An exuberant dance that originated in France, performed by women and marked by high kicking.

A style of chorus line dance that has its origins in the Montparnasse area of Paris in the 1830s. Most popularly depicted as a chorus line of beautiful women in frilly, suggestive costume circa 1890 doing impossibly high kicks in unison, in addition to moves like the ronde de jambe and flirtatiou...

A fast dance in which a line of women kick their legs high into the airOrigin cancan.