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Roger Bouvard becomes the first architect of the Theatre des Champs-Elysees, 1906 to 1908 |
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1911/00/00 |
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Antoine Bourdelle is commissioned to create the frieze and decorate the facade of the Theatre des Champs-Elysees |
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1911/00/00 |
Rene Lalique |
Artisan |
Rene Lalique is creates the glass dome of the main theater of the Theatre des Champs-Elysees. |
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1911/07/03 |
Henry van de Velde |
Architect |
Henry van de Velde leaves his position as architect of the Theatre des Champs-Elysees, 1910 to 1911. |
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1912/09/00 |
Edouard Vuillard |
Painter |
Edouard Vuillard begins painting scenes from current Paris plays (eg Le Malade Imaginaire opened on 5 November 1912, Theatre de Odeon, and Le Petit Cafe at the Theatre du Palais-Royal) in the foyer of Theatre des Champs-Elysees. |
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1913/00/00 |
Auguste Perret |
Architect |
Theatre des Champs-Elysees is completed under the direction of brothers Auguste and Gustave Perret |
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1913/04/02 |
Claude Debussy |
Conductor |
Theatre des Champs-Elysees theatre opens with a gala concert |
Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune |
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1913/04/02 |
Camille Saint-Saens |
Conductor |
Camille Saint-Saens conducts Phaeton and excerpts from La lyre et la harpe during the Theatre des Champs-Elysees gala opening |
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1913/04/02 |
Gabriel Faure |
Conductor |
Gabriel Faure conducts La naissance de Venus at the Theatre des Champs-Elysees gala opening |
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1913/04/02 |
Paul Dukas |
Conductor |
Paul Dukas conducts L'apprenti sorcier at the Theatre des Champs-Elysees theatre's opening gala |
The Sorcerer's Apprentice |
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1913/05/15 |
Sergei Diaghilev |
Producer |
Jeux premieres at the Theatre des Champs-Elysees, Paris |
Jeux |
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1913/05/15 |
Claude Debussy |
Composer |
Jeux premieres at the Theatre des Champs-Elysees, Paris |
Jeux |
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1913/05/15 |
Ballets Russes |
Ballet Company |
Jeux premieres at the Theatre des Champs-Elysees, Paris |
Jeux |
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1913/05/29 |
Serge Sudeikin |
Assistant Set Designer |
The Rite of Spring debuts at the Theatre des Champs-Elysees, Paris, causing an actual riot. The programme also include Les Sylphides, Weber's Le Spectre de la Rose and Borodin's Polovtsian Dances. |
The Rite of Spring |
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The Rite of Spring Riot |
1913/05/29 |
Maurice Ravel |
Audience Member |
The Rite of Spring debuts at the Theatre des Champs-Elysees, Paris, causing an actual riot. The programme also include Les Sylphides, Weber's Le Spectre de la Rose and Borodin's Polovtsian Dances. |
The Rite of Spring |
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The Rite of Spring Riot |
1913/05/29 |
Olga Khokhlova |
Dancer |
The Rite of Spring debuts at the Theatre des Champs-Elysees, Paris, causing an actual riot. The programme also include Les Sylphides, Weber's Le Spectre de la Rose and Borodin's Polovtsian Dances. |
The Rite of Spring |
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The Rite of Spring Riot |
1913/05/29 |
Igor Stravinsky |
Composer |
The Rite of Spring debuts at the Theatre des Champs-Elysees, Paris, causing an actual riot. The programme also include Les Sylphides, Weber's Le Spectre de la Rose and Borodin's Polovtsian Dances. |
The Rite of Spring |
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The Rite of Spring Riot |
1913/05/29 |
Frederick Delius |
Audience Member |
The Rite of Spring debuts at the Theatre des Champs-Elysees, Paris, causing an actual riot. The programme also include Les Sylphides, Weber's Le Spectre de la Rose and Borodin's Polovtsian Dances. |
The Rite of Spring |
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The Rite of Spring Riot |
1913/05/29 |
Harry Graf Kessler |
Audience Member |
The Rite of Spring debuts at the Theatre des Champs-Elysees, Paris, causing an actual riot. The programme also include Les Sylphides, Weber's Le Spectre de la Rose and Borodin's Polovtsian Dances. |
The Rite of Spring |
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The Rite of Spring Riot |
1913/05/29 |
Florent Schmitt |
Audience Member |
The Rite of Spring debuts at the Theatre des Champs-Elysees, Paris, causing an actual riot. The programme also include Les Sylphides, Weber's Le Spectre de la Rose and Borodin's Polovtsian Dances. |
