Place Blanche in front of the Moulin Rouge on a festive night in 1894. THE MOULIN ROUGE Cancan girls in the Moulin Rouge dance hall kicking high and shaking a leg for ogling patrons as the orchestra up in the gallery plays the raucous dance tune. THE MOULIN ROUGE DANCE HALL The Jardin de Paris’s courtyard stage and inside the elephant is where Le Pétomane often performed. The courtyard is also where the Moulin Rouge Orchestra debuted Dvořák’s <em>New World Symphony.</em> JARDIN DE PARIS Jane Avril in a Toulouse-Lautrec poster with her classic “dead face,” and in a photo exhibiting a rare smile. JANE AVRIL Le Pétomane, aka Joseph Pujol, blew audiences away at the Moulin Rouge from 1890 to 1894, until he “cut off the gas” and took his unique talent to the parks of Paris and other European cities. LE PÉTOMANE The not-yet-famous Henri Toulouse-Lautrec looking ready to hit the street. Whether or not the cane is the one he hollowed out to put liquor in is unknown. HENRI TOULOUSE-LAUTREC <em>After the Bath, Woman drying her neck</em>, by Degas is what Arky and Iris get to see being created with Chloe as the model. AFTER THE BATH, WOMAN DRYING HER NECK The famous artist, Edgar Degas, in 1895 and looking very French. EDGAR DEGAS Housing the Paris Opera Ballet, this is how Iris and Arky would have seen Place de l'Opéra and Palais Garnier in 1894. PALAIS GARNIER “Protectors” mingling with young ballerinas is perfectly captured in this 1889 painting by Jean Beraud, <em>In the Wings at the Opera House.</em> BALLERINAS & THEIR “PROTECTORS” This sketch by Degas of a young Désiré Dihau playing his bassoon (about 1870) became more famously realized in Degas’s painting, <em>The Opera Orchestra. </em> DÉSIRÉ DIHAU The Jongler cor anglais, or “spider stick,” crafted by Hans Jongler has been beautifully drawn by the author’s twin brother, Torsten Muehl. COR ANGLAIS The first glimpse of Dvořák’s <em>New World Symphony</em> as seen by Octavia when she opens a package given to her by Iris. The score allows the Moulin Rouge Orchestra to debut Dvořák’s symphony in Europe. DVOŘÁK’S FROM THE NEW WORLD The Parisian slums are where Chloe and her mother live, and what Arky calls “Thinville.” THE SLUMS OF PARIS George Seurat’s famous painting , <em>A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte</em> (1884), depicts the scene where Arky, Chloe, Iris, and James go on a picnic that almost turns tragic. A SUNDAY AFTERNOON ON THE ISLAND OF LA GRANDE JATTE The scaffolding surrounding the rising dome of the Sacré-Cœur basilica on top of Montmartre is where Arky witnesses a young boy falling to his death. SACRÉ-CŒUR UNDER CONSTRUCTION In Paris, the River Seine is lined by wide quays that have seen it all, from romantic walks to murder. THE RIVER SEINE LINED BY A QUAY
