Study Guide: Dance in Musicals
by John Kenrick
(Copyright 2004) Gwen
Verdon and company are seen doing Michael Kidd's acclaimed dances on this
postcard for the original Broadway production of Can Can (1954), a
musical named for an inspired by a once-forbidden French cabaret dance
craze.
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From The Black Crook (1866) and Broadway Melody (1928) to the latest
hits, dance has played a central role in the history of stage and screen musicals. In
response to the requests of many site visitors, we offer this introductory overview.
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