can-can dancer
Frilly skirt entertainer
A can-can dancer performs the can-can, a high-energy French dance featuring high kicks, splits, and lifted skirts.
The dance emerged in 19th-century Parisian music halls and cabarets, particularly the Moulin Rouge.
Can-can dancers typically perform in chorus lines wearing ruffled petticoats: The can-can dancers kicked in unison as the music crescendoed.
- cabaretLive entertainment venue
- belle époqueA flourishing cultural period
- fin de siècleCentury's closing cultural moment
- petticoatUndergarment beneath skirts
- high kickElevated leg strike
high kicks · ruffles · frilly · showgirl · garter · fishnets · black stockings · red lipstick · feathers · saloon · burlesque · stage performance · chorus line · kick line · sequins · corset · skirt · twirl
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dance style/genre
can-can dancerballerina
Classical female dancer
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