I Can Can Kick Higher Than You Can Can

Available from ChambreClose at EBay:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Exertier-Nude-stripper-Pinup-Dancer-french-old-1960s-original-vintage-photo-0t11-/360672433407?pt=Art_Photo_Images&hash=item53f9c094ff

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Exertier-Nude-stripper-Pinup-Dancer-french-old-1960s-original-vintage-photo-mc12-/380908086585?pt=Art_Photo_Images&hash=item58afe42539

The ChambreClose store (nudity):

http://stores.ebay.com/chambreclosephotonudepostcards?_trksid=p2047675.l2563

Amateur Charms

A nostalgic look at an amateur cancan, probably 1950s.  From the Tumblr blog of Frou Loves:

http://frouloves.tumblr.com/post/107346115868/this-woman-a-true-inspiration-i-think-of-how

Alsatian Tournament of Roses Parade

A perfectly executed royal flash done by a nicely costumed dancer at a sort of Alsatian Tournament of Roses Parade.  The Festival is called Corso Fleuri d'Erstein.

From the tumblr blog of Photo-Logeomi:

http://photologeomi.tumblr.com/post/106520501943/french-cancan-corso-fleuri-derstein-2014

The event:

http://www.festivalsucreerstein.com/Corso_fleuri.html

Photos from the wrong side:

http://s-www.dna.fr/images/15054DCA-0B54-42A5-9BF9-5381DDB6503A/DNA_03/festival-du-sucre-erstein.jpg

http://www.dna.fr/actualite/2014/09/01/de-fleurs-et-de-sucre?image=9152BA23-26FC-45D6-A3E6-7F0A74115167

Videos from the event from prior years (sorry no cancan):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXhjqWX5fFI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJdLWoGrWwc

Joyce Cole at the St Regis Hotel, New York, 1938

A great action photo from an article in an unidentified magazine.

From an EBay auction by historic_research_documents

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1938-Original-Photo-Journalism-Joyce-Cole-Cabaret-Dance-St-Regis-Hotel-New-York-/171623240363?pt=UK_Collectables_Memorabila_RL&hash=item27f58ad2ab

Their EBay store:

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/historicresearchdocuments?_trksid=p2047675.l2563

Шоу-балет Burlesque. Челябинск.

I thought the top photo was a really nice portrait.  The troupe is Шоу-балет Burlesque of Chelyabinsk.

http://vk.com/burlesque74?z=album-50582618_188849379#/burlesque74

Flash

From the Retro-Styled Panties Blog:

http://xmenpanties.tumblr.com/post/106693095297

Sans Smiles

 

From an Iconosquare page:

 

http://iconosquare.com/p/705003637683854078_219160069

Grape Harvest Time in Montmartre

Another photo of the Moulin Rouge dancers at the grape harvest in Montmartre circa 1961.

From an auction by Historic Images:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1961-Press-Photo-PAris-France-Moulin-Rouge-cancan-dancers-at-grape-harvest-/371220864590?pt=Art_Photo_Images&hash=item566e7cde4e

Their store:

http://stores.ebay.com/historicimagesstore?_trksid=p2047675.l2563

Golden Horseshoe Revue 1963

From the Flickr photostream of Tom Simpson.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/randar/

The photo:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/randar/15984091887/

Under this Creative Commons License:

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/

Slightly French

Dorothy Lamour and friends do a slight cancan in the film "Slightly French".

I have lost the link.

Prior postings:

http://classiccancan.blogspot.com/2013/07/slightly-french.html

http://classiccancan.blogspot.com/2010/04/slightly-french.html

A video clip:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95-TvPTFEXU

Cancan at the Friedrichstadtpalast II

Another cancan at the Friedrichstadtpalast:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJ3tj1SsXng

Cancan at the Friedrichstadtpalast

Cancan at the Friedrichstadtpalast - date unkown.

Original at:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMPuACqja-A

From Ethiopia to Paris (London actually)

Princeses Desta and Menen in a cancan pose.

The caption on the back of the photo reads;

"Abyssinian Can-Can

LONDON:  Princesses Desta (left) and Menen, who claim descent from the Queen of Sheba, perform their version of the can-can before television cameras in London. The Girls, daughters of Prince Jacob, one of Haile Selassie's counselors, hope to embark soon on a world tour. 11-18-48"

From an eBay auction by Historic Images

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1948-Press-Photo-Princesses-Desta-Menen-Perform-Their-Version-of-Can-Can-/371219602643?pt=Art_Photo_Images&hash=item566e699cd3

See their store:

http://stores.ebay.com/historicimagesstore?_trksid=p2047675.l2563

Gypsy

Gypsy Rose Lee in a teasing pose for a cheesecake publicity photo.

The original image is from the Tumblr blog of burlyqnell, which is a wonderful resource for those interested in vintage burlesque:

http://burlyqnell.tumblr.com/post/95508838577/gypsy-rose-lee-louise-hovick-vintage-8x10-photo

http://burlyqnell.tumblr.com/

Sunny Carter 1939

Sunny Carter in a publicity still for her appearance at the 606 Club in Chicago in 1939.  Not a cancan, but suggestive of one.

The original image is from the Tumblr blog of burlyqnell, which is a wonderful resource for those interested in vintage burlesque:

http://burlyqnell.tumblr.com/post/97434066652/sunny-carter-vintage-8x10-news-service-photo-used

http://burlyqnell.tumblr.com/