WHAT IS CABARET?
Photo,
left: A modern representation of American Cabaret production . Please
observe how modern artist (singer, dancer, performer, actress) of American
contemporary Cabaret acts, plays, musicals are depicted! Quite a change and
diametrically divergence from the times of Barbara Cook , Lena Horne, Chita
Rivera and Julie Wilson.
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How many different kinds of Cabaret they are in the world? Why
American Cabaret is so different?
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How and why American Cabaret Singers/Performers/Artists are so
different from their counterparts around the world?
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Analogy (Similarities and Differences) and comparative analysis between an
American Female Cabaret Singer and a traditional foreign cabaret singer at
various levels: Psychological, social, sociological, personal, artistic,
physical, including intimate details and characteristic features that define
their persona, character, personality, looks, fashion, clothes, fragrance,
make-up, influence, affairs (if any!), relations, relationships, romance,
financial status, bookings, salaries, career, ambitions, ups and downs, etc.
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How a
female singer in America becomes a Cabaret Singer?
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How
American female singers describe Cabaret, Cabaret music and Cabaret singers?
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What
are the differences and similarities in interior design and decors between
American and traditional foreign Cabarets?
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What
are the differences and similarities in the persona and what are the
characteristic features of an American and a foreign traditional Cabaret
singer?
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What
are the similarities and differences in a Cabaret repertoire/act (music,
arrangements, lyrics, instruments used, etc.) as performed by an American
female Cabaret singer and her counterpart in foreign countries?
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Summary, findings and conclusion: Why contemporary American Cabaret is not an
authentic and traditional Cabaret? And why a contemporary American Cabaret
female singer is not an authentic and original Cabaret singer? Why American
Cabaret female singers keep on calling themselves “Cabaret Singers”?
CABARET BETWEEN HISTORY,
ORIGIN, NEED, CONCEPT AND TODAY’S IDENTITY
Photo, right: This is what you see in today’s
Parisian Cabarets.
Photo courtesy of
Cabaret “La Belle Epoque”, Paris, France.
It has nothing to do with intimate
singing in an intimate setting, as many American Cabaret goers and artists
tend to believe and imagine.