Moulin Rouge (1952 Film) Can-Can Dance (HD)
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
- Moulin Rouge is an Academy Award winning 1952 British drama film directed by John Huston, produced by John and James Woolf for their Romulus Films company and released by United Artists. The film is set in Paris in the late 19th century, following artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec in the city's bohemian sub-culture in and around the burlesque palace, the Moulin Rouge. The screenplay is by Huston, based on the novel by Pierre La Mure. The cinematography was by Oswald Morris. This movie was screened at Venice Film Festival (1953) where it won the Silver Lion.
The cancan is believed to have evolved from the final figure in the quadrille, which is a social dance by two couples. The exact origin of the dance is unknown but the steps may have been inspired by a popular entertainer of the 1820s, Charles Mazurier, well known for his acrobatics, including the grand écart or jump splits - both popular features of the cancan.
The dance was considered scandalous, and for a while, there were attempts to repress it.This may have been partly because in the 19th century, women wore pantalettes, which had an open crotch, meaning that a high kick could be unintentionally revealing. There is no evidence that cancan dancers wore special closed underwear, although it has been claimed that the Moulin Rouge management did not permit dancers to perform in "revealing undergarments". Occasionally people dancing the cancan were arrested but there is no record of it being banned, as some accounts claim.
Just beautiful, like stepping into a painting.
The cinematography is stunning! Feels so authentically French
some names of dancers at this time " La Goulue " ( the greedy or the glouton) , " Grille d'égout " ( sewer grate ) , " Nini pattes en l'air " ( Nini paws upwards ) , " Jane la folle " ( crazy Jane ) who was later called " the Mélinite " ( an explosive )....
@Enzo Castelbarco thank you Enzo...the site is really great....so, that story about the final credits is true but very strange...one thing about Sara Luzita , after the film , Jack Clerico , the new director of the Moulin Rouge ( after his father Joseph ) in 1952 wanted to hire her . he considered that she danced the can can as a real French....( i don't know what it means ).... Some say she refused, others claim she signed under "another name" for 3 or 5 reviews ...do you know more? i only know that Jack Clerico stayed the boss until his death in 2013 ( !!! ) and that he has always kept secret the true identities of the dancers who wished it....as to day.
I love dance can can
Yes!!
The standard of fitness required for this sequence is far above and beyond any fitness class workout.
GOOD OBSERVATION. INDEED. I AM A DANCER & THIS IS REALLY DIFFICULT TO DO.
@Chris Cipollini SO TRUE
Professionally trained dancers, perhaps from ballet
Those Ladies are incredibly fit !
Or just young. Teens & young 20-year-olds still have the natural flexibility of gymnasts
I'm just imagining the muscle control and athleticism these women possessed to do this. This was incredible to watch. And they made it look SO EASY
The girls at the moulin rouge today are all professional dancers and they have said in interviews learning to do the cancan was extremely difficult because of the high speed and level of precision in their movements. They doing high kicks so close to each other and cartwheels and jump splits etc so it’s very easy to get injured if there’s a misstep
they really did! Insane level of fitness and strength!
And the stamina!❤
This is not like a movie. It is like you are there.
This is the best.
I’ve sees dozens upon dozens of cancan videos, from the professional to the amateur, from the sublime to the ridiculous, and this is by far the very best! It captures the naughty (not sleazy) nature of the dance, it’s infectious in its sheer joy, and it makes you so desperately want to be there - either as a spectator or a dancer - just to have a good time. Absolutely wonderful
Stef Bellelli The women are very good dancers too.
The 1960 film by Shirley Mclaine was better doing this dance
I still think the Can Can in the Nicole Kidman movie tops out all versions of the Can Can.
Agreed.
@@lanacastillo49 The dance in Shirley Mclaine's film is less authentic, anyway you're right, it is delightful
That leg twirl at the finale was a master stroke. Brilliant.
It feels like you're watching an actual live-action painting of Toulouse Lautrec! They did such a great job with the choreography, costume design and art direction!
The best Can Can scene of all time, also a great emotionally charged movie.
The whole movie was a work of art.
That was one of the most wonderful films about the impressionists I've ever seen. It was so authentic and the dancers were just fabulous. The story was great, too. I was 12 when I
saw it and I would love to see it again. I'm 81 now. Every scene was out of a painting.
That's what I love most about the movie, the way it recreates Toulouse-Lautrec's artwork. Another film that does a good job of bringing art to life is An American in Paris.
@@dontaylor7315 Did you see Barry Lyndon? That's another one where you thought you were seen the painting that hangs in the Victoria & Albert. Lots of these kinds of shots with natural lighting used as it would have been. Didn't much like the story, but the sets & lighting and costuming was stunning.
