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The famous cancanists, whose image was preserved thanks to the post-impressionist frequenter Toulouse-Lautrec, were La Goulue and Jeanne Avril, who shone in the Moulin Rouge. Men danced together with women, then this tradition was lost.
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Jeanne Avril
Initially, in France, single dancers danced the cancan, but in England and the USA it was danced by an ensemble lined up - a corps de ballet. In the 1920s in Paris, the French choreographer Pierre Sandrini combined the Parisian solo cancan with the British ensemble in the Moulin Rouge, added female squealing and laughter, creating the reference “French cancan”, and separately presented it in this form on the stage of his Bal Tabarin nightclub in 1928.
Music
The most famous melody is the cancan (galop infernal) by composer Jacques Offenbach from the operetta Orpheus in Hell (1858). (A parody of it is 4 times slowed down "Turtles" from the "Carnival of the Animals" by Saint-Saens). Also used is The Merry Widow (1905) by Franz Lehar.
Included in the repertoire of cabaret and operetta. On big stage the dance came in 1858 with Offenbach's production of Orpheus in Hell.
In 1919, Leonid Myasin included dance in the ballet The Magic Shop to music by Rossini, and 20 years later, Parisian Fun to music by Offenbach.
To the cinema
see also
- Panzu and Panther
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An excerpt characterizing the Cancan
Sitting at the table with the officers and tearing up fat fragrant mutton with his hands, over which lard flowed, Petya was in an ecstatic mood. childish state tender love for all people and, as a result, confidence in the same love for yourself of other people.“So what do you think, Vasily Fyodorovich,” he turned to Denisov, “it’s all right that I’ll stay with you for a day?” - And, without waiting for an answer, he answered himself: - After all, I was ordered to find out, well, I will find out ... Only you will let me into the very ... into the main one. I don't need awards... But I want... - Petya clenched his teeth and looked around, twitching his head up and waving his arm.
- In the most important ... - repeated Denisov, smiling.
“Only, please, give me a command at all, so that I command,” Petya continued, “well, what is it worth to you? Oh, do you have a knife? - he turned to the officer who wanted to cut off the mutton. And he handed over his folding knife.
The officer praised the knife.
- Take it, please. I have a lot of them…” Petya said, blushing. - Fathers! I completely forgot,” he suddenly exclaimed. - I have wonderful raisins, you know, like this, without stones. We have a new marketer - and such wonderful things. I bought ten pounds. I'm used to anything sweet. Do you want? .. - And Petya ran into the hall to his Cossack, brought sacks, in which there were five pounds of raisins. Eat, gentlemen, eat.
- Do you need a coffee pot? he turned to the esaul. - I bought from our marketer, wonderful! He has wonderful things. And he is very honest. This is the main thing. I will definitely send you. And maybe also, flints have come out of yours, they have been trimmed - after all, this happens. I took with me, I have here ... - he pointed to the sacks - a hundred flints. I bought very cheap. Take, please, as much as you need, or that's all ... - And suddenly, frightened that he was lying, Petya stopped and blushed.
He began to remember if he had done any other stupid things. And, sorting through the memories of the present day, the memory of the French drummer presented itself to him. “It’s great for us, but what about him? Where do you share it? Did they feed him? Didn't you offend?" he thought. But having noticed that he had lied about the flints, he was now afraid.
“You could ask,” he thought, “but they will say: the boy himself took pity on the boy. I'll show them tomorrow what a boy I am! Will you be embarrassed if I ask? thought Petya. “Well, it doesn’t matter!” - and immediately, blushing and looking frightened at the officers, whether there would be mockery in their faces, he said:
- Can I call this boy that was taken prisoner? give him something to eat…maybe…
“Yes, miserable boy,” said Denisov, apparently not finding anything to be ashamed of in this reminder. - Call him here. Vincent Bosse is his name. Call.
"I'll call," said Petya.
- Call, call. Pitiful boy, - repeated Denisov.
Petya was standing at the door when Denisov said this. Petya crawled between the officers and came close to Denisov.
“Let me kiss you, my dear,” he said. - Oh, how wonderful! how good! - And, kissing Denisov, he ran into the yard.
- Bosses! Vincent! Petya shouted, stopping at the door.
The history of the cancan is surprisingly confusing and unusual, as is its evolution. Over the years of its existence, its original appearance- from the couple ballroom dances in 1830 to the current choreographic spectacular production, which acquired its final form in the 1920s.
The cancan today is seen primarily as a music hall dance performed by a group of dancers lined up. The classic cancan robe today is long skirts, petticoats and black stockings, which brings the viewer back to the fashion of the 1890s. The main features of the dance are: lifting and rotational movements of skirts, throwing legs high up, jumping. The dance was also known as chahut. Both cancan and chahut are French words: cancan means "gossip" or "scandal", i.e. - " scandalous dance', chahut means 'noise'.
