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The can-can (also spelled cancan as in the original French /kɑ̃kɑ̃/) is a high-energy, physically demanding dance that became a popular music-hall dance in the 1840s, continuing in popularity in French cabaret to this day. [1] Originally danced by couples, it is now traditionally associated with a chorus line of female dancers. [2]
Can-Can is a musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter, and a book by Abe Burrows.The story concerns the showgirls of the Montmartre dance halls during the 1890s.. The original Broadway production ran for over two years beginning in 1953, and the 1954 West End production was also a success.
Can-Can is a 1960 American musical film made by Suffolk-Cummings productions and distributed by 20th Century-Fox.It was directed by Walter Lang, produced by Jack Cummings and Saul Chaplin.
French Cancan (also known as Only the French Can) is a 1955 French-Italian musical film written and directed by Jean Renoir and starring Jean Gabin, Francoise Arnoul, and María Félix. It marked Renoir's return to France and to French cinema after an exile that began in 1940.
The Revue Cancan, devised by Doris Haug and Ruggero Angeletti, premiered the same year. Since 1963, following the success of the Frou-Frou revue, Jacki Clérico adopted a tradition of naming revues with titles beginning with the letter F. Throughout these productions, the famed French cancan remained a staple feature: [15] 1963–1965: Frou-Frou
La Goulue (French pronunciation: [la guly], meaning The Glutton), was the stage name of Louise Weber (12 July 1866 – 29 January 1929), a French can-can dancer who was a star of the Moulin Rouge, a popular cabaret in the Pigalle district of Paris, near Montmartre. [1]
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The can-can, spelled cancan in French and pronounced kãkã, is an acrobatic form of the quadrille.Popular in French music halls and cabarets throughout the latter half of the nineteenth century, it derived from the chahut, a rowdy dance performed at public ballrooms by students, working girls, and young clerks.