Tina Tobago is a dancer at Crazy Horse Paris… and an operating room nurse. We had a chat with this woman who resolutely assumes her double life with energy and charisma.
How did you come to join the famous Crazy Girls dance troupe, and why?
It was both a dream and a stroke of luck. When I was 12 or 13 years old, I saw a Christmas video of Crazy Horse Paris on television. I was instantly fascinated by the way the dancers moved, the vibe they gave off… At that age I was very sporty – I did 15 hours a week of rhythmic gymnastics, and I was a real tomboy! My feminine side was more interior, and when I saw that video, I knew that one day I would want to be a woman like those at Crazy Horse Paris.
When I was 21, I shared my dream with my partner, but I didn’t think anything would come of it. I felt that becoming a Crazy Girl was impossible, since I was a gymnast and they had training in dance or the performing arts. He nonetheless sent off my application, which came to nothing; I was disappointed but not surprised. A few years later I tried again, and this time I was offered an audition. Meanwhile I had got myself ready, I did a lot of dancing… and I joined the Crazy Girl troupe in April 2017!
How do you manage your double life as nurse and Crazy Girl?
As an operating room nurse, I can organize my time quite easily. I have my weekends off and I’m on duty three times a week, which gives me four consecutive days off. To start with I was a contract worker, so it was easy to accept jobs or not, but now I have a permanent contract so that requires more juggling.
It’s possible to successfully lead both lives simultaneously, as I like to be on the move: in the operating room I have to use my brain, and at Crazy Horse Paris I find expression in movement, through my body. They are complementary and that suits me perfectly.
What is your favorite scene, and why?
I love Jungle Fever and Lay Laser Lay. The second is the one I saw in the Christmas video when I was 13, and it was also my first solo act at Crazy Horse Paris. I like them for their slightly “wild” side, as well as their sensuality. In fact, I can’t really imagine myself playing the role of a sparkling, smiling woman; I need a rather dark form of energy to express myself through dancing, and in these scenes I can use that. The sensitivity and fragility that radiate from But I’m a good girl appeal to me enormously, but it isn’t necessarily easy for me to embody them.
In your opinion, what defines a Crazy Girl?
It takes time to become a Crazy Girl, and when you start out you don’t know what sort of Crazy Girl you’re going to become. What’s more, this persona is not fixed, it develops over the years. I would say that, for me, a Crazy Girl is at ease with herself, a confident, sensitive and sensual woman. She knows herself well enough to express her femininity, have fun with it, and radiate emotion that others can share.
Two women have been role models in my life, and have inspired me. My mother gave dancing lessons, and my grandmother was a nurse administrator. Today, I’m proud to embody both of them in my double life as Crazy Girl and nurse!
Come see our show "Totally Crazy" with our stunning dancer Tina Tobago !
Selected by the Crazy Horse on recommendation from Pressoirs de France, this vintage is made from a subtle blend of three varieties.
The Crazy Cuvée comes from the Champagne region : Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier.
To those who have the privilege of tasting it, the Crazy Cuvée offers an infinitely delicious moment of pleasure.
Like a high-quality stocking…
« Peppered with humour» according to McConnico
The famous American designer Hilton McConnico, who created the design for the Crazy Cuvée bottle, explains: « It’s a large mouth, surrealist, intriguing, mysterious, delicious and peppered with humour. It’s very clear. The mouth is ready to taste the sparkling song of the champagne bubbles ».
Engagements with sublime promises
A lifetime commitment starts with a very first vow: the engagement. Both serious and moving, traditions need to be respected. On one knee, a small box in his hand, your lips trembling, yours eyes shining with emotion, a magical moment.
What better and more beautiful place to declare your love and exchange your first “yes”, than Crazy Horse Paris?
Beyoncé didn’t hesitate: “The day we got engaged was also my husband’s birthday. I took him to Crazy Horse Paris and I remember having thought "Wow, these girls are gorgeous!". To me it was the ultimate sexy show. I wanted to be on stage and dance for him.”
A 100% glamorous bachelorette party
Together with your friends, the bachelorette party truly marks the beginning of your long-awaited union. It’s a moment of complicity, of warmth, of emotions and of shared feelings with your best friends.