@@sandramorey2529 Thanks for reminding me, I saw it on first run which was so long ago I'd forgotten about it. Yes, the visuals were terrific and I too wasn't very taken with the plot. Now that I'm thinking about it I seem to recall shots in David Lean's adaptation of Great Expectations that looked/felt like the illustrations in old Charles Dickens books.
@@dontaylor7315 Yes, David Lean's Great Expectations was one of my first films. I was 4 when I saw it and the scene at the grave with the little boy and the escaped "criminal" as well as Miss Haversham's spider web long table really impressed me then and continued to impress me. Thank god my folks couldn't afford baby sitters,
so I got taken to some wonderful movies as a kid. Another one that is fabulous is Barry Lyndon. Each frame looks like a painting I've seen in maybe the Victoria and Albert in London. Also, Girl with The Pearl Earring-the Dutch Masters. It's on UA-cam free.
@@sandramorey2529 Thanks! I found Girl with a Pearl Earring and saved it to my movies-to-watch playlist. I wouldn't have known about it if you hadn't told me and I see Scarlett Johansson is in it - that's a plus. Vermeer is always a pleasure to the eye so thanks again.
Tip Top. Captures the magic of the Moulin Rouge.
I went to the Moulin Rouge back in 1978, and the again in 2003. The standard of dancing and dress and physiques of the girls had gone from very good to heavenly. There have been "behind the scenes" docos on the selection of dancers ( from the world over) and the way the girls are trained and chaperoned during their stay at the MR...only the very best last several years.
Tall girls are preferred, so Australians, Latin Americans, some Americans, and of course suitable Europeans are selected. The work in preparation is hard, with no time for " recreation" It all comes together on Show Night, for the Season of performances...
Those girls have souls of steel...
Vive le CanCan! 2:01
If they don't play the can can at my funeral, I'm not dying!!
Let me know ill play it for you and ill bring dancers ;)
@@ritzyrags That's very kind of you. You made my day..
@@beaudare4717 of course ! Can can is a classic that must be on everyones playlist its on mine for sure ;)
best comment ever
@The Motherlord, Many thanks for your kind words. A million best wishes.
My mother took me to see this film as she was a huge fan of Lautrec! Thank God for Internet since I'm able to see this, again! What FUN!! :)
your mom was awesome.
My goodness, this is some of the very finest color cinematography I’ve ever seen. As vibrant as Technicolor, yet somehow more realistic. To echo Pancake 52’s comment, it really does feel like stepping into a painting.
I agree. For something from 1952 I could almost believe I was watching something from the mid 70s.
A true classic!! That IS the Can Can. I get so nostalgic when I see this film. I must have been there in a previous life!
In 1952, I was 11 years old and went to see this movie. It transported me. It was so familiar and I felt like I was home. I loved it
And I as well..I actually named my Cafe after the fabulous can can dancers cotton stockings..I know I lived back then. . . Im in love!!! Recently found out I have French ancestry.. life is a mystery 🎶
@@tessacharles4742...A great gift when you feel a touch from the past!
@@MyzteriousLadyX weeeeeeee!!!!! oooooooooooh!!!😘
DENIAL! The can-can was meant to show nudity. It was used by courtesans of the 1880s/90s (prostitutes/ escorts) to seduce men. THIS version is sanitized by the USA censorship
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The costume and design for this film are superb.
The best cancan I ever saw. Real French!!!
Excellent
I agree
What a marvelous presentation, as Pancake52 writes, "like stepping into a painting." With a full orchestra playing so energetically behind the painting.
This is one of my favorite movies. I'm so glad you're sharing it with us.
The guy at 1:08 as his monocle falls off! 🧐🤪🤣 Still funny in 2024!
Just love their wonderful costumes. They are excellent.
This is way ahead of its time for 1952. It looks like a film from 1972.
Fantasatic! Thank You for the upload!
When an entire dance is really an upskirt festival lol
I did this once in a church recital, we were so well received.
Only a master like John Huston could have filmed a movie like this...the rel thing.
Bravo, indeed. Such joy and sheer dancing wonder. What great athletes those women were in their day.
These gals are all so awesome, each with their own style, bringing the energy altogether...but the stunner in blue, seen beginning at 1:23 absolutely has it in spades, her smile oozes with the spirit of the dance, the place, and the time. The camera work seen in that short 5 seconds...focusing on her face and her pure emotion, is something I'll never forget. I'd love to learn who she and her fellow dancers' names were.
Like the paintings of Toulouse Lautrec come to life
Yes, absolutely
I think my favorite of the dance is the screams of joy; as if even the furious dance movements are not enough to expell the dancers' happiness so they make, to use a turn of phrase: "a joyful noise unto the Lord" (ironic as the can-can was thought to be "sinful", but many natural things get that label!)
This was a great movie, I love this dance scene and would love to see the Can Can performed live.
