Halloween Can-Can Show

From:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQMdOsN99Pw

Moulin Rouge - 1950s - Part II

A video clip from the classic era at the Mouin Rouge, enlivened with some photos from the same era.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=susFnpaB5A0

Moulin Rouge - 1950s - Part I

 

A video clip from the classic era at the Mouin Rouge, enlivened with some photos from the same era.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QX2x7g0ZHLQ

CASABLANCA, "The Dance" CAN-CAN (workshop)

Completing the posting.

From:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUzlBlrD7vU

CASABLANCA, "The BALLET" - The Performance

I'm posting a couplet of videos with John Clifford's ballet, "Casablanca".  I wish the videos were better, but you take what you can get of this nice performance.  Too bad the film didn't include this scene.

From:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzZh-f9wwew

French Cancan - MDG-Spectacles

The dancers of MDG-Spectacles of France

Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cTvBgyGwz8

Their sites:

http://www.mdg-spectacles.com/

https://www.facebook.com/MDG-Spectacles-365113563659372/

Layers

Virginie performs.

Don't look if you would be offended by bare breasts.

From

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zcp5bQPh95Y

FUNKY BUSINESS

Dancers provided by Funky Business Productions and Events of Buenos Aires.  The dancers are not identified.

From:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiBkrXty_do

Their sites - no relevant photos:

http://www.funkybusinessproducciones.com/

https://es-la.facebook.com/FUNKYBUSINESSPRODUCCIONES/info

Doubling Down - Madame Gigi's Outrageous French Cancan Dancers

Well, I still like them.

Here's a performance from 2014 in which they have on their older and, in my opinion better, costumes on. Now, if they would combine these with some stockings, the visuals would be much better.

The performance may not be Broadway quality, but how many are?  Overall I think it's pretty darn good and very entertaining. The ladies are having fun performing, and I enjoy watching them.  I think that's what it is about.  We aren't blessed with all that many cancan troupes in this country, and Madame Gigi's has been and still is a much appreciated asset to our community.

That said, I think we should feel free to comment and offer constructive criticism on the quality of dancing, originality of the performance, costuming, production values, etc., but I also think we should refrain from commenting on the physical attributes of the dancers.  Not everyone can be a fashion model.

I applaud all the ladies who take the time and effort to put on performances for us.  I don't think we should discourage any of them.

BB

Original video at;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1_7WoeKOVI

Earlier posts, with links, photos and videos:

http://clubccd.blogspot.com/search?q=madame

Sonia

The indefatigable, incorrigible and inimitable Sonia of Dance Like an Egyptian does it again.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QriYItLRulM

Her websites:

http://www.dancelikeanegyptian.net/

https://www.facebook.com/sonia.weber.18

Prior posts:

http://clubccd.blogspot.com/search?q=egyptian

http://clubccd.blogspot.com/2014/07/backyard-follies.html

http://clubccd.blogspot.com/2015/11/sailor-dress-cancan.html

https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/cancanfavorites/links/all/Links_to_Cancan_Videos/Sonia_of_Dance_Like_an_Egyptian

LUSTY LIL'S WILD WEST REVUE - Cedar Point 2016

Not quite front row, but center - a vantage point ideal for videography.  These are the Lusty lil's dancers from the Cedar Point amusement park.

The video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmftZm3a-Tk

Photo credits - Jay Peters ansd Scott Runyan - at the Facebook site below.

The Cedar Point sites:

https://www.cedarpoint.com/

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Lusty-Lils/302588376576685

Prior posts with more photos, videos and links:

http://clubccd.blogspot.com/search?q=lusty+lil%27s

Assunta Pittaluga: saggio danza 2016

Discovered later.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilkoLVzgB-Y

I believe the dancers are from the School of M. Assunta Pittaluga.

https://www.facebook.com/ScuolaAssuntaPittaluga/

Can-Can - M. Assunta Pittaluga

Contrast.

I believe the dancers are from the School of M. Assunta Pittaluga.

https://www.facebook.com/ScuolaAssuntaPittaluga/

The video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmg69T9saY0

Madame Gigi's - Pile Up

Video from the 2016 performance at Milwaukee's Bastille Day by Madame Gigi's Outrageous French Cancan Dancers.  They seem to have settled on the gigantic black bloomers as their standard garb. Cute perhaps, but needs a rethink.

The original:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEnI1p6FSuQ

For prior posts with photos, videos and links to their sites see:

http://clubccd.blogspot.com/search?q=madame+gigi

Madame Gigi's - Bastille Days 2016

Video from the 2016 performance at Milwaukee's bastille Day by Madame Gigi's Outrageous French Cancan Dancers.  They seem to have settled on the gigantic black bloomers as their standard garb. Cute perhaps, but needs a rethink.

The original:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6iynttUUd8

For prior posts with photos, videos and links to their sites see:

http://clubccd.blogspot.com/search?q=madame+gigi

Pantaloons II

The Baroness and the cancan.  Annie Cordy performs the cancan from "La Vie Parisienne" on French television.  Among her other accomplishments, she appeared in the 1958 film "Tabarin", which has an excellent cancan.  I do not know if she was among the dancers.

From:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSL9tGfxuk8

More about Annie Cordy:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Cordy

http://www.annie-cordy.com/

Pantaloons I

A couple of posts featuring dancers in pantaloons, making the argument that more is just as good as less.  This one is from a performance of The Merry Widow at the Baltic Seasons Festival in Kaliningrad.  It features Olga Lozovaja as Valencienne.  It was previously posted.

From:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNsi5M04EO0

Websites:

http://baltseasons.ru/node/1151

https://www.facebook.com/baltseasons/

Prior post:

http://clubccd.blogspot.com/search?q=lozovaja

Cancan Dance Fascinium - Cabaret Moulin Rouge Burlesque

The Fascinium dancers of Brazil

From:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fFg9E2guHs

Their sites (unfortunately, no pictures worth looking for):

http://www.fascinium.com.br/

https://www.facebook.com/Fascinium1/

TipTap Swing - Gaîté Parisienne: Can-Can (La Chance aux Chansons)

French television, and, in particular, the long running show, "La Chance aux Chansons", has had many excellent cancan performances over the years.  The troupe is not identified, unless it is Tip Tap Swing.

From:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThkcTAT1FXw

La Chance aux Chansons:

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Chance_aux_chansons

Prior posts:

http://clubccd.blogspot.com/search?q=chansons

Le Cancan Bijou - Changing of the Guard

From LCCB's official website:

Le Cancan Bijou is excited to announce its new directors!
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After over 15 years of serving the troupe, Monique [Woodruff] chose to retire from her duties as director this past April and named Cindy and Meredith as the new Co-Directors.  Cindy has been a member of Le Cancan Bijou since 2008 and brings her strong, level-headed leadership skills to this dynamic duo.  Meredith joined the troupe in the Fall of 2013, and has been a committed and passionate member ever since.  Together, they are honored to have been entrusted with the troupe’s success and have big plans for its future.
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Cindy and Meredith jumped in feet first to ready the troupe for the 2016 season of the Great Dickens Christmas Fair and Victorian Holiday Party opening on November 19 at the Cow Palace in San Francisco.   You can find Le Cancan Bijou kicking up their heels as part of the new music hall show on Mad Sal's stage as well as scandalizing the ladies of the Royal Opera Gala on the Victoria & Albert Stage.  Make sure you visit the event's website at www.dickensfair.com for more information and to purchase tickets.

This is great news for both ladies.  Cindy was one of three Bijou dancers (along with Elizabeth "Lizzie Lovelace" Etler and the amazing Vaudie Bristow) who made my first trip to San Francisco in 2011 so memorable, and is responsible for curating the "official" costuming guide for LCCB.   She and Meredith - whom I will always refer to as "the new girl," even three years after her debut - are year-round participants in NoCal's historical-reenactment scene, whether rocking the vintage garb at Hearst Castle soirees or Charleston'ing up a storm as part of the Gatsby-esque Decobelles.

(For that matter, Monique may well be in attendance at Dickens: her turn as a psychotic diva in the Shakespeare farce "All's Well That Ends Badly" was one of last year's comic high points...)

Meredith

Cindy

Kick out the lights!

The now-classic "sepia shot!" From left: Cindy, Vanessa, Meredith, Barbara, and Lizzie

In other LCCB news, Keegan "Lace H. Windows" Tyler recently got married...and fellow cancaneuse Lindsay "Geektron" Ferguson officiated at the nuptials!

(And yes, my trip's booked...)

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Les Ballets de Monique Clin - Cancan (La Chance aux Chansons)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXsydydI-WQ

No posts for a few days - Barbebleu

Кан-кан Гочче Д' Аморе

That's Amore.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awbDSi8Sky0
(opt for 1080p)

Their sites:

https://new.vk.com/amore_show

http://www.eventnn.ru/catalog/firm/1836/

Шоу-Балет FRESH

Show Ballet Fresh of Krasnodar:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUtvSKlern8

For some even nicer photos see:

http://clubccd.blogspot.com/search?q=fresh

Their site:

https://vk.com/freshballet

DANZASTURIAS "CAN CAN" - PREMIO ORBE 2016

A nice performance by DanzAsturias.  I wish the video were 1080p or even 720p.  Only the one photo so far.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHWgy6Xm09k

Their sites:

http://danzasturias.es/

https://www.facebook.com/Danzasturias/

Зажигательный "Кан-Кан" танцы на корпоративы

From the BAQStar event agency:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSNItgsyN5A

Painted Ladies

A cabaret-themed dance troupe under the direction of NY dancer/choreographer/costume designer Jenny Rocha.  They recently performed at the NY Burlesque Festival.

The Painted Ladies in action on Vimeo:
https://vimeo.com/151439152

More pictures and info on Rocha's site:
http://jennyrocha.com/can-can

The Painted Ladies on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/paintedladiesnyc/

And on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/paintedladiesnyc

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