Framed Can Can Dancer Art
The can can dancer is a part of the vaudeville act, a sister to the cabaret performers- but what a dance! To perform this seemingly simple dance, there has to be an astonishing amount of co-ordination, power and agility. Anyone who has been this dance will recall it forever, so luckily for us, artists have immortalized the can can by makingframed can can dancer art.
Various framed can can dancer posters, like “ Le Frou-Frou, c.1900 “,”Miss New York Jr. - A Midnight Frolic”, “The Gaiety Dancers”, “The Sandow Trocadero Vaudevilles”, “Can-Can Jane Avril”, “Quadrille at the Moulin Rouge Can Can Dance” all capture this wonderful dance in all its exuberant frenzy. Most of the posters are from the French’s Belle Epoque era, when this dance was made.
Outside of France, the can can dance flourished in England as well. Many framed can can dancer paintings such as “Rose Hill English Folly Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight” and “Dining a High Roller Girl After the Show”, depict this. One interesting thing to note is that the can can dance was actually never performed without the ladies undergarments- a misconception that till date many people assume!
A notableframed can can dancer pictures is Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec ‘s famous can can dancers picture re-spun as a Betty Boop art piece. The popularity of the cancan was long-lived, almost spanning half a century. Now it’s regarded as a highly artistic, world-cultural dance. Whatever it seems to be, it has surely inspired many artists, musicians and dancers in a good way.