Returned to shape following the loss of its wings last April, the Moulin Rouge celebrated its 135 years of existence in 2024 and does not intend to stop there. Among the professionals at the head of the most famous Parisian cabarets, Marketing Director Virginie Clérico-Patsouris received this Tuesday, January 21, the Minister of Culture within her establishment.
Coming to make a big announcement aimed at ensuring the serene continuity of the Moulin Rouge, Rachida Dati took the opportunity to visit the different workshops of this temple of cancan. She met several dancers, the singer Michèle Torr but also “the costume designer to the stars”, Mine Verges, a true cabaret legend.
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On the occasion of this meeting, Virginie Clérico-Patsouris and Mine Verges each received from the hand of Rachida Dati, the insignia of the Order of Arts and Letters. Rewarded for their “creation in the artistic or literary field or for the contribution they have made to the influence of arts and letters in France and in the world”, the two women posed alongside the minister, displaying a wide smile.
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-Rachida Dati in favor of “recognition of cabaret”
During her speech, the Minister of Culture declared that she provided “support and recognition for cabaret”, an “art which embodies French culture and freedom”. As proof, the sum of 475,000 euros will be allocated to strengthening “the visibility of the cabaret”.
Rachida Dati also raised the subject of “including the cancan, the emblematic cabaret dance, in the national inventory of intangible cultural heritage. » For the Director of the Moulin Rouge, Jean-Victor Clérico, the minister's speech brings good news and demonstrates a “work dynamic which will contribute to strengthening the place of cabaret in the French cultural landscape. »
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