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The can-can (sometimes non-hyphenated as in the original French: cancan French pronunciation: kaka) is a high-energy and physically demanding music hall dance, traditionally performed by a chorus line of female dancers who wear costumes with long skirts, petticoats and black stockings. The main features of the dance are the lifting and manipulation of the skirts, with high kicking and suggestive, provocative body movements.  Our ...

Janggay is a set of brass or silver fingernails worn by Bajao (Badjaw) women when dancing to enhance their already bent fingers.  There are short unadorned janggay nails and there are longer ones that are flower tipped.  (The fingernails also mimic the claws of the birds and is considered one of the “bird” dances.) Our model ...