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.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dance performance
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stage act ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Black modernity
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Folies Bergère revues NERFINISHED ⓘ Parisian nightlife ⓘ Revue nègre NERFINISHED ⓘ cabaret culture ⓘ exoticism ⓘ primitivism in European art ⓘ |
| audienceReaction |
curiosity about Black culture
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enthusiasm ⓘ scandal ⓘ |
| choreographyStyle | hybrid of jazz dance and pseudo-African motifs ⓘ |
| cityOfPerformance | Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contributedTo | Josephine Baker’s image as a Jazz Age icon ⓘ |
| costumeFeature |
emphasis on bare skin
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minimal costuming ⓘ |
| countryOfPerformance | France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
emblematic of colonial-era fantasies about Africa
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key work in the history of Black performance in Europe ⓘ |
| documentedIn |
biographies of Josephine Baker
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scholarship on Jazz Age performance ⓘ |
| genre | jazz-age dance ⓘ |
| hasQuality |
burlesque
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comic ⓘ erotic ⓘ exoticized ⓘ modernist ⓘ provocative ⓘ sensational ⓘ |
| helpedLaunch | Josephine Baker’s international stardom ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
interwar period
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post–World War I Paris ⓘ |
| influenced |
European perceptions of African American performance
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later representations of Black female performers in Europe ⓘ |
| languageOfContext | French ⓘ |
| medium | live performance ⓘ |
| movement | Jazz Age NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performedBy | Josephine Baker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | Josephine Baker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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