Revue Nègre

E278426

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 (1)

Label Occurrences
Revue Nègre canonical 4

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 Roaring Twenties
surface form: Jazz Age

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

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Josephine Baker notableWork Revue Nègre
La Baker notableWork Revue Nègre
subject surface form: Josephine Baker
Creole Goddess notableWork Revue Nègre
subject surface form: Josephine Baker