Josephine Baker’s “Danse sauvage”
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Josephine Baker’s “Danse sauvage” was a sensational, provocative dance performance that helped launch her international stardom and became emblematic of the Jazz Age’s fascination with Black modernity and exoticism.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Josephine Baker’s early Paris revues | 1 |
| Josephine Baker’s “Danse sauvage” canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Josephine Baker’s “Danse sauvage” Context triple: [Revue Nègre, notableAct, Josephine Baker’s “Danse sauvage”]
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A.
The Josephine Baker Story
The Josephine Baker Story is a 1991 biographical television film that dramatizes the life and career of the iconic American-born French entertainer and civil rights activist Josephine Baker.
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B.
Blue Dancers
Blue Dancers is a famous pastel artwork by Edgar Degas depicting ballerinas in vivid blue costumes, exemplifying his focus on movement, color, and intimate backstage scenes.
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C.
La Danse (celebration of movement)
La Danse (celebration of movement) is a dynamic 19th-century sculptural group by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux that exuberantly depicts intertwined, dancing figures in a vivid expression of joy and motion.
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D.
La Savina
La Savina is the main port town of Formentera in Spain’s Balearic Islands, serving as the island’s primary gateway for ferries and maritime transport.
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E.
Mademoiselle Pogany
Mademoiselle Pogany is a series of modernist portrait sculptures by Constantin Brâncuși, celebrated for their highly stylized, elongated forms that distill the human head into elegant, abstract shapes.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Josephine Baker’s “Danse sauvage” Target entity description: Josephine Baker’s “Danse sauvage” was a sensational, provocative dance performance that helped launch her international stardom and became emblematic of the Jazz Age’s fascination with Black modernity and exoticism.
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A.
The Josephine Baker Story
The Josephine Baker Story is a 1991 biographical television film that dramatizes the life and career of the iconic American-born French entertainer and civil rights activist Josephine Baker.
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B.
Blue Dancers
Blue Dancers is a famous pastel artwork by Edgar Degas depicting ballerinas in vivid blue costumes, exemplifying his focus on movement, color, and intimate backstage scenes.
-
C.
La Danse (celebration of movement)
La Danse (celebration of movement) is a dynamic 19th-century sculptural group by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux that exuberantly depicts intertwined, dancing figures in a vivid expression of joy and motion.
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D.
La Savina
La Savina is the main port town of Formentera in Spain’s Balearic Islands, serving as the island’s primary gateway for ferries and maritime transport.
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E.
Mademoiselle Pogany
Mademoiselle Pogany is a series of modernist portrait sculptures by Constantin Brâncuși, celebrated for their highly stylized, elongated forms that distill the human head into elegant, abstract shapes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dance performance
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stage act ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Black modernity
ⓘ
Folies Bergère revues ⓘ
linked to:
Folies Bergère
Parisian nightlife ⓘ Revue nègre ⓘ
linked to:
Revue Nègre
cabaret culture ⓘ exoticism ⓘ primitivism in European art ⓘ |
| audienceReaction |
curiosity about Black culture
ⓘ
enthusiasm ⓘ scandal ⓘ |
| choreographyStyle | hybrid of jazz dance and pseudo-African motifs ⓘ |
| cityOfPerformance | Paris ⓘ |
| contributedTo | Josephine Baker’s image as a Jazz Age icon ⓘ |
| costumeFeature |
emphasis on bare skin
ⓘ
minimal costuming ⓘ |
| countryOfPerformance | France ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
emblematic of colonial-era fantasies about Africa
ⓘ
key work in the history of Black performance in Europe ⓘ |
| documentedIn |
biographies of Josephine Baker
ⓘ
scholarship on Jazz Age performance ⓘ |
| genre | jazz-age dance ⓘ |
| hasQuality |
burlesque
ⓘ
comic ⓘ erotic ⓘ exoticized ⓘ modernist ⓘ provocative ⓘ sensational ⓘ |
| helpedLaunch | Josephine Baker’s international stardom ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
interwar period
ⓘ
post–World War I Paris ⓘ |
| influenced |
European perceptions of African American performance
ⓘ
later representations of Black female performers in Europe ⓘ |
| languageOfContext | French ⓘ |
| medium | live performance ⓘ |
| movement |
Jazz Age
ⓘ
linked to:
The Jazz Age
|
| notableFor |
challenging and reinforcing racial stereotypes
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combining humor with erotic display ⓘ making Josephine Baker a symbol of the Jazz Age ⓘ |
| partOf |
Josephine Baker’s early Paris revues
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linked to:
Josephine Baker’s “Danse sauvage”
|
| performedBy | Josephine Baker ⓘ |
| performer | Josephine Baker ⓘ |
| startTime | 1920s ⓘ |
| symbolOf |
Jazz Age fascination with Black modernity
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Jazz Age fascination with exoticism ⓘ interwar Paris cosmopolitan culture ⓘ |
| venue | Folies Bergère ⓘ |
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linked to: Josephine Baker’s “Danse sauvage”