Can-Can
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The Can-can
is a dance. It may also refer to:
Can-can
The can-can is a high-energy and physically demanding music hall dance, traditionally performed by a chorus line of female dancers who wear costumes with long skirts, petticoats, and black stockings...
is a dance. It may also refer to:
- Popularly, the Galop Infernal movement of Jacques OffenbachJacques OffenbachJacques Offenbach was a Prussian-born French composer, cellist and impresario. He is remembered for his nearly 100 operettas of the 1850s–1870s and his uncompleted opera The Tales of Hoffmann. He was a powerful influence on later composers of the operetta genre, particularly Johann Strauss, Jr....
's Orpheus in the UnderworldOrpheus in the UnderworldOrphée aux enfers is an opéra bouffon , or opéra féerie in its revised version, by Jacques Offenbach. The French text was written by Ludovic Halévy and later revised by Hector-Jonathan Crémieux....
, commonly associated with the dance - Can Can (fragrance)Can Can (fragrance)Can Can is a women's fragrance from Parlux Fragrances, and is the fifth fragrance to be endorsed by Paris Hilton, following Heiress.The fragrance was released on October 27, 2007 and is inspired by the film Moulin Rouge!...
, a 2007 fragrance by Paris Hilton - Can-Can (musical)Can-Can (musical)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....
, a musical by Cole Porter, 1953 - "Can-Can" (song), the title song from the above musical
- Can-Can (film)Can-Can (film)Can-Can is a 1960 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, from a screenplay by Dorothy Kingsley and Charles Lederer, loosely based on the musical play by Abe Burrows with music...
, a 1960 film - Can Can Sale, a sale at ShopRiteShopRite (United States)ShopRite Supermarkets is a retailers' cooperative chain of supermarkets in the northeastern United States, with stores in New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, and Pennsylvania...
- Can Can (1981 song), a single from the band Bad MannersBad MannersBad Manners are an English 2 Tone ska band. They quickly became the novelty favourites of the UK pop scene through their bald outsized frontman's on-stage antics, earning early exposure through their Top of The Pops exploits and an appearance in the live film documentary, Dance Craze.They were at...
on their third album Gosh It's... Bad MannersGosh It's... Bad MannersGosh It's... Bad Manners is the third album by Bad Manners from the year 1981 and their most popular and successful album, peaking at number 18 on the UK album chart. The band had originally formed in 1976 while the members were together at Woodberry Down Comprehensive School, North London...