Trips To Paris

Joseph Oller built the Moulin Rouge cabaret in 1889. He was the owner of the Paris Olympia, too. The famous Red Mill is to be found in the 18^th arrondissement, on Boulevard de Clichy, a well known boulevard of the Pigalle red-light district of Paris. The place is market with a large red windmill right on the roof. To get there by metro, you need to get off at Blanche station.

The best known thing related to Moulin Rouge is the an-can dance, whose modern form was born there. Although at first the can-can was just a form of seducing practiced by courtesans, it turned into an entertainment dance and it was introduced in cabarets all over Europe. Moulin Rouge of today is mostly visited by tourists who come to enjoy musical shows in a romantic décor reminding of the 19^th century atmosphere.

Current Show

The show that can be seen in present is called “Feerie” and it has 4 scenes totalizing 69 songs. 100 artists are performing for this show, among who dancers, magicians, acrobats, Doriss girls and clowns.

New Revue

Every revue reaches a cost of almost 9 million Euros and is run for 10, even 12 years. In December 1999 “Feerie” was launched and a new show is almost ready to follow. The music is already recorded in studio; the costumes are prepared along with the songs and scripts. In order to prepare the new setting for the new show, Moulin Rouge will be closed to the public starting with the 15^th of November 2012 for a period of 5 weeks. It is programmed to reopen just before the 2012 Christmas. Accoring to tradition, the show’s name begins wit h the letter F, so it will be called Flash.