Brief biography of Josephine

Josephine Baker “Black Pearl of X” Josephine Baker “The Black Pearl of X” E, along the stage of the London Palladium in a turban from ostrich feathers, a graceful dark -skinned woman is worn by a hurricane, radiating energy, swimming in applause. Suddenly, stopping in the middle of the performance, she says to the hall: “Oh, madam, you embarrass me. Yes, yes, you, with this little binoculars.

Please do not look at him. Do not lose your illusions. ” The tireless Josephine Baker was cunning, for the public she remained the embodiment of the dance, song, the legislator of the mod, and the heroine. She was almost 70 years old. The dancer, whose name now few people know, but who, according to historians will always be considered a legend, was born in Missouri, the USA.

The daughter of the laundress and the musician spent his youth typically for the poor, she had already been married twice. Due to the fact that a lot of blood mixed in it: Negro, Indian, Jewish, Spanish, Josephine had a special beauty, but the main thing in it was not appearance, but the vitality and power of the spirit. The inspirer of the great creators of the century: Hemingway, Simenon, Le Corbusier, Picaso, Dior, a cavalier of 3 orders for the fight against fascism, the defender of human rights, the mother of the children, this woman began her way in the dance and completed him dancing.

The FBI pursued her for communist views, bailiffs - for debts, and life was like her show: comic and catchy, with a raid of eroticism and sadness. These events shocked Josephine, and subsequently she became an ardent fighter with racism. She began to speak back at school, amazing her flexibility. Having learned all the styles of her time, she got into the show and began to travel around the country.

The talent is distinguished by innovation and the elements of Hastle, Step, hip-hop, a break, which will appear only years later, were noticeable in its rooms. The audience of Paris first also saw the super -modified Charleston also in her performance. Sign up for a trial lesson a happy ticket fell when the girl got into the troupe on Broadway. Josephine was the “final performance” End-Girl in one of the musicals-a difficult role in which she parodied her colleagues and walked along the stage with a wheel.

Acrobatics was her skate. She was noticed, on tour, Josephine shone in Berlin, Brussels, Vienna. And finally was adopted by France, his second homeland. In the Parisian Foley Berrier Theater, she made a splash when she jumped out from behind the curtains, covered only with a skirt of bananas. Due to the naked dancing of Josephine, Baker was forbidden to perform in many capitals, which only increased the interest of the public.

The artist always inspired and attracted extraordinary people. Adolf Loos devoted her “House of Josephin Baker”, Alexander Colder - his sculptures, Gertrude Stein wrote a poem in prose, Paul Colin became the author of many portraits and advertising posters. There were rumors that this was the same black Venus who visited Baudler in dreams. Famous artists created her crazy features of feathers and sparkles.

Sometimes dresses were cut from the canvas painted with fashionable cubes. In the year, Ernest Hemingway danced all evening with Josephine: “It was sophisticated, but she wrapped himself in the manto and never took it off. Only when the club closed and we left, Josephine admitted to me that under the furs she had no clothes. ” In the year in the cabin of the liner, along the way from Rio de Janeiro, Josephine met with the architect Le Corbusier.

For whole days he wrote her in his cabin, while she, naked, sang, accompanying her on the Hawaiian guitar. And after that, he created his buildings in the spirit of her dances. Comedy talent, voice and exotic dances, all this opened the road to the movie to Josephine. And she again made a breakthrough, becoming the first Afro-American on the main roles. The most successful woman in the entertainment genre in France, in the USA she was subjected to racist attacks from childhood.

The Josephine family survived the massacre, as a result of which more than a hundred dark -skinned ones died. These events shocked Josephine, and subsequently she became a discrimination fighter, making a sincere personal contribution with her actions. During the Second World War, the artist spoke to the troops in France and North Africa and worked for intelligence. These are not just words, an article about it is even in the academic “encyclopedia of espionage” by Norman Polmara and Thomas B.

Josephine received a pilot’s certificate, rose to the rank of younger lieutenant, was awarded medals, a sign of a military cross and, finally, the Order of the Legion Honorary. Even before the war, she received French citizenship. Josephine returned to Paris in the year with the troops of the allies. She recorded a record with the director of her orchestra, Jo Buyon, who soon married.

Then many actors, writers and journalists suffered from anti -communist repressions. Being married for the 5th time, Josephine could not have children, and decided to adopt the little Japanese Akio and Korean Dzhanot, and then another 8 orphans of different nationalities: French, Finns, Africans, Jews, Indians, Arabs. The relatives called them "Raduga family."The extravagance and breadth of the soul of this woman was expressed in everything: she gave the highest fees in Europe to the allies in the war and oppressed, if she bought shoes, then immediately 12 pairs, if she started pets, then at least five.

At one time, Josephine lived a boaver, a pig, a goose and a cheetah. Managing finances alone, Josephine at some point approached the edge of bankruptcy, the house left auction, and she herself went to the hospital. There were rumors that she was dying. But after several heart attacks, the dancer began to speak again to support the family. She appeared on stage, giving seven performances per week and remaining charming.

At the end of life, luck returned to Josephine. With the assistance of the Red Cross and Princess Monaco, her relatives and children soon allocated the house. For the last performance, tickets have been sold in many months. She once again confirmed the status of a great artist. A rainy spring day, thousands of people escorted the coffin of Josephine, the first woman of American origin, in whose memory a salute of 21 guns thundered in the capital of France.