can can
High-kicking French dance
The can can (also cancan) is a high-energy dance originating in 19th-century Parisian music halls, characterized by high kicks, splits, and lifted skirts revealing ruffled petticoats.
The dance became associated with the Moulin Rouge and French cabaret culture: The dancers performed a lively can can to close the show.
- cancanLively French kick dance
- danceRhythmic bodily movement
- kick lineRow of synchronized dancers
- Moulin RougeHistoric Parisian cabaret
- ParisFrance's chief city
cabaret · music hall · petticoats · high kicks · high kick · French · fin de siècle · showgirls · ruffles · Offenbach · burlesque · chorus · stockings · frilly · scandalous · legs · twirl · saloon
can canpavane
Measured ceremonial court dance
slow waltz · waltz · slow dance · minuet · adagio
can canminuet
Formal 18th-century dance
court dance · pavane · ballroom dance · cotillion · waltz
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