherry (Queeny) Young]]{{Fact|date=May 2010}} |
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== Filmography == |
== Filmography == |
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* 1935: ''[[Folies Bergère de Paris (1935 film)|Folies Bergère de Paris]]'' directed by [[Roy Del Ruth]], with Maurice Chevalier, [[Merle Oberon]], and [[Ann Sothern]] |
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* 1935: ''[[Folies Bergère de Paris (1936 film)|Folies Bergère de Paris]]'' directed by [[Marcel Achard]] with Maurice Chevalier, [[Natalie Paley]], [[Fernand Ledoux]]. A French-language version of the 1935 Hollywood film. |
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* 1956: ''[[Folies-Bergère (1956 film)|Folies-Bergère]]'' directed by [[Henri Decoin]] with [[Eddie Constantine]], Zizi Jeanmaire, [[Yves Robert (cinéaste)|Yves Robert]], [[Pierre Mondy]] |
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* 1959:<ref>{{Cite news |date=1958-12-23 |title=Du travail pour les historiens |language=French |trans-title=Work for Historians |page=3 |work=La Sentinelle |issue=297 |location=La Chaux-de-Fonds |url=https://doc.rero.ch/record/229761/files/1958-12-23.pdf |access-date=2023-08-10}}</ref> ''[[The Enigma of the Folies-Bergere|Énigme aux Folies Bergère]]'' directed by [[Jean Mitry]] with [[Dora Doll]], [[Claude Godard]] |
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* [[1991]]: ''[[La Totale]]'' directed by [[Claude Zidi]] with [[Thierry Lhermitte]] |
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* 1991: ''[[La Totale!]]'' directed by [[Claude Zidi]] with [[Thierry Lhermitte]] |
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==Similar venues== |
==Similar venues== |
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The Folies Bergère inspired the [[Ziegfeld Follies]] in the [[United States]] and other similar shows, including the ''Teatro Follies'' in [[Mexico]] and a long-standing revue, [[Folies Bergere at The Tropicana Hotel Las Vegas|The Las Vegas Folies Bergere]], at the [[Tropicana Resort & Casino]] in [[Las Vegas]], which opened in 1959, closed at the end of March 2009 after nearly 50 years in operation.<ref>{{cite web|last=Prentice |first=Claire |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7967586.stm |title=BBC: Folies bows out amid credit crisis |work=BBC News |date=28 March 2009 |access-date=9 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=100930154 |title=Folies Bergere To Close in Las Vegas |publisher=NPR |date=23 February 2009 |access-date=9 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=John Palmer |url=http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/jan/15/tropicana-close-les-folies-bergere/ |title='Les Folies Bergere' to end run at Tropicana |date=15 January 2009 |publisher=Las Vegas Sun |access-date=9 June 2014}}</ref> |
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In the 1930s and '40s the impresario Clifford C. Fischer staged several Folies Bergere productions in the United States. These included the ''Folies Bergère of 1939'' at the Broadway Theater in New York<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.playbillvault.com/Show/Detail/12368/Folies-Bergre-1939 |title=Folies Bergère 1939 |publisher=Playbillvault.com |access-date=9 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225040111/http://www.playbillvault.com/Show/Detail/12368/Folies-Bergre-1939 |archive-date=25 December 2014}}</ref> and the ''Folies Bergère of 1944'' at the [[Winterland Ballroom]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.glopad.org/pi/series.php?seriesid=25 |title=Poster, card, and photo from The Folies Bergere of 1944 in San Francisco |publisher=Glopad.org |access-date=9 June 2014}}</ref><ref name=Winterland>{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1970&dat=19431123&id=WTUyAAAAIBAJ&pg=2472,4027841|title=Folies Bergere Opens Soon at Winterland|work=Berkeley Daily Gazette|date=23 November 1943}}</ref> in [[San Francisco]]. |
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The Folies Bergère inspired the [[Ziegfeld Follies]] in the [[United States]] and other similar shows, including a longstanding revue at the [[Tropicana Resort & Casino]] in Las Vegas and the ''Teatro Follies'' in [[Mexico]]. The Las Vegas Folies Bergere, which opened in 1959, closed at the end of March 2009, after nearly 50 years in operation.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7967586.stm BBC: Folies bows out amid credit crisis]</ref> |
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<ref>[http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=100930154 NPR: Folies Bergere To Close In Las Vegas]</ref> |
