On November 30, 2021, Josephine Baker entered the Pantheon.
"
My France is Joséphine
" had launched the President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron.
With these words, he paid a vibrant tribute not only to the great artist who symbolizes the joy of the Roaring Twenties, but also to the committed woman who was a spy for the Resistance and an ardent activist for the African-American cause.
One year almost to the day after this historic date, Bobino presents a show that is entirely his and which is called
Le Musical Joséphine Baker
.
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Conceived and directed by Jean-Pierre Hadida, the musical devoted to the incomparable interpreter of
I have two loves my country and Paris
, looks back on the novel life of this unique acrobat born on June 3, 1906 in Saint-Louis in Missouri.
The show's designer was literally swept away by his fiery personality.
“Nothing stopped Josephine Baker.
She was pure energy.
There is more than one woman in the life of this multifaceted, rainbow woman.
Like the light that diffuses through the prism, it has inspired us with a succession of colorful paintings, original dance music that retraces its century of shadows and light,”
he explains.
For 90 minutes, the spectator meets his legendary stage partners like Jean Gabin, his lovers (Paul Colin, Pépito), his husbands (Willie Baker, Jo Bouillon).
He will see her sing with all her soul, dance the Charleston and then above all see the heroes live again, who like her, will never have hesitated to put their lives in danger to save Jews and then after the war to campaign tirelessly against segregation. racial.
A joyful, inspiring rebirth not to be missed.
The Musical Joséphine Baker
à Bobino by Jean-Pierre Hadida, with Nevedya in the skin and dresses of Joséphine and Raphaël Bancou on the piano.
Special Advisor, Brian Bouillon Baker.
Trailer of the
Musical Joséphine Baker
at Bobino