Danse Libre (www.danselibre.org) will begin this performance with the Esmeralda Polka and Cancan Quadrille. The show continues with a visiting troupe from Albi, France: The Compagnie Evelyne Remazeilhes will present "CABARET D'ARISTIDE", featuring singing and dances based on the characters of the Moulin Rouge, quadrilles, and the French Cancan.
Roble Dance Studio
375 Santa Teresa, Stanford CA
$10 admission at the door
show is approx. 1hr 50 min.
Stanford Dance Calendar
The “Cabaret d’Aristide” --why this name?
Aristide Bruant was a very close friend of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and asked him for numerous paintings to decorate his own cabaret, “Le Mirliton.” These paintings were pictured live in many vivid and lively choreographies such as “Le Quadrille”, “La Goulue”, “Jeanne Avril”, “May Milton”, “La Clownesse Cha-U-Kao”, “Le Gitan”, “La loi Fuller”, and the unforgettable Moulin Rouge’s “French Cancan” by the troupe of Mlle Eglantine.
Aritide Bruant bought the cabaret form Rodolphe Salis in 1885 at the time Rodolphe was moving away from the “Chat Noir” located on the Boulevard Rochechouart in Paris. “Le Mirliton” was born! Customers came to see spicy shows and liten to Aristide “pousser la goualante” (Turn of the Century Parisian slang for singing) in many songe he had written himself, such as “A la Bastille”, that the famous singer Nini Peau d’Chien (“Nini Dog’s Skin”) also added to her repertoire, “A Batignolles”, “Je cherche fortune” and many others that were interpreted live during the show.
Laurent Fournier, in the role of Aristide Bruant, revives a frenetic show, bearing all the colors of Montmartre, with the objective of attracting a public of all ages who would enjoy spending an unforgettable and delightful evening!
10 dancers, 3 singers and for the major shows, a lyric singer, take you back to the time of Toulouse-Lautrec.
Author and
Choreographer: Evelyne Remazeilhes
Text and Direction: Laurent Fournier
Lyric Singer: Nathalie Nicaud
Contact: Evelyn
Remazeilhes
(33) 6 17 33 40 17
