Le Chat Noir was the first modern caberet. It opened in 1881 in Montmartre, Paris. Performers such as Jane Avril, Claude Debussy, and Erik Satie often performed there, and it attracted a colourful crowd of patrons.

Loie Fuller was a dancer who pioneered a unique style of choreographed dancing utilising extravagant dresses which reflected various lights that were projected onto them. She called this the Serpentine Dance. Ahead of her time, she was refused a...