Buenos Aires cabarets, Buenos Aires nostalgia

The word cabaret is taken from French, meaning "tavern". However, our history is crossed by porteño particularities that have nothing to envy to the distant Europe. This is why we will take a walk through the singularities of the cabarets in the Buenos Aires nights.

How were the cabarets porteños?

The cabarets They used to be large rooms with lots of light thanks to luxurious chandeliers, with a long dance floor surrounded by tables, and that famous bar, support of countless stories and drinks. 

Sometimes attended by couples, most of them were men alone or in groups. They went to dance with alternatorsalso known as "cuppers"with their long "satin" dresses and their silky sheen and glamourThey encouraged customers to invite them to sit at their table, of course, to have a drink, and another one. They tried to seduce the man so that he would continue to drink and, of course, persist in inviting her. If they "hooked" one of them, they could not get out of the cabaret before the store closed its doors. Drinking has been, and always has been, a formidable business.

While some habitué attended to listen to their favorite jazz band, others insisted on winning their favorite jazz band, others insisted on winning their favorite jazz band. alternator favorite. However, the cuppers were one more element of the greatness of the show that took place there. 

About the shows Varieté

After the jazz orchestra, at midnight, a classic "varieté" show was presented, which featured different artistic numbers animating the evening. The "varieté" of bohemian roots, a distant relative of the taverns medieval, and close to the cabaret of the nineteenth century, has been the artistic expression that crosses the romantic and alcohol. It is a genre whose development in the twentieth century is favored in large cities, characterized by greater flexibility than traditional theater, for being more challenging and risky, with greater complicity with the public. The researcher Raquel Prestigiácomo defines it as "a light show, without a continuous plot, with a preferably musical character, of non-theatrical but street or tavern representation, with circus acts such as illusionists, contortionists and acrobats and exotic attractions, such as ventriloquists and orchestra-men". It has three fundamental elements: the singable number, the danceable one and the comic one.

Cabaret Buenos Aires upscale

What element demonstrated the high category of a Cabaretif it was such? Of course the importance and the recognition of the jazz orchestra that animated with music the festive ears... 

A cap with the name of the cabaret crowned the gold-buttoned doorman, who did not move from the doorway, despite a sign that, as in the case of the Marabu invited passers-by. Its inscription read:  "Everybody to the Marabu/ The boîte of the highest rank/ where Pichuco and his orchestra/ will make you dance good tangos."

The Marabu Cabaret born according to the historian Gabriel LunaThe Obelisk, in a basement of an Italian palace, is dated around the same time that the Obelisk saw the light, it is the year '35.  

If we look at the name MarabíuIn its origin, we trace back to a profound feature erotic.

Its name refers to the silky feathers of a exotic African bird, used at that time to make the lingerie of the girls. vedettes and those pompous, colorful boas whose sensual extravagance is associated with women of the charleston and the brave dolls of tango. 

If we are talking about luxury and prestige, we must mention the ArmenonvilleThe model of construction was based on the French version from which it took its inspiration.

Cabaret Buenos Aires and culture

Located on Avenida Alvear, which is now called Avenida del Libertador General San Martín, in the neighborhood of the Recoletathe cabaret acquired its great prestige when the great Carlos Gardel performed his first major duo performance with José Razzano in the new year of 1914. With a tango in his name, and mentioned in various themes, and even in a novel by Adolfo Bioy Casares, “The dream of heroes"His memory remains impregnated in the porteño culture. 

The cabarets in general are the memory of a young and alive Buenos Aires whose memories refer to the sensuality and glamour of an era of which little remains, but of which, perhaps, we inherited quite a lot. 

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