Moulin Rouge windmill to twirl again in Paris 14 months after crash
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Moulin Rouge dancers perform the cancan with the iconic windmill in the background.
PHOTO: AFP
PARIS – Fourteen months after its windmill came crashing down
At 10.45pm (4.45am on July 11, Singapore time), the cabaret’s new red-and-gold wings – each over 12m wide and now powered by a shiny new made-to-measure motor – will once again twirl above Pigalle.
To mark the occasion, Moulin Rouge dancers will perform outside the venue, with a flurry of swirling red feathers symbolising the restoration of the rotating landmark.
The venue, immortalised by painter Toulouse-Lautrec and made famous by Australian director Baz Luhrmann’s 2001 film of the same name, woke up without its trademark wings in April 2024.
A failure in the central axis was blamed for the accident, which stunned locals and visitors alike.
No one was injured, but three of the illuminated letters on its facade were ripped off.
New wings were installed in time for the start of the Paris Olympics in July 2024, but without a motor. AFP