Cancan dancers or "windy ladies" as they were called, appeared over time in Paris, France. At the end of the 19th century, Paris was the dancing center of the world. The current cancan is a descendant of the quadrille and gallop, popular dance, which was danced literally everywhere - from squares to dance halls Paris in the early 19th century. When it first appeared in 1830, the can-can was indeed an exaggerated form of gallop, with high-up legs and other exaggerated gestures.
It was originally performed by men and then by women. The dance began to be universally condemned, it was seen as "shocking respectable people" because it implied a lack of self-control and much more physical contact between participants than was considered acceptable. Women, in particular, according to the moral principles of that time, were not supposed to look out of breath, but was it possible in such an energetic dance? The cancan was one of the causes that undermined Victorian values and was part of a growing movement for change.
The dance shocked many with its bold challenge to the social, moral and political conventions of the time when morality had become cornerstone society. Patron of the Moulin Rouge famous artist Toulouse-Lautrec, described it poetically with the exclamation: “La vie est belle, voila le quadrille!”, which means “Life is beautiful, here comes the can-can!”.
By 1890, individual cancan dancers had become very famous and highly paid for their performances at the Moulin Rouge cabaret and elsewhere. In Britain, the United States and Canada, the can-can gained popularity in concert halls, where it was performed as a dance of a group of women in a choreographic production. This style also migrated to the homeland of the cancan - to France in the 1920s, which made tourists incredibly happy. Thus was born the French can-can in its present form, a complex choreographic production lasting ten minutes or more. The original square dance, which is one of the founders of the cancan, is very demanding on its performers: they must have an excellent sense of balance, rhythm and endurance.
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When it comes to cancan, the imagination immediately draws spectacular girls raising their legs high. Today, this dance is strongly associated with the famous cabaret "Moulin Rouge", but its origins originate from the usual square dance. 
One version of the name of the dance is associated with ducks. The French believe that their ducks quack can-can. As you know, one of the characteristic steps is the movement of dancers waddling one after another. 
Cancan. Natalia Papirna, 2011. In general, the word "cancan" is translated from French as "noise, din." Some claim that the classic cancan was performed at the Moulin Rouge in 1890, but this is not entirely true. The first similarity of the cancan originated in the working-class districts of Paris back in the 1820s. He transformed from a quadrille and a gallop. Swinging legs was added to the dance by the dancer and acrobat Charles Mazurier. When stockings with garters came into fashion, they became an invariable attribute of cancan performers. The dance began to be considered completely obscene. 
Cancan dancer. 
The cancan melody belongs to the composer Offenbach. It was first performed in the operetta Orpheus in Hell in 1858. 
In the famous Moulin Rouge, the cancan was performed for the first time at the opening of the cabaret by the dancer Celeste Mogado. At first, not only women took part in the dance, but also men, who also raised their legs high. 
Moulin Rouge cabaret poster. A. Toulouse-Lautrec. The modern can-can is an 8-minute performance. The dance involves swinging legs, jumping, splits and other movements that are only accelerating every minute. Everyone who finds himself in the Moulin Rouge is simply obliged to see the famous incendiary dance with his own eyes.
The first can-can was performed in Paris in 1958!
The first owner of the Moulin Rouge was Joseph Ollet, who also owned the Olympia variety show. The opening of the "Red Mill" took place on October 6, 1889. The main attraction of the institution was the famous cancan, which became calling card France.
Cancan (French cancan, literally - noise, din) - french dance. For a long time was considered obscene. Appeared in Paris in the 30s XIX years V. at public balls.
time signature 2/4. The pace is energetic, moving. Characteristic pas: throwing out legs, jumping.
The most popular cancan is strongly associated with ducks. How? Strange:) Firstly, the gait of the dancers is similar to that of a duck when they waddlingly move one after another across the stage. And secondly, French ducks quack exactly like this: "Kan-kan."
"Duck" - cancan - originally French ballroom dance with a characteristic pa - high throwing up of the leg. He appeared in Paris in the 30s, first at public balls, later found wide application in the operetta, from there he moved to the cafeteria stage, where he acquired extreme vulgarity. In Kazan, under the entrepreneur P. Medvedev in 1872, Offenbach's operetta "Orpheus in Hell" was staged. From there, the dance "Duck" went to "walk" around the city.
However, according to the French, the real can-can can only be seen at the Moulin Rouge. Kankan is a kind of ceremony with its own laws and traditions. Exactly 8 minutes to the mischievous music of Offenbach, the girls tease the audience, lifting their skirts higher and higher, exposing their legs in black stockings and red garters, falling one after another to the floor in a split…
Cancan. Around 1890. Paris is just crazy about this dance. The women pulled up their silky black skirts, swung their legs in the air, showing off their stockings, petticoats, and so on. It was bold and defiant, somewhat reminiscent of a feat, given the mores of that time. Kan kan took elements of polka and even quadrille. Now you can see on the stage where only women dance or in any cheerful company as a joke and a curiosity.
The most French dance in the world - cancan - was glorified by the dancer Celeste Mogado, when in 1889 she performed it at the opening of the Moulin Rouge cabaret.