Thanks to "Le Can Can", this is probably the most recognizable piece Offenbach ever wrote.
in fact , " the chahut " was the final piece of an Opéra called " Orpheus in the underworld " by Offenbach in 1858...ten years later the french took this final part to dance it by calling it " chahut can can " ....but it seems that even to day the origin of the add " can can " is not sure...the "official" version is that the expression would come from the cry of the duck " coin coin " ( in French ) because the dancers had the same hip movement as them when they run.
@@mazirsoufik258 I think it is called ‘can can’ because you can see their can cans.
Anybody else laugh at the guy who was overexcited
me
Me like the ONE pervert
I bet he is overly exited about the woman ,not about the dance itself😂still funny to see do
he;s pumping his fists like he's watching the long shot horse he bet win the race, which was funny... the two seated fellows wearing monocles and their polite, restrained clapping was more droll humor
😂😂😂😂
Sooo beautiful Can Can Dance
!!!
Well that certainly cheered me up.
Разгул моей фантазии! Браво!
I love it.
Огнище!!! Вот это канкан!!! Аж настроение улучшилось.
It's a good time to be able to enjoy videos recorded in 1952 on UA-cam and in color✨This French cancan dance music is often used in school sports days in Japan😊I remember seeing this Moulin Rouge video when I lived at my parents' house🏠️🎥
I love a good Can-Can.
Sensational
what a beautiful/sad film . Unforgettable
The greatest dance sequence ever filmed. Bravo
Excellent!! A very good depiction of what the can can was like in those times.
Very delightful. Just by dancing this, you'll feel happy and delighted.
Back in '88 while in New Orleans, I got to see a can-can show , it was awesome.
Well new orleans is the new continent's frogs afterall.
@@nurlindafsihotang49 something amazing about the " big easy " ( New Orleans )...in the quarter of " storyville " ( " ville " is a french word for " city " ) the french prostitutes used to have sex with " black " people ....the only place in the states...another thing , in music , the jazz style " dixieland " came from the french word " dix " = ten in english...because you have to pay 10 cents to lesson the song you want.
@@mazirsoufik258 ‘Dixie’ was around before jazz was invented.
This is the best one I've ever seen because it's real earthy and gritty and not a Hollywood movie made up b*******
Действительно красиво! Все эти юбочки, " панталончики ", чулочки! Красота!
Ага, в аутентичнвх панталончиках был разрез на самом интересном месте.
Особенно панталоны и черные толстенные чулки.Кошмар.
@@НатальяБежевец-ъ1й в реальности так и было
Put Putin into it with his shirt off.
Лихо!!
Awesome like nothing else
this film really captures how the can can really was back then, even before this film was made, how infectious the excitement must have been. Reminds me of elvis or somethjng
👍 Cool. That's it! The best cancan ever!
per me è il filmato più bello di can can visto finora. A Torino alla mostra dedicata a Toulouse Loutrec c'era uno spazio dedicato al ballo del Can.can e le ballerine dell'epoca erano molto simili a queste del filmato. Magari meno belle di quelle che si vedono nei filmati più recenti ma più " veraci". Complimenti a chi ha messo in rete il filmato.
Grazie per i vostri commenti. "Thank you for your comments."
Translation: "for me is the most beautiful movie I can can seen so far. In Turin at the Toulouse Loutrec exhibition there was a space dedicated to the dance of Can.can and the dancers of the time were very similar to these in the movie. Maybe less beautiful than the ones seen in the latest but more "real" movies. Congratulations to anyone who put the video on the net."
The original woo-girls. Love the dancing!
Extremely strong leg muscles, balance and coordination !
I just bought this film on blu-ray from England with a restored print from the BFI. It looks fabulous. Cinephiles in the United States will need to have a region-free player to watch it, though.
That style takes a lot of athletic ability!
Wonderful!
Восторг!!!!
Mark Twain reviews the can can:
“I backed up against the wall of the temple and waited. Twenty sets formed, the music struck up and then-I placed my hands before my face for very shame. But I looked through my fingers. They were dancing the renowned “cancan”. A handsome girl in the set before me tripped forward lightly to meet the opposite gentleman, tripped back again grasped her dresses vigorously on both sides with her hands, raised them pretty high, danced an extraordinary jig that had more activity and exposure about it than any jig I ever saw before, and then, drawing her clothes still higher, she advanced gaily to the center and launched a vicious kick full at her vis-à-vis that must have infallibly removed his nose if he had been seven feet high. It was a mercy he was only six.
That is the cancan. The idea of it is to dance as wildly, as noisily, as furiously as you can; expose yourself as much as possible if you are a woman; and kick as high as you can, no matter which sex you belong to. There is no word of exaggeration in this. Any of the staid, respectable, aged people who were there that night can testify to the truth of that statement. There were a good many such people present. I suppose French morality is not of that straightlaced description which is shocked at trifles.
