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History (Now and Then)
The Moulin Rouge started off built as a red windmill was built to represent Louis XIV. The red windmill was recontructed many times over the years and now stands as a monument over the building where dancing shows still take place. In the 1820's scandalist dancing took place at the Moulin Rouge and was banned but brought back to entertain people. The Moulin Rouge was a very popular place in the red district back in the 1800's, mostly at night is when it came alive and people would go for a show that lasted hours. Today the Moulin Rouge is still in the red district with the original red windmill and located in the same building. Although dancing from then to now has changed a lot, the dances now are both scandalist and appropriate. The Moulin Rouge has day shows for tourist to view that are appropriate for all ages. At night the red district is not the place to be for young people or families on vacation. If you are looking for a good time and good show the Moulin Rouge is the place to be.

Hollywood vs. reality (movie compare)
The 2001 movie //"Moulin Rouge"//, with Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor, really captures the feel of the actual Moulin Rouge in Paris, France. For some of the characters in film are actual people such as Toulouse-Lautrec who was played by John Leguizamo, though in the movie Toulouse-Lautrec was protrayed as being very short in reality he was normal size. Toulouse was the mind behind all of the dances and shows in the Moulin Rouge. There have been many movies about the famous Moulin Rouge, one of them has the famous Lucille Ball, who is from the black and white TV series //"I love Lucy".// Lucille Ball played a chorus girl in this 1934 verision of Moulin Rouge. A total of six films have been made with the title of //"Moulin Rouge".//[|Moulin Rouge Trailer]

Famous performers[[image:elton_john.jpg width="120" height="109" caption="Elton John"]]
The Moulin Rouge has four scenes and a total of 69 dances for their show they do every night. Many famous people have performed and the world renowed caberat in Paris, such as Elton John, Frank Sinatra, and Ginger Rogers. The main character from the 2001 movie //"Moulin Rouge"// is Sitine played by Nicole Kidman. Her character protrays how in the actual show how all the girls sang and danced but only one person had a solo and was considered the reason why the caberat show was so popular. In almost every show the directors behind the show would try to add live animals to really have excitment for the audience. In one show in the 1900s they had miniature horses and live snakes that the girls had to dance with, because every show they put on has a theme, such as a circus theme.

The French Can Can[[image:FRENCH%20CANCAN%20LFR%20B.jpg width="172" height="154"]]
The French Can Can was said to be the first dance during the Second Empire in 1822. It is a combination of the Polka and Quadrille dance. By 1830 it was outlawed for years for being immoral. The reason it was thought as immoral was the dancers would be at the edge of the stage and people would get a flash of under their skirt. The french word can can stands for edge, thats why the name was made for the dancers because of where they danced on the stage. The can can dance was a very hard dance to do all night because it took a lot of energy to pump their legs and move around on tables. Some girls that danced a lot in one night resulted in passing out and sometimes breaking their legs or back. Originally the dance was made for couples but after the Second Empire women took over the dance to perform. The dance slowly became a professional dance and good dancers got payed a lot to perform at the Moulin Rouge. In the 1890's the dance came up with the skirt minipulation and in the 1920's it was tamed down to what we see today in the day show. [|Can Can Dancers]

Building (architecture)
At a cost of $3.5 million, the commercial moderne Moulin Rouge casino building and its motel wings were designed by local architects and engineers Walter Zick and Harris Sharp. The Moulin Rouge was built in 1888. It burned down in 1915 and was not rebuilt until 1925. The new building included a winter garden, a cabaret, and an Art Deco auditorium where Mistinguet did famous shows. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">In 1929 the theatre was converted to cinema and until 1940 also had live shows as well. In 1950 it was majorly refurbished creating a cinema with 1500 seats, a new cabaret named locomotive, and under the movie theatre, a new cabaret Moulin Rouge with a seperate entrance (the actual floor show place). After a period of showing first run movies the 1500 seat cinema became difficult to run in the 80s, the beginning of the multiplex era in Paris. After a new policy showing 70mm prints on its huge screen, it closed around 1990. Now it's a place to rent for fashion shows, movies, tv programs, and rehearsals. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Hotlist] <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Guided Search <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|glog] <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">