The can-can began in France in the 1820s, first as a couple’s dance then as a male chorus line, later becoming the bawdy dance hall show that everyone loves. The can-can has been in movies, operas, ballets, musicals, but it is best known in Jacques Offenbach’s Orpheus in the Underworld, my favorite. (it would be a good exercise routine)
C. T. Suddeth 
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