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A recent example is [[Faceboyz Folliez]], a monthly burlesque and variety show at the [[Bowery Poetry Club]] in [[New York City]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thevillager.com/?p=1929 |title=Just Do Art! | The Villager Newspaper |publisher=Thevillager.com |access-date=9 June 2014 |archive-date=10 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510193416/http://www.thevillager.com/?p=1929 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.blackbookmag.com/good-night-mr-lewis-1.109/faceboyz-follies-at-bowery-poetry-club-don-cornelius-tribute-at-submercer-goodbye-to-ben-barna-1.44602 |title=Faceboyz Follies at Bowery Poetry Club, Don Cornelius Tribute at Submercer, Goodbye to Ben Barna |website=BlackBook magazine |first=Steve |last=Lewis |date=3 February 2012|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120310191634/http://www.blackbookmag.com/good-night-mr-lewis-1.109/faceboyz-follies-at-bowery-poetry-club-don-cornelius-tribute-at-submercer-goodbye-to-ben-barna-1.44602 |archive-date=10 March 2012}}</ref> |
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<ref>[http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/jan/15/tropicana-close-les-folies-bergere/ Las Vegas Sun: ‘Les Folies Bergere’ to end run at Tropicana]</ref> |
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==In popular culture== |
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Folies Bergère is mentioned in the movie, [[The Last Time I Saw Paris]]. |
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==See also== |
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{{Portal|France|Theatre}} |
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*[[Showgirl]] |
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Venues: |
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* [[Casino de Paris]] |
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* [[Crazy Horse (cabaret)]] |
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* [[Folies Bergere at The Tropicana Hotel Las Vegas]] |
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* [[Le Lido]] |
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* [[Minsky's Burlesque]] |
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* [[Moulin Rouge]] |
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* [[Paradis Latin]] |
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* [[Tropicana Club]] |
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Theatre groups: |
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* [[Cabaret Red Light]] |
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Shows: |
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* ''[[Absinthe (show)|Absinthe]]'' – a Las Vegas show<!-- * [[Lido de Paris]] --><!-- * [[Enter the Night]] --><!-- * [[Minsky's Follies]] --> |
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* ''[[Jubilee!]]'' – a revue show in Las Vegas |
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* ''[[Peepshow (burlesque)|Peepshow]]'' – a burlesque show in Nevada |
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* ''[[Sirens of TI]]'' – a Las Vegas casino show<!-- * [[Fashionistas]]<ref>https://www.reviewjournal.com/entertainment/entertainment-columns/mike-weatherford/fashionistas/ {{Bare URL inline|date=April 2022}}</ref> --> |
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Latest revision as of 07:46, 11 November 2024
Address | 32 Rue Richer Paris France |
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Coordinates | 48°52′27″N 2°20′42″E / 48.8742°N 2.3449°E |
Designation | Cabaret music hall |
Construction | |
Opened | 2 May 1869 |
Architect | Plumeret |
Website | |
Foliesbergere.com |
The Folies Bergère (French pronunciation: [fɔli bɛʁʒɛʁ]) is a cabaret music hall 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 nude women. In 1926, Josephine Baker, an African-American expatriate singer, dancer and entertainer, caused a sensation at the Folies Bergère by dancing in a costume consisting of a skirt made of a string of artificial bananas and little else.
The institution is still in business, and is still a strong symbol of French and Parisian life. The métro stations are Cadet and Grands Boulevards.
History
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Located at 32 Rue Richer in the 9th Arrondissement, and opened on 2 May 1869, the Folies Bergère, as the Folies Trévise, was built as an opera house, and patterned after the Alhambra music hall in London by the architect, Plumeret, who was a building inspector of the crown
The term "folies" refers to pleasure houses, vacation homes built from the end of the 18th century near large cities to discreetly shelter the adulterous loves of the bourgeoisie and aristocrats.
It opened on 2 May 1869 as the Folies Trévise, with light entertainment including operettas, opéra comique (comic opera), popular songs, and gymnastics. The original name because of a street of that name by the stage door. However, the fr:Duc de Trevise objected.
on 13 September 1872, It became the Folies Bergère, named after a nearby street, Rue Bergère ("bergère" means "shepherdess").[1]
In 1882, Édouard Manet painted his well-known painting A Bar at the Folies-Bergère which depicts a bar-girl, one of the demimondaines, standing before a mirror.
In 1886, Édouard Marchand conceived a new genre of entertainment for the Folies Bergère: the music-hall revue. Women would be the heart of Marchand's concept for the Folies. In 30 November 1886, the Folies Bergère, staged the first revue-style music hall show Place au jeûne !, featuring Alice Berthier and scantily clad chorus girls, was a tremendous success.
