10th Edition. Revised and Enlarged. The Rise and Fall of Louise Weber La Goulue, Creator of the French Can Can. Published by Times Square Press, New York, Paris.
Louise Weber lived the two lives of cabaret: The happy one of a rich and famous dancer on stage and the tragic one in her real life, when her last impoverished days ended her up in the streets of Paris, where she died totally forgotten, homeless and toothless.
From the Content:
Cabaret drama and human tragedy.
•The rise and fall of Louise Weber la Goulue), creator of the French Can Can and queen of Paris’ cabarets
•Who is la Goulue?
•Impoverished beginning
•The rise of La Goulue. Stroke of luck
•The beginning of an illustrious career, fame, success and fortune
•La reine de la sensualite Parisienne
•La Goulue leaving Le Moulin Rouge
•Cabaret and real life: Absolute misery!
•The misery and tragic end of La Goulue
•Her final days as homeless in the streets of Paris
•Before she closed her eyes
•After her death
•The legacy of Louise Weber
•La Goulue was a Parisian Can Can pioneer; the original creator!
•French Can Can and La Goulue’s Quadrille
•La Goulue’s mechanism, choreography, artistic and acrobatic invention and soul of the French Can Can
•But what is “La Quadrille”?
•Shameful women, but delightful and loyal friends
•Louise Weber was larger than life
•What friends, peers and era celebrities said about La Goulue
•In his drawings and posters, Toulouse-Lautrec immortalized La Goulue (Louise Weber)
The French Invasion
•Can Can becomes an institution
•Missouri Rockettes
•French Can Can invades the American silver screen…
Gallery of the world of Louise; her life and times
Photo-Album of Louise Weber, her friends and celebrities of the era who were part of the French Can Can
Louise Weber lived the two lives of cabaret: The happy one of a rich and famous dancer on stage and the tragic one in her real life, when her last impoverished days ended her up in the streets of Paris, where she died totally forgotten, homeless and toothless.
From the Content:
Cabaret drama and human tragedy.
•The rise and fall of Louise Weber la Goulue), creator of the French Can Can and queen of Paris’ cabarets
•Who is la Goulue?
•Impoverished beginning
•The rise of La Goulue. Stroke of luck
•The beginning of an illustrious career, fame, success and fortune
•La reine de la sensualite Parisienne
•La Goulue leaving Le Moulin Rouge
•Cabaret and real life: Absolute misery!
•The misery and tragic end of La Goulue
•Her final days as homeless in the streets of Paris
•Before she closed her eyes
•After her death
•The legacy of Louise Weber
•La Goulue was a Parisian Can Can pioneer; the original creator!
•French Can Can and La Goulue’s Quadrille
•La Goulue’s mechanism, choreography, artistic and acrobatic invention and soul of the French Can Can
•But what is “La Quadrille”?
•Shameful women, but delightful and loyal friends
•Louise Weber was larger than life
•What friends, peers and era celebrities said about La Goulue
•In his drawings and posters, Toulouse-Lautrec immortalized La Goulue (Louise Weber)
The French Invasion
•Can Can becomes an institution
•Missouri Rockettes
•French Can Can invades the American silver screen…
Gallery of the world of Louise; her life and times
Photo-Album of Louise Weber, her friends and celebrities of the era who were part of the French Can Can
