Speakers Corner
Talks & Demos, Family, Social | Nationwide event hosted by Erewash Valley District Branch
Friday 17 April 2026 at 11.00am
Professional Speaker David Price Presents
Kicks and Frills: The Story of the French Cancan
Did you know that the first cancan dancers were men?! Or that the original dance was a ballroom dance, and it was only much later that it became an all-women chorus-line stage dance? These and other curious facts are revealed in my talk on the cancan, based on my book, Cancan!.
The cancan first appeared in 1830 and by the 1860s people were describing it as the “French National Dance”, but it’s most associated with the 1890s, when Toulouse-Lautrec’s famous models La Goulue and Jane Avril were dancing at the Moulin Rouge.
Illustrated with film clips (with music), and contemporary photographs, cartoons and paintings.
Free tea, coffee & Biscuits
For further information about this event please contact:
Eastwood Conservative Club, Church Street, Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, NG16 3BP