The Show                         

Nominated for Best International show, CARPE NOCTEM received the Award for Best Cabaret and Variety of the Hollywood Fringe Festival 2012.

In an intimate evening of authentic French Cabaret, the personalities of five Parisian Cabaret dancers unfold to the sensual music of Juliette Greco, Serge Gainsbourg, and Brigitte Bardot among others. A spectacular traditional French Cancan sets the uniqueness of this show !

No need for a passport, nor a 12 hour flight to enjoy the romance of a Parisian night... Get ready for an Evening of Feathers, Cancan and Glitz à la mode de Paris !

 

Parlez-vous Cabaret ?

 

While the contemporary American cabaret came into being in the 1970's, its traditions reach back more than a hundred years. The first cabaret Rodolphe Salis' "Cabaret Artistique", later renamed "Le Chat Noir" (The Black Cat), opened in France in 1881 in the Parisian district of Montmartre. The famous French Cancan first appeared in the 1830's working-class ballrooms of the Montparnasse quarter in Paris. The Cancan, meaning "tittle-tattle" or "scandal" was perceived as a scandalous dance and for a time, the French authorities attempted to repress it. Occasionally people dancing the cancan were arrested but it was never officially banned.

 

Lola Ohlala 

Dancer/choreographer Lola Ohlala trained in classical and modern dance from the age of 4 till 14. She then started studying theater with amazing artists like Jean-Claude Cotillard (father of the famous Marion), Amédée Bricolo or Nicole Mérouse at the Conservatoire National d'Art Dramatique d'Orléans and performed with several theater companies.

The passion for Cabaret was born from this mix of dance and theater. French glamour and "joie de vivre", always served with a touch of humor have been guiding her since then !

Over the last ten years she has danced and choreographed shows in France for cabarets in Bourges, Paris, Orléans and St Tropez. CARPE NOCTEM is the first show she has written for the Los Angeles public.