Between charm and glamor, treat yourself to an exceptional moment with the Crazy show you can all enjoy together (with glasses of champagne and delicious treats): exalted and owned femininity which will remain a fond and lasting memory. Before marrying Kanye West, Kim Kardashian chose Crazy Horse Paris for a girl’s night out with her sisters!
Wedding anniversary : a beautiful celebration of marriage
The strength of an engagement is also its duration. Every year means more time spent with your soulmate, for better or for worse, but mainly for the better! Wether wood, bronze, silk, crystal, gold or diamond, no matter how many years, as long as your love remains strong.
To celebrate your wedding anniversary, treat yourself to an exceptional evening with your loved one and come take your seats in the mythical Crazy Horse Paris cabaret: celebrate the longevity of your union with champagne bubbles and the sparkling Crazy show! Chrissy Teigen and John Legend celebrated their cotton anniversary here, so why not you?
Choose an offer or contact us to make your evening unforgettable!
The legendary locale of Parisian nightlife, a temple to beauty and femininity…
Founded in 1951, Crazy Horse Paris is a jewel-like setting that has crystallized the artistic and creative vibrations of the fashionable of Paris for decades. A hotspot of femininity, the cabaret has developed a true identity thanks to the unique artistic signature of its founder, Alain Bernardin.
This heritage is seen and felt wherever you look: from the mythical staircase to the quotes adorning each wall, from the red velvet that lines the room to the emblematic arched backs of the dancers, Crazy Horse Paris has a soul that gets hearts racing.
THE HEART AND ESSENCE OF CRAZY HORSE PARIS, JUST FOR YOU!
Seeing a Crazy Horse Paris show in itself is already an unforgettable experience. But on the occasion of the European Heritage Days, it is an invitation to approach the myth even more closely than usual. This exclusive “Crazy Experience” takes you into the cabaret’s most secret backstage areas, normally inaccessible to the public. You are personally welcomed by the room manager, and a dancer from the legendary Crazy Horse Paris troupe guide you throughout your visit.
So it will be in the company of one of those who proudly wear the colors of Crazy Horse Paris every night, displaying femininity in all its fascination that you discover the history of the cabaret and its stories. In the backstage spaces, in the private room of the founder of Crazy Horse Paris, Alain Bernardin, you will enter into a universe of creativity and voluptuousness. If you listen very closely, you will hear the echo of the celebrities who have experienced moments here, as precious as they were secret…
In this cozy atmosphere, our Crazy Girl will share with you her everyday life as a dancer: beauty secrets, preparation for the show, rehearsals, and more… This guided tour will surely whet your appetite –as an expert connoisseur – for the show Totally Crazy…
Before an enthusiastic celebrity audience, Patricia Folly, alias Psykko Tico, choreographer and dancer at Crazy Horse Paris, took to the catwalk at Jean–Paul Gaultier’s Spring-Summer 2011 Couture presentation.
On 26th January 2011, at the fashion house’s headquarters. Psykko Tico wore the "Can Can" wedding dress specially created for the occasion. A fully embroidered white ruffle dress with a "legs" print under the skirt, bringing a magnificent end to the haute couture show.
Crazy about Crazy
The iconic fashion designer Jean-Paul Gaultier is a frequent guest at 12, Avenue George V, as he is « crazy about Crazy, now and forever… ».
Thanks to its rich artistic heritage, Crazy Horse Paris has an excellent reputation among creators, artists and designers.
The unique expertise of the legendary nightspot lies in the way it enhances women’s beauty through unusual, surprising creations.
It has already been ten years that the Crazy is under new management. To celebrate this anniversary, the fabled and illustrious Parisian cabaret has packed its bags and headed to the Sheraton Grande Walkerhill Theater in Seoul.
The Crazy Horse, acclaimed house of live creations for over 60 years, exports itself around the world. After Geneva, Warsaw, Montréal and Hong Kong, the Crazy dance troupe made a stopover in South Corea, where it will perform the “Forever Crazy” show. It will be presented on stage at the Sheraton Walkerhill Theater in Seoul.
A true culture shock for the Crazy Girls, who will show South Coreans what the French-touch, Crazy-Style, is all about.
« Forever Crazy » is a show created as a tribute to the avant-garde artist Alain Bernardin, the Crazy Horse founder and is made up of a collection of best-ofs from the historic repertoire of the legendary cabaret.
To celebrate the tenth anniversary of the change in management, the Parisian cabaret’s show is moving, as part of the international tour, for 6 months to Seoul.
