A number of hundred delighted locals and vacationers gathered Friday exterior the Moulin Rouge cabaret membership, one of many French capital’s most visited sights, to have a good time the brand new 4 crimson blades for its iconic windmill. The membership’s landmark windmill sails fell off in April, however the brand new blades had been unveiled almost per week earlier than the Olympic torch was on account of move by means of the venue on July 15. The Video games start on July 26. “The windmill with out its wings is a void for Paris, it was simply unhappy,” stated managing director Jean-Victor Clerico. “The concept was to be prepared for the Olympic Video games.” The sails fell on the evening of April 25. A part of the cabaret’s illuminated signal additionally crashed to the bottom. It was a technical drawback, in line with the cabaret’s director. Nobody was injured within the incident.Dancers carry out in entrance of the Moulin Rouge cabaret through the inauguration of the membership’s new windmillImage: Thibault Camus/AP/dpa/image alliance What’s the Moulin Rouge identified for? An icon of Paris’ Montmartre neighborhood, the Moulin Rouge is known for its present of the French can-can, the wild conventional dance from Jacques Offenbach’s early nineteenth century operettas, carried out by dancers in conventional petticoats and frills. The windmill was first lit on October 6, 1889 for the opening of the Moulin Rouge. Celebrating its one hundred and thirty fifth anniversary this 12 months, the cabaret is a serious vacationer attraction. It was additional immortalized in Baz Luhrmann’s 2001 movie musical that includes the identical identify. In keeping with the cabaret’s administration, the Moulin Rouge’s performers characterize 18 nationalities and it receives 600,000 spectators a 12 months.Backstage on the Moulin Rouge in ParisThis browser doesn’t assist the video aspect. dh/rmt (AP, AFP)