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Photo courtesy of Moulin Rouge © 2014
Photo courtesy of Moulin Rouge photo by Paige Donner copyright 2012
Photo courtesy of Moulin Rouge © 2014
Photo courtesy of Moulin Rouge © 2014
Photo courtesy of Moulin Rouge © 2014
Photo courtesy of Moulin Rouge © 2014
Photo courtesy of Moulin Rouge photo by Paige Donner copyright 2012
Photo courtesy of Moulin Rouge photo by Paige Donner copyright 2012
Photo courtesy of Moulin Rouge photo by Paige Donner copyright 2012

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With its famous windmill that acts as beacon to all nightlife revelers looking for a good time out in Paris, it might altogether be too easy to assume that this legendary Cabaret is for visitors... Read More

With its famous windmill that acts as beacon to all nightlife revelers looking for a good time out in Paris, it might altogether be too easy to assume that this legendary Cabaret is for visitors mainly. That assumption couldn't be farther from the truth. This is a cabaret where the French Can-Can dancers all have years of formal ballet training before they ever even get to audition to be one of the 60 Doriss Girls, the famous Moulin Rouge dancers, let alone wriggle into their costumes of a thousand feathers.

Address:

82 Boulevard de Clichy
Paris, 75018

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Website:

moulinrouge.fr

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Paige Donner

EXPERT TIPS BY: Paige Donner
Paris Local Expert

Best Nightlife: "Dinner and Show starts at 7pm and show-only start times are 9 and 11pm. Both offer a great experience. Since this is France, they don't stint on good food, even in a dance hall. The show is well worth seeing, several times. Watching these highly trained and disciplined dancers do the can-can is a cultural must-do. The stage is steeped in history. Not only is it famous for La Goulue whose 1891 performance inspired Toulouse-Lautrec's first poster painted of the venue, but also for Mistinguett and Edith Piaf, even Elton John, Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra, all of whom have performed onstage here. French Presidents, (Mr. Vincent Auriol) and English Kings (Edward VII) have been guests here and once, in 1981, it was even closed for a special performance for Queen Elizabeth II when the troupe travelled to London for that honor. A trip to Paris without seeing the Can-Can performed onstage, well, it just wouldn't be a trip to Paris."

Recommended as Best Nightlife Because: There are cabarets and then there are cabarets. This one ventures toward the Burlesque making for an altogether Hot Night Out.

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