There are Egyptian relief's that depict the fundamental Can-Can high kicking above the audiences heads. The Catatonians and
Parisian women (French) also are depicted kicking the hats off of the gentlemen spectators. The "Triori" of 1549 from South Brittany
was very similar to today's cancan, the women danced alone, Lifting their dresses up in front and kicking their legs up to the ceiling.
The dancers or "High-Kickers" as they were called, emerged over time and ended up in Paris, France. In the late 19th. century Paris
was still the dance center of the world.

The Can-Can is a hybrid of the Polka and the Quadrille and was said to be first danced in 1822, being outlawed for a number of
years as immoral and indecent and prohibited by the police. It has been said that "Chicard" invented the Can-Can, but very doubtful
(He more probably named it). The Can-Can's first American public performance was in the "Black Crook" at Niblo's Gardens in New
York, September 12th., 1866.