The "real quadrille" was invented by the Parisian dancer Celeste Mogado in 1850. Ten years later, the Englishman Charles Morton, the same one who created the first music hall, called the dance "the French can-can." Alas, for the stiff British, he turned out to be too frivolous and he was expelled from English scene. But on our side of the English Channel, the cancan took root and became very popular. So much so that the English Queen Elizabeth II herself attended a performance at the Moulin Rouge on November 21, 1981. Well, in more than a hundred years, tastes and views can change even among conservative Britons.
Benefits: Cancan is a serious cardio workout. Jumping and swinging will make the muscles of the legs, hips and buttocks elastic and toned. A trained back and abs will create the basis for excellent posture. In addition, the traditional skirt of dancers is also a kind of simulator. Hands during classes get the full program.
The can-can (French dance) has found wide application in the French classical operetta, especially with the composer J. Offenbach (Orpheus in Hell, finale). Later he appeared on the stage of cafes, where he acquired extreme vulgarity. Cancan dancers (French dance) often portrayed french artist A. Toulouse-Lautrec.
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For a long time it was considered obscene. He appeared in Paris in the 1820s and 30s at public balls in the working-class districts, as a descendant of the quadrille ( incendiary movements the last figure of this dance) and gallop (2 beats and a fast pace). Spectacular splits and energetic leg swings came from the repertoire of the famous Parisian acrobat and dancer Charles Mazurieu.
Musical size 2/4. The pace is energetic, moving. Characteristic pas: throwing out arms, legs, heads, jumping upside down. Gradually, the pace and movement of the can-can became more complex. Skirt tricks entered the dance towards the end of the 19th century, when the required stockings and underwear came into fashion.
The famous cancanists, whose image was preserved thanks to the Impressionist frequenter Toulouse-Lautrec, were La Goulue and Jeanne Avril, who shone in the Moulin Rouge. Men danced together with women, then this tradition was lost.
Initially, in France, single dancers danced the cancan, but in England and the USA it was danced by an ensemble lined up - a corps de ballet. In the 1920s in Paris, the French choreographer Pierre Sandrini combined the Parisian solo cancan with the British ensemble in the Moulin Rouge, added female squeals and laughter, creating the reference "French cancan", and separately presented it in this form on the stage of his nightclub Bal Tabarin in 1928.
Music
The most famous melody is the cancan (galop infernal) by the composer Offenbach from the operetta Orpheus in Hell (1858). (A parody of it is the 4 times slowed down "Turtles" from the "Carnival of the Animals" by Saint-Saens). Also used is The Merry Widow (1905) by Franz Lehár.
Included in the repertoire of cabaret and operetta. The dance hit the big stage in 1858 when Offenbach staged Orpheus in Hell. In 1919, Leonid Myasin included dance in the ballet to the music of Rossini's "Magic Shop", and 20 years later - and "Parisian Fun" to the music of Offenbach.
To the cinema
- Cancan (film) (1960)
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Synonyms:See what "Cancan" is in other dictionaries:
cancaner- kankaner, and ... Russian spelling dictionary
cancaner- kankaner ... Dictionary of the use of the letter Yo
- (French cancan). Dance, like a quadrille, accompanied by obscene body movements. Dictionary foreign words included in the Russian language. Chudinov A.N., 1910. Cancan is a seductive French dance that excites sensuality. The complete dictionary... ... Dictionary of foreign words of the Russian language
cancan- a, m. cancan m. Fr. , originally a ballroom, and by the middle of the 19th century. a cafeteria frivolous dance with a characteristic throwing up of the legs. SIS 1985. Fr. pop dance with immodest body movements. ALS 1. Connoisseurs remember that in such and such a year, dandies and dandies ...
cancaner- a, m. cancaneur m. Man dancing the cancan. BAS 1. I looked like, sat, looking like Russian aristocrats, dressed in different pierrots, wholeheartedly strove to present themselves as .. desperate cancaners. Hertz. Past. // 8 5 256. He poured himself a glass… … Historical dictionary gallicisms of the Russian language
Modern Encyclopedia
- (French cancan from canard duck), French ballroom dance, later included in the operetta. Characteristic pas high tossing of the leg. Time signature 2/4 … Big Encyclopedic Dictionary
CANCAN, cancan, male. (French cancan). French pop dance with immodest gestures. Dictionary Ushakov. D.N. Ushakov. 1935 1940 ... Explanatory Dictionary of Ushakov
CANCAN, a, husband. pop dance fast tempo with high leg kick. | adj. cancan, oh, oh. Explanatory dictionary of Ozhegov. S.I. Ozhegov, N.Yu. Shvedova. 1949 1992 ... Explanatory dictionary of Ozhegov
Exist., Number of synonyms: 1 dance (264) ASIS Synonym Dictionary. V.N. Trishin. 2013 ... Synonym dictionary
Cancan- (French cancan, from canard duck), French dance of Algerian origin, 2 beats, fast pace. Characteristic pas throwing legs, jumping. It has been widespread since the middle of the 19th century, it was widely used in classical operetta, variety show ... Illustrated Encyclopedic Dictionary
