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Article: Moulin Rouge shows take cabaret way beyond can-can. (Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
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- January 3, 1995
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PARIS _ The days of La Goulue, Jane Avril and Toulouse-Lautrec are long gone, but the Moulin Rouge lives on in Paris.
During the Belle Epoque at the end of the 19th century, artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec painted his famous posters of dancers who appeared at Moulin Rouge and other can-can clubs. Among the most celebrated were La Goulue and Jane Avril.
A hundred years later, the famous music hall is still packing them in, but the shows are much different.
Today, the Moulin Rouge stages an elegant show featuring dozens of bare-breasted women in extravagant costumes, plus scenarios that feature, among other things, a woman entwined with a live 12-foot ...