Revue Nègre

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Revue Nègre was a 1925 Parisian musical revue that famously launched Josephine Baker to stardom with its groundbreaking jazz-influenced, African American–themed performances.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Revue Nègre canonical 4
Revue nègre 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf musical revue ⓘ
theatrical production ⓘ
artisticMovement Parisian avant-garde entertainment ⓘ
associatedWith Claude Hopkins ⓘ
Josephine Baker ⓘ
Louis Douglas ⓘ
Sidney Bechet ⓘ
castComposition predominantly African American performers ⓘ
cityOfPremiere Paris ⓘ
composer Claude Hopkins ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
criticalReception controversial yet widely discussed in Parisian press ⓘ
dateOfPremiere 1925-10-02 ⓘ
era 1920s ⓘ
featuredDanceStyle Charleston ⓘ
jazz dance ⓘ
featuredMusicStyle blues ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
genre cabaret ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
music hall ⓘ
revue ⓘ
hasMainPerformer Josephine Baker ⓘ
hasPerformer Claude Hopkins ⓘ
Josephine Baker ⓘ
Louis Douglas ⓘ
Members of La Revue Nègre orchestra ⓘ
Sidney Bechet ⓘ
historicalContext Jazz Age ⓘ
linked to: Roaring Twenties

interwar period ⓘ
languageOfWork French ⓘ
locationOfPremiere Paris ⓘ
musicalDirector Claude Hopkins ⓘ
notableAct Josephine Baker’s “Danse sauvage” ⓘ
performedAt Théâtre des Champs-Élysées ⓘ
performedIn Paris ⓘ
placeOfPremiere Théâtre des Champs-Élysées ⓘ
producer Jacques Charles ⓘ
Louis Douglas ⓘ
productionCompany Théâtre des Champs-Élysées management ⓘ
significantFor influencing Parisian nightlife in the 1920s ⓘ
introducing African American jazz performance to Parisian audiences ⓘ
launching Josephine Baker to international stardom ⓘ
thematicFocus African American culture ⓘ
African-inspired exoticism ⓘ
Black American music ⓘ
yearOfPremiere 1925 ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Josephine Baker → notableWork → Revue Nègre ⓘ
Josephine Baker → notableWork → Revue Nègre ⓘ
subject linked to: La Baker
Josephine Baker → notableWork → Revue Nègre ⓘ
subject linked to: Creole Goddess
Josephine Baker’s “Danse sauvage” → associatedWith → Revue nègre ⓘ
linked to: Revue Nègre