The can-can is a high-energy, physically demanding dance that became a popular music-hall dance in the 1840s. Originally danced by both genders, it is now traditionally associated with a chorus line of female dancers. The main features of the dance are the vigorous manipulation of skirts and petticoats, along with high kicks, splits and cartwheels.
About Can-can in brief
The can-can is a high-energy, physically demanding dance that became a popular music-hall dance in the 1840s. Originally danced by both genders, it is now traditionally associated with a chorus line of female dancers. The main features of the dance are the vigorous manipulation of skirts and petticoats, along with high kicks, splits, and cartwheels. The dance was considered scandalous, and for a while there were attempts to suppress it. In the mid-19th century, it was often viewed as morally reprehensible, due to its erotic context and the moral code of women having to suppress their legs in public. In today’s dance culture, the dance still retains a bawdy and suggestive element, but it is no longer seen as a repulsive dance, similar to how rock and roll was perceived in the 1950s and 1960s.
It is now considered a part of world dance culture and is observed today as how tiring and tiring it can be to perform the dance. The can- can was introduced in America on 23 December 1867 by Giuseppina Morlacchi, dancing in The Devil’s Auction at the Theatre Comique in Boston. It was billed as \”Grand Gallop Can-Can, composed and danced by Mlles. MorlACchi, Blasina, Diani, Ricci, Baretta… accompanied with cymbals and triangles by the coryphees and corps de ballet. The new dance received an enthusiastic reception.
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