 One of the most popular entertainers in Paris during the period was the American singer Josephine Baker . Baker sailed to Paris , France . She first arrived in Paris in 1925 to perform in a show called " La Revue <unk> " at the Théâtre des Champs @-@ Élysées . She became an immediate success for her erotic dancing , and for appearing practically nude on stage . After a successful tour of Europe , she returned to France to star at the Folies Bergère . Baker performed the ' Danse sauvage , ' wearing a costume consisting of a skirt made of a string of artificial bananas . 