I moved aside and took a general view of the cancan. Shouts, laughter, furious music, a bewildering chaos of darting and intermingling forms, stormy jerking and snatching of gay dresses, bobbing heads, flying arms, lightning flashes of white-stockinged calves and dainty slippers in the air, and then a grand final rush, riot, a terrific hubbub, and a wild stampede! Heavens! Nothing like it has been seen on earth since trembling Tam O’Shanter saw the devil and the witches at their orgies that stormy night in “Alloway’s auld haunted kirk.”
Mark Twain, The Innocents Abroad
Thanks !
Wow wow wow amazing xx
Magnifique! Belle et joyeuse! ❤❤💋🇨🇵💋❤❤
EIN GROSSARTIGER FILMKLASSIKER LEIDER VIEL ZU SELTEN ZU SEHEN
Oh-la-la, the early days of "La belle époque", the 1890's Paris...
I tell you what, if I had the sewing expertise, I'd be wearing those skirts for daily life.
Que delicioso desenfreno. Maravilloso!!
HILARIOUS, ICONIC, CLASSICAL, BUT OMG THE MEN GAWKING, THE FAT ONE & THE GUYS IN MONACLES FALLING WHEN GIRLS SHOW THEIR FANNYS, REALLY FUNNY
Absolutamente maravilloso!!
Vive la France et vive FRENCH CAN CAN!
I think that is as close to the original
Love it
C'est MAGNAFIQUE !!!!!!
Che grandissimo film!
Not a single person in the audience with a camera phone. Because back then they had respect for performers
Absolutely right. Nobody would dare use their combination telephone and instantaneous photographic camera in such a situation back in good old 1880. Everyone would be right on you wondering what the blazes you were doing. Now you see them photographing this and filming that. No respect these days...
Magnífico! Adorável!
Tease not sleaze brilliant
Ole!
Viejos recuerdos 🙄😄😁❤️😘🥰
Balletto stupendo !
Ca c´est le french cancan , le vrai , l´originale . Les danseuses sont merveilleuses , les costumes soulignent leur art , et le tout rend heureux , on aimerait y etre .
Estupendo....!!!!!!
Bravo. 👏
Bellisimo😀👏👏👏👏👏
Joyous!!! Such stamina and strength!
Imagine something so scandalous, yet so empowering happening in the world, when women had very few rights yet they could come do this dance of strength and be adored and showered with flowers
Fab-ew-lus, so exciting u want to be there bravo
WHAT AN INTERESTING HISTORY EXPLAINED HERE. I HAD NO IDEA WOMEN WORE PANTALETTES WITH OPEN CROTCHES IN THOSE DAYS. AND THE CAN CAN DEVISED BY A MALE, ESPECIALLY THE LEAP-SPLIT? I CAN DO ALL THESE STEPS OR USED TO, I AM THAT FLEXIBLE, BUT TO DO THE ENTIRE DANCE JUMPING FROM THIS STEP TO THAT, WOULD REQUIRE INCREDIBLE STAMINA.
Now that's can can.
The dancing and wooping is my last remaining braincells mood 254/7
Obejrzałam kilka wersji i te współczesne w porównaniu do tradycji są gorsze. 💪😍
This is a much more accurate representation f what the can can was. Nowadays, it's women in ruffled skirts, stockings, garters, bare arms, character shoes and no where near the energy that the ladies of this time put on. Back then, a woman exposing her drawers and petticoats was EXTREMELY scandalous. I'd love to see this dance performed as it was originally written. Fewer tuck kicks and more leg shaking and in drawers and petticoats, high neck dresses and hats. I absolutely love this scene.
Even more scandalous to think women wore split drawers when the dance first came around... :x
@@Sohalia06 Exactly! I can imagine this is where the idea that it is a "sinful" dance comes from, if all the kicking and shirt lifting meant you get quick peaks at the dancers uncovered nethers from the split in the underwear!
Тулуз Лотрек бесподобен. Гений рисунка.
fantastic
This makes me wonder if, at some point in the future, certian videos of *_tweking_* will be considered "culturally significant"
Imagine some grandkids proudly saying, "...look look!! That's *grandma* twerking!!" while watching old (for them) videos...
Pochi fronzoli e tanta sostanza,un can can perfetto!
There legs move with the music that’s awesome
You know I might be a guy... But i still want to do this 😂😂❤❤❤ tim to reach for the stars
Omgg same here 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Very well! 1952 year. Better than modern performance. Why is everything old better than new?
I love the can can dance but I think it’s funny how people think that the reason it was band for a long time was because it would flash to much leg or something but in reality it was because women’s dresses we’re so big that it was hard to go the bathroom so instead of going through the trouble of trying to take off all their undergarments they just had a big hole in there bloomers and so when they would dance the can can you would see EVERYTHING lol 😂
La belle epoque
That was exhilarating!💜