Voorbeelden van cancan

• But, says my friend, ready to surrender, yet taking a last chance, "you told me they were dancing the cancan!" 

• In the midst of the uproar, several couples danced the cancan till the chandeliers shook with it. 

• They formed up, in perfect silence, in two lines, facing each other between us and the fire, and then the dance—a sort of infernal and fiendish cancan—began. 

• Yes, he said, "they're going to dance the cancan—she's going to lead it." 

• Occasionally people dancing the cancan were arrested but it was never officially banned, as is sometimes claimed.

• Other films set at this time also suggest how the cancan was regarded with disapproval.

• Throughout the 1830s, it was often groups of men, particularly students, who caused the most outrage by dancing the cancan at public dance-halls.

• Her stage name came from the chahut-chaos, a dance derived from the cancan.

• In the hours before closing, much like other resorts of the era, were enlivened with the cancan and licentious displays.

• The cancan was, therefore, originally a dance for couples, who indulged in high kicks and other gestures with arms and legs.

• Their shows usually contained songs, bawdy skits, and often featured cancan dancers.

• The cancan outfit can also be adorned with some or all of the following accessories: ankle boots, hats, gloves, capes, shawls, wraps, boas, jewelry and feathers.

• Prokofiev described this cancan-like material as thievish.