A true culture shock for the Crazy Girls, who will show South Coreans what the French-touch, Crazy-Style, is all about.
Between tradition and renewal
During the show, the dancers of the famed cabaret located in the heart of the Golden triangle in Paris, will perform a blend of traditional numbers and new creations produced by Philippe Découflé, derived from the Désirs show, which made its debut in 2009. They will be performing the famed military march, « God Save Our Bareskin », official and unchanged opening act since 1989, or again the “Leçon d’Erotisme”, act performed by a voluptuous Crazy Girl on a red couch, in the shape of luscious red lips.
For seven years now, Crazy Horse Paris has been working closely with the "Souffle de Violette" initiative run by the EREEL endowment fund. A great example of “women helping women”, it’s the brainchild of Christine Salaun-Chevalier, Ereel Founder-President.
Souffle de Violette : feel like a woman again and get your life backÂ
This initiative, administered by the EREEL Endowment Fund, works to support women affected by cancer for up to 3 years following recovery, in a non-hospital environment. 2,000 women from all over France are receiving support from a network of 200 volunteer professionals providing specially targeted help.
Among the services on offer are free chiropody, make-up tutorials, face and body treatments, assistance with returning to work, legal advice, healthy eating cookery classes, support for careers and much more… Each woman is free to choose which workshops she wants to do.
The aim of the programme and its workshops is to support cancer survivors who have often lost confidence in themselves as women and as members of society. Without fuss and in complete confidence.
Crazy Horse Paris, supporting Souffle de Violette
Crazy Horse Paris first got involved with Souffle de Violette back in 2011. As well as Souffle de Violette, the Ereel Endowment Fund supports a range of foundations and our very first contact came about when a young man suffering from myopathy expressed a wish to come to Crazy Horse Paris. He was hosted by our cabaret teams and enjoyed a wonderful evening, an occasion when strong links were also made with Christine Salaun-Chevalier.
Since then, the Crazy Girls and Souffle de Violette have worked together more and more, a fine example of women supporting women. The dancers were happy to commit to a series of events and photos with the "Violettes" to celebrate Pink October, including cookery demonstrations, a beauty party featuring “Crazy” makeup, and more.
For the women we support, spending time with the beautiful and friendly Crazy Girls is an invaluable experience that restores their confidence and helps them reveal and regain their own identity as women.
Christine Salaun-Chevalier
Crazy Horse Paris wigmaker, Raphaël Knafo, is also involved, supplying wigs, personalised haircare and advice for all the women on the programme.
The club and its artistes are proud to be hosting the annual Souffle de Violette gala evening, on Monday 26 March, with a performance of its current show Totally Crazy.
Are you interested in the Souffle de Violette programme?
We welcome your support!
To spend an evening at Crazy Horse Paris is to celebrate beauty and glamour. But then here we are in Paris, and the capital is full of wonders to gaze upon. So Crazy Horse Paris has designed two dinner & show packages that marry the pleasure of the palate with that of the eyes. Discover them!
Bateaux-Mouches dinner cruise and Crazy Horse Paris show : a magical night along the Seine river
This is easily the most romantic evening among Crazy Horse Paris dinner & show offers. Exploring Paris “along its most beautiful avenue”, the Seine, is a privilege you won’t soon forget. While your boat gracefully rolls upon the waves, you can admire the Louvre Museum, the Town Hall, Notre Dame, the Musée d’Orsay, the National Assembly and the Eiffel Tower. Dazzled by the majesty of these monuments, you will also be captivated by the delicacy of the dishes served for your dinner.
The embarkation point for this dinner & show is at quai d’Alma, a few minutes’ walk from Crazy Horse Paris. This is also where you will disembark and head to your evening’s second experience of Beauty: Crazy Horse Paris show.
Bustronome and Crazy Horse Paris show : an absolutely top deck dinner & show exprience
How would you like to cruise around Paris on a double-decker bus with 360° views, while savoring delicious dishes, and then see Crazy Horse Paris show? The Bustronome takes you on a tour of Paris through its most emblematic streets and avenues. Starting from the Arc de Triomphe, your journey to the heart of Paris will take you from the Champs-Elysées to the Madeleine, from Notre-Dame to the Pont des Arts, and from Les Invalides to the Eiffel Tower. Seated high up on the top deck, your view will be clear and unobstructed so nothing comes between your eyes and the beauties of Paris.