The Rite of Spring |
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The Rite of Spring Riot |
1913/05/29 |
Jean Cocteau |
Audience Member |
The Rite of Spring debuts at the Theatre des Champs-Elysees, Paris, causing an actual riot. The programme also include Les Sylphides, Weber's Le Spectre de la Rose and Borodin's Polovtsian Dances. |
The Rite of Spring |
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The Rite of Spring Riot |
1913/05/29 |
Claude Debussy |
Audience Member |
The Rite of Spring debuts at the Theatre des Champs-Elysees, Paris, causing an actual riot. The programme also include Les Sylphides, Weber's Le Spectre de la Rose and Borodin's Polovtsian Dances. |
The Rite of Spring |
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The Rite of Spring Riot |
1913/06/02 |
Gertrude Stein |
Audience Member |
"The Rite of Spring" is performed for the second time. |
The Rite of Spring |
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1913/06/02 |
Giacomo Puccini |
Audience Member |
"The Rite of Spring" is performed for the second time. |
The Rite of Spring |
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1913/06/13 |
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"The Rite of Spring" has its fifth and final performance of its initial run. |
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1924/05/26 |
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"Les biches" begins performances at the Theatre des Champs-Elysees as part of the Eighth Olympic Games. |
Les biches |
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VII Olympic Games, Summer 1924 |
1924/06/20 |
Darius Milhaud |
Composer |
Ballets Russes's "Le Train Bleu" operetta opens. The real Blue Train takes wealthy tourist from Paris to the resorts of southern France. The ballet's characters includes a tennis player, a golf player, tarts and gigolos. |
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1924/06/20 |
Ballets Russes |
Ballet Company |
Ballets Russes's "Le Train Bleu" operetta opens. The real Blue Train takes wealthy tourist from Paris to the resorts of southern France. The ballet's characters includes a tennis player, a golf player, tarts and gigolos. |
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1924/06/20 |
Pablo Picasso |
Curtain by Pablo Picasso |
Ballets Russes's "Le Train Bleu" operetta opens. The real Blue Train takes wealthy tourist from Paris to the resorts of southern France. The ballet's characters includes a tennis player, a golf player, tarts and gigolos. |
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1924/06/20 |
Jean Cocteau |
Senario |
Ballets Russes's "Le Train Bleu" operetta opens. The real Blue Train takes wealthy tourist from Paris to the resorts of southern France. The ballet's characters includes a tennis player, a golf player, tarts and gigolos. |
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1924/06/20 |
Coco Chanel |
Costume Designer |
Ballets Russes's "Le Train Bleu" operetta opens. The real Blue Train takes wealthy tourist from Paris to the resorts of southern France. The ballet's characters includes a tennis player, a golf player, tarts and gigolos. |
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1925/10/02 |
Miguel Covarrubias |
Set Designer |
La Revue Negre, 25 Black American performers doing a Harlem style tap show with the aesthetics of French colonialist fantasy, opens at the Theatre des Champs-Elysees |
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1925/10/02 |
Josephine Baker |
Performer |
La Revue Negre, 25 Black American performers doing a Harlem style tap show with the aesthetics of French colonialist fantasy, opens at the Theatre des Champs-Elysees |
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1925/11/19 |
Josephine Baker |
Performer |
La Revue Negre ends its run, but long remember for Joe Alex and Ms Baker dancing nearly naked in just feathers |
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1925/11/21 |
Josephine Baker |
Performer |
Josephine Baker's Colored Revue has arrived. The music is tuneless and the end of the show is dull, but never Miss Baker's part. It was even less dull the first night when she did what used to be, what indeed still should be called a stomach dance. |
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1927/05/26 |
Charles A Lindbergh |
Pilot |
Louis Franchet d'Esperey welcomes Charles Lindbergh to a gala for him and the conquest of air. |
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Lindbergh's Transatlantic Flight: New York to Paris |
1927/05/26 |
Louis Franchet d'Esperey |
Dignitary |
Louis Franchet d'Esperey welcomes Charles Lindbergh to a gala for him and the conquest of air. |
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Lindbergh's Transatlantic Flight: New York to Paris |