Editing Can-can (section)

{{Short description|Music-hall dance}}
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[[File:Lautrec la troupe de mlle eglantine (poster) 1895-6.jpg|thumb|300px|Depiction of the can-can by [[Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec]], 1895]]
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The '''can-can''' (also spelled '''cancan''' as in the original French [[Help:IPA/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.<ref>Nadège Maruta, ''L'Incroyable Histoire de Cancan: Rebelles et Insolentes, les Parisiennes Mênent la Danse'' (Paris: Parigramme, 2014).</ref> Originally danced by couples, it is now traditionally associated with a [[chorus line]] of female dancers.<ref>Marie-Franççpose Christout, "Can-can", in ''International Encyclopedia of Dance'', edited by Selma Jeanne Cohen and others (New York: [[Oxford University Press]], 1998), vol. 2, pp. 52–53.</ref> The main features of the dance are the vigorous manipulation of skirts and petticoats, along with high kicks, [[Split (gymnastics)|split]]s, and [[cartwheel (gymnastics)|cartwheel]]s.