In the early 1890s, the American dancer Loie Fuller starred at the Folies Bergère. In 1902, illness forced Marchand to leave after 16 years.[2]
In 1918, Paul Derval (1880–1966) made his mark on the revue. His revues featured extravagant costumes, sets and effects, and "small nude women". Derval's small nude women would become the hallmark of the Folies. During his 48 years at the Folies, he launched the careers of many French stars including Maurice Chevalier, Mistinguett, Josephine Baker, Fernandel and many others. In 1926, Baker, an African-American expatriate singer, dancer, and entertainer, caused a sensation at the Folies Bergère in a new revue, La Folie du Jour, in which she danced a number Fatou wearing a costume consisting of a skirt made of a string of artificial bananas and little else, and Un Vent De Folie(1927). Her erotic dancing and near-nude performances were renowned. The Folies Bergère catered to popular taste. Shows featured elaborate costumes; the women's were frequently revealing, practically leaving them naked, and shows often contained a good deal of nudity. Shows also played up the "exoticness" of people and objects from other cultures, obliging the Parisian fascination with the négritude of the 1920s.[clarification needed]
In 1926 the facade of the theatre was given a complete make-over by the artist Maurice Pico . The facade was redone in Art Deco style, one of the many Parisian theatres of this period using the style.[3]
In 1936, Derval brought Baker from New York City to lead the revue En Super Folies. Michel Gyarmathy , a young Hungarian arrived from Balassagyarmat, his hometown, designed the poster for En Super Folies, a show starring Baker in 1936. This began a long love story between Michel Gyarmathy, Paris, the Folies Bergère and the public of the whole world which lasted 56 years. The funeral of Paul Derval was held on 20 May 1966. He was 86 and had reigned supreme over the most celebrated music hall in the world. His wife Antonia, supported by Michel Gyarmathy, succeeded him. In August 1974, the Folies Antonia Derval passed on the direction of the business to Hélène Martini, the empress of the night (25 years earlier she had been a showgirl in the revues). This new mistress of the house reverted to the original concept to maintain the continued existence of the last music hall which remained faithful to the tradition.
Since 2006, the Folies Bergère has presented some musical productions with Stage Entertainment like Cabaret (2006–2008) or Zorro (2009–2010).
Filmography
[edit]- 1935: Folies Bergère de Paris directed by Roy Del Ruth, with Maurice Chevalier, Merle Oberon, and Ann Sothern
- 1935: Folies Bergère de Paris directed by Marcel Achard with Maurice Chevalier, Natalie Paley, Fernand Ledoux. A French-language version of the 1935 Hollywood film.
- 1956: Folies-Bergère directed by Henri Decoin with Eddie Constantine, Zizi Jeanmaire, Yves Robert, Pierre Mondy
- 1959:[4] Énigme aux Folies Bergère directed by Jean Mitry with Dora Doll, Claude Godard
- 1991: La Totale! directed by Claude Zidi with Thierry Lhermitte
Similar venues
[edit]The Folies Bergère inspired the Ziegfeld Follies in the United States and other similar shows, including the Teatro Follies in Mexico and a long-standing revue, The Las Vegas Folies Bergere, at the Tropicana Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, which opened in 1959, closed at the end of March 2009 after nearly 50 years in operation.[5][6][7]
In the 1930s and '40s the impresario Clifford C. Fischer staged several Folies Bergere productions in the United States. These included the Folies Bergère of 1939 at the Broadway Theater in New York[8] and the Folies Bergère of 1944 at the Winterland Ballroom[9][10] in San Francisco.
A recent example is Faceboyz Folliez, a monthly burlesque and variety show at the Bowery Poetry Club in New York City.[11][12]
In popular culture
[edit]Folies Bergère is mentioned in the movie, The Last Time I Saw Paris.
See also
[edit]Venues:
- Casino de Paris
- Crazy Horse (cabaret)
- Folies Bergere at The Tropicana Hotel Las Vegas
- Le Lido
- Minsky's Burlesque
- Moulin Rouge
- Paradis Latin
- Tropicana Club
Theatre groups:
Shows:
- Absinthe – a Las Vegas show
- Jubilee! – a revue show in Las Vegas
- Peepshow – a burlesque show in Nevada
- Sirens of TI – a Las Vegas casino show
Notes
[edit]- ^ A Brief History of the Folies-Bergère Archived 8 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine Art & Architecture
- ^ "Édouard Marchand et les Folies Bergère". www.foliesbergere.com. Archived from the original on 26 April 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
- ^ "Paris, the Birthplace of Art Deco". Minor Sights. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
- ^ "Du travail pour les historiens" [Work for Historians] (PDF). La Sentinelle (in French). No. 297. La Chaux-de-Fonds. 23 December 1958. p. 3. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
- ^ Prentice, Claire (28 March 2009). "BBC: Folies bows out amid credit crisis". BBC News. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
- ^ "Folies Bergere To Close in Las Vegas". NPR. 23 February 2009. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
- ^ John Palmer (15 January 2009). "'Les Folies Bergere' to end run at Tropicana". Las Vegas Sun. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
- ^ "Folies Bergère 1939". Playbillvault.com. Archived from the original on 25 December 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
- ^ "Poster, card, and photo from The Folies Bergere of 1944 in San Francisco". Glopad.org. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
- ^ "Folies Bergere Opens Soon at Winterland". Berkeley Daily Gazette. 23 November 1943.
- ^ "Just Do Art! | The Villager Newspaper". Thevillager.com. Archived from the original on 10 May 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
- ^ Lewis, Steve (3 February 2012). "Faceboyz Follies at Bowery Poetry Club, Don Cornelius Tribute at Submercer, Goodbye to Ben Barna". BlackBook magazine. Archived from the original on 10 March 2012.