Can-can
MUSIC HALL DANCE PRESENTATION
Cancan; Can can; Can Can; Grisettes (MerryWidow); Can-Can; Chahut; Quadrille des Clodoches; Can can dancing; Can-can dancing; Can-Cans; Can-cans; The Can-can; The Can Can
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.Nadège Maruta, L'Incroyable Histoire de Cancan: Rebelles et Insolentes, les Parisiennes Mênent la Danse (Paris: Parigramme, 2014).