Customized interior, noble wood, wallpaper in the stairwell, upholstered bench seats, table furniture cleverly designed so nothing moves during your evening: the Bustronome offers a cozy and intimate atmosphere. Throughout the ride, at the smooth cruising speed of 15 km/h, you will be able to savor delicious dishes while discovering Parisian monuments thanks to individual audioguides and an interactive map. The Bustronome will then stop at 10 pm in front of the sparkling Eiffel Tower before dropping you off at the Crazy Horse Paris at 10:20 for the show and its divine Crazy Girls.
So, which strikes your fancy? Bateaux-Mouches or Bustronome ?
They have oodles of sparkle and glamour, bodies brimming with tone and grace, and they dreamed of one day joining Crazy Horse Paris: let’s give a warm welcome to our new dancers!
A love for stage and for Crazy Horse Paris
The new Crazy Girls are now realizing a beautiful dream: of joining the troupe of Crazy Horse Paris and becoming one of those legendary dancers, odes to femininity and freedom, who make the identity and fame of Crazy Horse Paris.
A demanding but fascinating learning experience
To be able to incarnate glamour and sensuality, Woman in her purest essence, there is a subtle balance between the innate and … lots of hard work. When it comes to beauty, the girls have it all. But now they need to learn how to become that quintessence of femininity that both represents and makes the identity of a Crazy Girl.
It is notably while rehearsing "U turn me on", the iconic finale of Crazy Horse Paris, used in the show "Totally Crazy", that the girls discover all the technicality and the intensity of the work required by the director Svetlana Kostantinova. And if the dance is an ode to femininity, the play of looks is also at the heart of what makes the dancers of Crazy Horse Paris unique.
Curves, movements, and winks: nothing is left to chance for transcending the woman into her emotions and her personality.
Make-up lesson: enhancing the face
Being a dancer at Crazy Horse means being a woman down to the tips of your eyelashes. If the hip sway and pace is Svetlana’s domain, it is the captain of the dancers Mika Do who accompanies the new recruits in their first Crazy make-up. The goal? A doll’s face, an intense look, and a strongly assertive personality.
In the expert hands of Mika Do, brushes, false eyelashes, eye shadow, and blushes are magic instruments that enhance the beauty of the two girls, transforming them into Crazy Girls, with doe eyes and red mouths. And here they are, ready to bewitch the audience!
The Crazy Girls are on stage!
It is a Crazy Horse Paris tradition: the baptism of the stage name of the dancers takes place on the evening of their first public appearance. Bye-bye Daniela and Fleur, hello Tina Tobago and Kika Revolver! A moment full of emotion, and shared with the other dancers, which truly marks the entrance of the two recruits into the house.
The stage début, long-awaited, finally takes place on the same evening for the two young women. Somewhere between stress and euphoria, they experience the live stage, the costumes, the audience… the glamorous dream that is now a reality.
Discover the latest Crazy Girls to join the troupe!
The famed Crazy Horse Paris, following two separate auditions, has integrated seven new dancers into its acclaimed Crazy Girls dance troupe.
These new recruits needed to meet the stringent physical requirements set forth by Alain Bernardin, Crazy Horse Paris founder and great admirer of women and femininity, in 1951, so as to respect the tradition and spirit of this legendary venue.
Previously, the criteria for joining the troupe were extremely selective. Candidates should not be less than 1m68 and more than 1m72 in height in order to maintain visual harmony on stage and respect a one-third to two-thirds ratio between the length of their legs and their bust. The distance between the two tips of the breasts had to be 21 cm, and the distance between the navel and the pubis had to be 13 cm.
Today, this is nothing compared to the importance of having this little “that little something extra”, a touch of "crazy" and originality, as Alain Bernardin liked to say.
Ballet dance training required
Minimum age is 18 to be able to apply at one of the numerous auditions. Furthermore, to become part of the Crazy Horse dance troupe, you must have receivet classical ballet dance-lessons.
The Crazy Horse particularly appreciates candidates with acting talent, which makes all the difference when performing the different acts of the show on the acclaimed stage.
The fortunate few who make the audition will receive 3 to 5 months training, during which they will learn how to become true Crazy Girls and then go on to captivate the public of not only the legendary Parisian cabaret, but also audiences at theaters around the world.