Bal Tabarin
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Le Bal Tabarin was a Parisian nightclub that featured a variety of entertainment, including a line of showgirls dancing the can-can
. Nightclubs in other cities used the name after the one in Paris became well known.
Can-can
The can-can is a high-energy and physically demanding music hall dance, traditionally performed by a chorus line of female dancers who wear costumes with long skirts, petticoats, and black stockings...
. Nightclubs in other cities used the name after the one in Paris became well known.
Nightclubs
- Bal Tabarin in San Francisco (1931–1951); the building changed ownership to become Bimbo's 365 ClubBimbo's 365 ClubBimbo's 365 Club, also known as Bimbo's 365, is an entertainment club located at 1025 Columbus Avenue in San Francisco, California. It specializes in live rock and jazz shows. The location is one of San Francisco's oldest nightclub sites, and has operated under two names with a series of owners...
- Bal Tabarin (1918–1960s), a Times Square, New York, cabaret on 225 West 46th Street, opened in 1918 by Ted LewisTed Lewis (musician)Theodore Leopold Friedman, better known as Ted Lewis , was an American entertainer, bandleader, singer, and musician. He led a band presenting a combination of jazz, hokey comedy, and schmaltzy sentimentality that was a hit with the American public. He was known by the moniker "Mr...
- Bal Tabarin, a dance club in New York, was denied an entertainment license in 1911 for immoral conduct
- Bal Tabarin (1920s–1950s), a bar and lounge within the Hotel Sherman, ChicagoChicagoChicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
Media and art
- Bal Tabarin, a 1952 crime thriller film by Republic Pictures, directed by Philip Ford
- Bal Tabarin, a sculpture by Erté
- Bal Tabarin, a poem by Owen DodsonOwen DodsonOwen Vincent Dodson was an American poet, novelist, and playwright. He was one of the leading African American poets of his time, associated with the generation of black poets following the Harlem Renaissance....
- La Duquesa del Bal Tabarin, an operetta by Carlo LombardiCarlo LombardiTenente Carlo Francesco Lombardi was a World War I flying ace credited with eight aerial victories. Postwar, he was active in his family's rice refinery, as well as in record breaking flights...
- La duchessa del bal tabarin, a 1917 Italian silent film based on the operetta
- La Duquesa del Bal Tabarin, a 1992 recording made of the operetta's songs
- Dynamic Hieroglyphic of the Bal Tabarin, a 1912 oil painting with applied sequins, by Gino SeveriniGino SeveriniGino Severini , was an Italian painter and a leading member of the Futurist movement. For much of his life he divided his time between Paris and Rome. He was associated with neo-classicism and the "return to order" in the decade after the First World War. During his career he worked in a variety of...
- Entrance to the Bal Tabarin, Paris, a 1932 photograph by BrassaïBrassaïBrassaï was a Hungarian photographer, sculptor, and filmmaker who rose to international fame in France in the 20th century. He was one of the numerous Hungarian artists who flourished in Paris beginning between the World Wars...
- L'Heritier Du Bal Tabarin, a 1933 film made in France
- Minuit au bal tabarin, Paris, an oil painting by Michael Putz-Richard
Other
- Operation Tabarin (1943–1945), a British military operation, named after Bal Tabarin, to map the coast of Antarctica